State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to stay in a tent in Texas while they listen for words that begin with the /t/ sound, such as train, tent, tour, and treat. 

Literacy Activities
Take a tour of Texas 

• Have the children pick an object or picture of an object beginning with the /t/ sound to take on a tour of Texas. 
• Let the children pretend to get on a train that will take them around Texas. 
• Tell the children the train is powered by the /t/ sound and have the children say the /t/ sound fast or slow to drive the train to their tent in Texas. 
• When the train stops, have the children pretend to tiptoe through tall trees to get to the tent.
• Have the children identify their /t/ objects or pictures aloud and put them in the tent. 
• Sit in the tent and pretend to eat tasty treats while reading Maisy Goes Camping (optional).

More Practice
Repeat words that begin with the target letter 

• Give each child a piece of paper and have them fold it in half to look like a tent. 
• Help the children remember the words that start with /t/ that were mentioned in the activity (e.g., tent, train, taco, towel) and think of more as desired.
• Encourage the children to draw pictures of some of those items that begin with the /t/ sound on the tent. 
• Say together, “The /t/ tour tent has a t___ on it!” filling in the blank with the name of a /t/ picture that a child drew on their tent. 

Clap out sounds in words 

• Have the children take apart the word top and clap once for each sound in the word (/t/ /o/ /p/). 
• Ask the children how many times they clapped for the word top (3). 
• Clap for each sound in the word top again to reinforce the model. 
• Repeat with other words that start with /t/ (e.g., tap, ten, team, tar, tug). 
• Point out that all of the words start with the /t/ sound.