Overview
The children will feed a puppet named Cody snacks that start with the letter C as they recognize and name the uppercase letter C and the lowercase letter c.

Literacy Activities
Collect Cs

• Write the uppercase letter C and lowercase letter c on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the C and c in the air with their fingers.
• Place uppercase C and lowercase c letter cards around the room along with other letters.
• Using cans or cups, have the children search the room for the C letter cards.
  • If they find a C card, have them say, “I found a C! I’ll put the C in a can (or cup).”
  • If the card they find is not a C, have them place it in a discard pile.
• After all of the letter cards have been found, shuffle the cards back together.
• Review the cards with the children and have them clap each time you show them a letter C card.

Feed Cody C foods

• Cut out and assemble the Cody puppet per the instructions or use a picture of a boy.
• Put the picture cards in a can or cup.
• Show the children the Cody puppet and tell them that Cody only eats foods that start with C.
• Let the children remove a picture card from the can. Check to make sure it starts with C and let them circle the letter C in the word.
• Have the children feed the C foods to Cody saying, “Cody can crunch on _____.”

Create Colorful Cs

• Give the children the C color page and crayons. Let them choose from one or more of the following options:
  • Draw cakes and cookies on your C.
  • Create a crazy, colorful C by tracing the C with different colors.
  • Write both the uppercase C and the lowercase c in different colors around the edge of the big C.

More Practice
Find the target letter mixed in with other letters

• Display the Explore for C letter page of mixed up letters and have the children find and circle all the uppercase Cs and lowercase cs (support as needed).
• Have the children say, “I found a C!” every time they circle an uppercase or lowercase letter C.
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as the letter C, then refer the child to the letters C and c on the whiteboard and ask, “Does this letter look like the letter on the board?”