State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will play with pink or purple play dough while they listen for words that start with the /p/ sound, such as pat, pound, pull, play, and press. 

Literacy Activities
Press, pound, and pull purple play dough

• Give the children some pink or purple play dough. 
• Let the children play with their pink or purple play dough. 
• Encourage the children to play with their playdough in ways that begin with /p/, such as pinch, push, pull, press, punch, poke, and pound.

More Practice
Identify words that start with the target letter

• Ask the children to find objects around the room that start with the /p/ sound, supporting as needed.
• Have the children mold their playdough into two or three of the objects they found as they repeat the sound and the /p/ word as in, “/p/, /p/, /p/ pizza!”
• Invite a child to come up and present their /p/ word playdough creation as they lead the children in saying what it is (e.g., /p/ /p/ /p/ pizza).