Instructions: Have the class sitting in a circle with a game of pickup sticks sitting in the middle, trying to have enough sticks for the students to each have a few goes. Students get to try to pick up a stick without moving other sticks, and if successful must answer a question to be able to keep the stick. The questions would relate to the letter/sound of the week and can be gathered from the topic ideas included. Example: Sound of the week /p/, name two colours beginning with /p/. If the student gets it wrong they have to put back the stick and it moves to the next student in the circle. The student with the most sticks wins.