Note: Letter tiles (A-Z and/or a-z with multiples of the common letters) are suggested for use in many of the following lessons, but not required. You may either purchase inexpensive letter tiles or make them yourself out of heavy duty paper or cardboard.

The instructor:

Asks children to name the pictures (man and moon).

Asks children which sound comes first in man and moon.

Tells children the letters (M/m) are pictures for the first sound.

Points to the letters (M/m) and asks children to make the associated sound.

Asks children to find the (M/m) tiles, to point at the tile, and to make the associated sound.