Pop It! Smash Game Pop It! is a fun smash game that will help your students practice identifying beginning sounds. These smash games are always a crowd pleaser and students love anything that involves playdough. Students choose a picture card and find the popcorn with the correct beginning sound. Once they find it, they pop it by smashing it with a small ball of playdoh. Then they get practice writing by writing the letter under the correct picture on the recording sheet.