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

Literacy Activity
Spin, spill, and sprinkle spots 

• Show the children how to spin, spill, or sprinkle spots, and point out that spin, spill, sprinkle, and spots all start with the /sp/ sound.
• Ask a child to pick an action card and help the child perform the action with the spots. 
• Have the rest of the children chant a phrase 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, reminding them that all the actions start with /sp/. 

More Practice
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 word parts into whole words by tapping their head when they say the beginning /sp/ sound, then touching their toes when they say the ending, and finally clapping once when they say the whole word together. For example: sp (tap head) + ot (tap toes) = spot (clap hands). 
  • sp + ot = spot
  • sp + at = spat
  • sp + ill = spill
  • sp + in = spin