Overview
The children will decorate a paper pretzel with the letter P as they recognize and name the uppercase letter P and the lowercase letter p.

Literacy Activities
Pretty Pretzel

• Write the uppercase letter P and the lowercase letter p on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the P and p in the air with their fingers.
• Mix up the letter cards and place the cards around the room.
• Have the children find the letter cards and help them name the letter on each card.
  • If the letter is a P or a p, have the children put the letter by the pretzel graphic.
  • If the letter is not a P or a p, have the children place it in a discard pile.
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as a P or a p, have him or her look at the P and p on the whiteboard and compare them to the letter he or she picked.
• Tell the children they will glue the letter P on the pretzel and explain to them that each time they put a P on the pretzel they will get to pick a piece of pretzel to eat.
• Allow the children to paste the letter cards and pick a piece of pretzel.
• Let the children admire their pretty pretzel with all of the Ps on it.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Invite the children to point to a P they put on the pretzel.
• Write a P and a distractor letter that the children have already learned on a whiteboard, then invite the children to point to the letter P.
• Repeat the activity, changing the letter order and distractor letter each time.

Write the target letter

• Show the children how to write the uppercase letter P and the lowercase letter p.
• Give each child a small piece of paper and a pencil.
• Have the children write the letters P and p on the paper (support as needed).
• Have the children paste their new letters on the pretzel graphic.