Letter U.

Do the  preliminaries: song, u. story, pick out u pictures, upper case about u. Rhyming song about u.
We are going to concentrate on the sound of "u" in a word.  Be sure to do the action of putting both arms up in the air to resemble the letter u and say "uh".
1)  Write words on a whiteboard one at a time.
      sun.  emphasize the uh in the middle
      gum, mug,bun, each time put your hands in the air for the letter u.

2)  Read a story with a "u".  THE UGLY DUCKLING, FARMER UPSY DAISY

3)  Use playdough and a plasstic knife to make a long snake and make it into a "u".  Have your child trace       over it with a finger.

4)  Mailbox game.
     Use a large envelope or in some way make 2 houses with a slit in the front of it to drop cards into.  Put a letter "u" on the front of one house and a letter "a" on the other.  Have pictures  of things that start with u or a and have them "mail" them to the correct house.

5)  Bean bags.   Use the back of a floor mat or in some way make a game board that your child can throw a bean bag at.  Depending on the level of the child use either 3 letter words or just the alphabet.