Overview
Tell the children that they will help a loud lion look for his letter L  as they recognize and name the letters L and l .

Literacy Activities
Look for the letter L

• Write and name the letters L and l .

• Have the children write the L and l in the air with their fingers.

   

• Read the book The Lion and the Mouse to the children and have them look for the letter L in the book (optional).

   

Let a loud lion eat his lunch

• Let each child circle the lowercase letter l in the word on each picture cart (see below).

   

• Let the children pretend to feed the lunch items to the loud lion puppet and have the children say “Loud Lion loves L!” each time they feed the lion.

   

  
  Identify the target letter

   

• Make a list of everything that the loud lion had for lunch.
• Have the children circle the lowercase letter l in each word from the list.

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the uppercase letter L and lowercase l on sticky notes or small pieces of paper.
• Instruct the children to place their papers on Leo Lion and have them say “Leo Lion loves L!” each time they place a paper.