Overview
The children will wiggle and waggle as they dance and practice saying the /w/ sound in words such as wave, wagon, and wand.

Literacy Activities
Wiggle and waggle

• Read Wiggle! by Doreen Cronin (optional) and have the children listen for words in the story that begin with the /w/ sound.
• Read the Wiggle Dance chant to the children.
• Have the children circle the letter W each time it occurs in the chant.
• Help the children write the letter W on a piece of paper and explain that the letter W makes the /w/ sound.
• Read the chant again and have the children wiggle and wobble their letter W each time they hear the /w/ sound in the chant.
• Teach the children the actions to the Wiggle Dance and then repeat the chant with the accompanying actions.
• Turn on music (optional) and allow the children to wiggle and waggle with their letter W.

More Practice
Read and write words with the target letter

• Have the children make a list of things that begin with the letter W that can be wiggled or waggled (e.g., wand, wheel, wagon, wig, worm). Support as needed.
• Fold two sheets of paper together and staple along the fold to make a four-page booklet.
• Have the children copy into their booklet the words from the W list to make a Wiggle Waggle book.
• Let the children draw pictures of their objects on the corresponding pages .