The Mom I Want to Be

1. Present a capital and lower case I to your child.  Ask if he knows the name of the letter.  Explain that I is one of the letters that makes different sounds in words.  One is the same as the name of the letter (provide examples of the hard I sound, ice, idea, etc).  See if he can guess the other sound an I can make.  Offer examples of that sound – Igloo, insect, inside, etc.

 

2. Read I Wanna Iguana

 

3. Create an “I” bag for the week.  Have a scavenger hunt around the house for items that start with the letter I, such as ice cube tray, ice cream cone, iron, insect, ice skate, iguana, ink, igloo, etc

 

4. Create an I collage.  Offer magazines for your child to search through and cut out pictures of words that start with I.  Glue them to a sheet of paper for their alphabet book.

 

5. Icy I’s.  Provide a cut out letter I from white cardstock or construction paper, taped to a piece of waxed paper for easy cleanup.  Offer pre-frozen ice cubes that were made by adding liquid watercolors or food coloring to them, covering with foil, and then poking a popsicle stick through the foil to create a handle.  To paint their I’s, dip the cube in warm water, and drag over the surface of the letter.  When dry, glue to paper and place in their alphabet book.

 

6. Provide a worksheet with a line of I’s to trace across the top and an empty space below, a triangle and an ice cream scoop shape cut from white paper, glue stick, markers and a small red circle sticker.  Have your child decorate his cone and scoop, glue them to the page, and then top with the sticker for a cherry.

 

 7. Other Activities:  Ice Castles.  Freeze Multiple containers solid, take outside and unmold and stack into a castle shape.  Allow your child to drizzle food coloring and sprinkle on rock salt (which will melt the ice, bind the “bricks” and create interesting tunnels for the food coloring); Make ice cream in a bag, use rulers to measure things in inches, Sing Inch by Inch, Make inkblots