Alliteration Stations

Words from a letter stick together! Inspire your class to build a puppet theater, using only alliterative words.

Start by choosing a letter of the alphabet and challenge your students to name as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Record these words on a large piece of chart paper. Using a shoebox, create a diorama and add drawings or cutouts of your alliterative words to create a puppet theater. For instance, if your class suggested the letter “O,” your diorama may include an ocean, an orchard and an otter.

Afterwards, cut out the letter you’ve chosen and attach it to a popsicle stick, creating a stick letter puppet (bonus points if it has googly eyes). With your class, send your letter puppet on a journey to explore the diorama world full of its own words. Once you’ve modeled it for the class, prompt each student to think of their own letter and create their own puppet theater with their chosen letter.

To culminate, prompt each student to take their letter puppets and explore each others’ sets. Can the puppets combine to form different words? What if the puppets explored the classroom? What words might they find there?