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

Literacy Activity
Taste tiny, tasty treats on the teacher's table 

• Have the children wash their hands and place all of the /t/ treats on your tasty treats table. 
• Introduce the tasty treats to the children, and have them repeat the name of each treat as you introduce it. 
• Ask the children if they would like to taste the teacher’s tasty treats, and tell them how many treats (e.g., three to five) they may take. 
• Pass out a tray or paper plate to each child. 
• Model how to make a tray of tasty treats. Use phrases such as, “Today I’m tasting tuna, tater tots, tangerines, and tapioca.” 
• Have the children take turns coming to your tasty treat table to fill their trays, encouraging them to clearly state which foods they are going to taste. 
• Inform the children that they must wait to taste their treats. Once all the children have filled their trays, have each child take a turn telling what is on his or her tray (e.g., “Today I’m tasting t___, t___, etc.”). 
• Signal to the children that they may eat their treats by saying, “Time to taste our tiny treats! 

More Practice
Repeat words with the target letter 

• Create a T-chart listing two treats from the activity. 
• Have the children vote on which treat was the tastiest. Tally the votes for each treat by writing a T for each vote in the corresponding column on the chart. 
• After all the votes are tallied, announce how many children liked each treat by saying, “___ (number of children) children thought tangerines* were the tastiest treat and ___ children thought taffy* was the tastiest treat.” (Replace each word marked with * with the actual treats used in class.) 

March and say the sounds in words 

• Have the children march and say each sound of the word tug: 
  • segment sounds: say /t/ (march right), say /u/ (march left), say /g/ (march right).
  • blend sounds: jump with both feet and say tug to blend the sounds into the whole word.
• Repeat with other words that start with /t/ (e.g., tin, top, tap, team, tall, took).