State the Objective

Tell the children that they will try tiny, tasty treats and that they will listen for words that start with the /t/ sound, such as treat, tasty, table, taste, and teacher.

Literacy Activities

Try tiny, tasty treats

• Gather foods that start with /t/ (e.g., toast, tomatoes, tangerines, tater tots) or draw or print pictures of /t/ foods (see below). 
• Show the children the foods and call them “tasty treats.”
• Point out that the words tasty and treat start with the /t/ sound.
• Have each child take two treats and put them on their tray or plate (if using).
• Let the children trade their tasty treats with each other while saying the names of the /t/ foods.
• Let the children eat (or pretend to eat) their treats and make comments:
  
  • It’s time to taste our tiny treats!
  • Take a tasty treat!
  • Taste two treats.
  • Take a tasty            (e.g., tomato). 
  • Talk to a friend about your tasty treats!

Vote on the tastiest treat

• Print the T-chart template (see below), or draw your own.
• Write the names of two treats from the activity on the chart.
• Have the children vote on which treat they think was the tastiest.
• Tally the votes for each treat and announce the winner.
• Have the children say, “The ____ is the tastiest treat we tried!”

March and sound out words

• Have the children march while sounding out a /t/ word (e.g., t + u + g).
• Tell the children to jump with both feet and say the whole word (e.g., tug).
• Repeat with other words that start with T (e.g., tin, top, tap, tell).