State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make and fly a flag and then listen for words that start with the /f/ sound, such as flag, fast, fly, fun, and family.
 
Literacy Activities
Fashion a flag

• Show the children a flag and emphasize the /f/ sound as you say that “it is fun to fly, flap, flip, and flutter a flag.”
• Help the children attach their flag to a straw or stick so they can flap it around.
• Invite the children to listen for the /f/ sound as they have fun flying, flapping, flipping, and fluttering flags.

Fly a flag

• Display and read the Fun Flying a Flag chant (see below) to the children, emphasizing the /f/ sound in the words that start with /f/.
• Teach the children the chant as you do the actions.
• Help the children recall how they could flick their flags, fly flags, and make flags flutter, flap fast, and flip.

More Practice
Recognize words with the /f/ sound

• Have the children stand with their flags, then flip and flap the flag around to make the flag flutter. 
• Ask the children to listen for the /f/ sound as they flap, flip, flutter, and fly their flag. 
• Ask the children if they hear the /f/ sound in the words flap, flip, flutter, and flag while emphasizing the /f/ sound.

 
Blend sounds into words

• Have children blend word parts by clapping as they produce the /f/ sound, the word ending, and the whole word. 
• For example: f (clap) + at (clap) = fat (clap).
  • f + ast = fast
  • f + all = fall
  • f + un = fun