State the Objective
Tell the children that they will spill, sprinkle, and spin spots while listening for words that start with the /sp/ sound, such as spot, spin, spill, and sprinkle. 

Literacy Activity
Spin, spill, and sprinkle spots 

• Create "spots" by using paper circles from a hole-punch or by cutting circles out of paper; spread out the drop cloth or trash bag and spread out the spots on it. 
• Tell the children that spin, spill, sprinkle, and spots all start with the /sp/ sound.
• Ask a child to pick an action card (see below); help them read the card and perform the action with the spots. 
• Have the rest of the children do a chant related to the selected action (e.g., “Sprinkle spots! Sprinkle spots!”). 
• Give each child a turn to pick a card and perform the associated action.

Tongue twisters with /sp/ 

• Help the children practice making the /sp/ sound by emphasizing it in words from the activity (e.g., /sp/, /sp/, spill).
• Have the children echo a phrase made up of /sp/ words (e.g., “Spin, spin, spin the spots,” “We spread spilled spots.”).

Blend sounds into words 

• Have the children blend syllables into words by raising their left hand for the beginning /sp/ sound, raising their right hand when they say the ending, and clapping as they say the whole word: sp (raise left hand) + ot (raise right hand) = spot (clap hands). 
• Repeat with other words that begin with sp:
  • sp + ot = spot
  • sp + at = spat
  • sp + ill = spill
  • sp + in = spin