Nicholas knew the name and sound for all the letters he has studied: Nn, Ss, Ll, Aa, Pp, Tt, and Ff. We sang "Jingle Bells" using the /f/ sound-- Fingle Fells Fingle Fells Fingle fall the fay... Nicholas then matched pictures to the letter heard at the beginning of each word/picture. In the past, I would have to "stretch" or "bounce" the first letter of the word to help Nicholas "hear" the beginning sound. Today, he was able to "hear" the sound a few times without assistance from me. I read two stories to Nicholas that have the letter "Ff" and the sound /f/ in them-- Frosty the Snowman" and "Froggy's First Christmas." We also looked for words in the stories beginning with other letters studied. Nicholas began a look at the letter "Cc" and the sound /c/, as in "cake" (on our large alphabet card). We then looked at the small "take-home" card with a picture of a "cow." We "bounced" the /c/ in "cccccake" and "cccccow." We watched a short video on the letter "Cc." Nicholas knew that the letter "Kk" also makes the same sound as "c." He was able to find the alphabet card with the letter "Kk."