Overview
Tell the children that they will help a loud lion look for his letter L lunch 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, and tell the children they make the /L/ sound.

• 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 card (see below).

   

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