green and gold glasses

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will wear green and gold glasses while they listen for words beginning with the hard g (/g/) sound, such as grandma, goat, guitar, grapes, and ghost.

Literacy Activities
Play with /g/ actions and green glasses

• Before the activity, cut out the glasses frame graphics. 
• Give each child the glasses frame graphics to color green and gold (gold glitter can be added if desired), and tape them together, with support as needed. 
• Have the children put on their green and gold glasses and say to their neighbors, “You look great in green and gold glasses”. 
• Invite the children to do actions that start with the /g/ sound while everyone wears their green and gold glasses (emphasize the /g/ sound), such as:
  • Pretend to be grandmas and grandpas.
  • Pretend to growl like gorillas.
  • Pretend to go fishing for goldfish.
  • Pretend to gallop like goats.
  • Pretend to play guitars.
  • Pretend to grab gumdrops and grapes.
  • Pretend to be goofy ghosts. 
• While doing the actions, have the children narrate what they are doing (e.g., “We are playing guitars in our green and gold glasses.”).

More Practice
Identify the target sound

• Ask the children to tell you different actions from the activity, and point out the words starting with the hard g (/g/) sound (i.e., gallop, goats, grab, gumdrops, grapes). 
• Put the /g/ words into sentences (e.g., We galloped like goats in our green and gold glasses. We grabbed gumdrops and grapes in our green and gold glasses.), emphasizing the /g/ sound, and have the children wave their green and gold glasses in the air when they hear the /g/ sound.