Implementing activities that support clear learning objectives, preschool teachers can create brilliant lesson plans that help young children learn the letter I.
Learning Objectives
The students will identify the letter I.
The students make and recognize the short I sound.
The students will learn to trace and write upper and lower case Is.
The students will identify objects that begin with the letter I.
The students will learn “The Inch Worm” finger play.
The students will listen to books that feature the short I sound.
Letter I Handwriting and Phonetics
In order to introduce the letter I, create a poster board which shows both the upper and lower case letter I. Glue a variety of pictures of objects cut from magazines that begin with the letter I. Discuss the poster board with the children, pointing out the items that begin with the letter I. Demonstrate the short I sound and ask the children to make (repeat) the short I sound. Ask the children to think of objects, names, and places that begin with the letter I.
On a white board or chalk board, draw both an upper and lower case I. Children can practice tracing the letter I in both upper and lower case using letter I worksheets. A letter I worksheet appropriate for preschoolers can be found on the KidZone website. In addition, teachers can direct children to practice making upper and lowercase Is using pencils or crayons on blank sheets of paper.
Cognitive Learning: Letter I Object Sorting
Object sorting is great cognitive learning activity which will help children identify objects that begin with the letter I. For this cognitive learning activity, place objects or pictures of objects which begin with the short I sound in a box, bag or other container. Along with these items, place objects beginning with other letters of the alphabet. As each object is revealed, children will sort those objects that begin with the letter I from those that do not. Examples of objects that begin with the short I sound: Igloo, insect, inch, iguana, Indian, India, infant, impala, invitation, and internet.
Letter I Preschool Song
Teach the children the fingerplay “The Inch Worm”*.
The inchworm went for a walk one day
Inch by inch
The inchworm moves in a special way
Inch by inch
He goes up
and down
Up
And down
Up
and down
As he moves across the ground
The Inchworm went for a walk one day
Inch by inch
The inchworm moves in a special way
*Taken from the Little Fingers That Play website
Preschool Books about the Letter I
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (Apr 13, 2010)
Indian Children’s Favourite Stories by Rosemarie Somaiah and Ranjan Somaiah (Oct 15, 2006)
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff and David Catrow (Sep 9, 2004)
Manana, Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul and Ethan Long (Apr 30, 2008)
Iggy the Iguana by Melissa Marie Williams (Aug 1, 2008)
Igloo (Bookworms Inside Story) by Dana Meachen Rau (Apr 2008)
Insects by Robin Bernard (May 1, 2001)
Alphabet recognition activities will greatly enhance preschoolers’ language learning. The key is to have fun with your daycare job with lesson planning and make each moment of learning fun and creative.
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