Do you need a done-for-you lesson plan for your homeschool preschool Co Op with the letter I? I did. I gathered all my favorite letter I crafts and preschool ideas, then put it together for a full 2 hour preschool lesson.
Welcome to Preschool Co Op! If you are wanting to know how to start an at home preschool co op, go here for beginning instructions. If you are all set, and just want to hop into the Letter I preschool co op lesson plan, then let’s go!
With each lesson has around 8 sections. I have found that on average, 15 minutes per project. . .Although some take less and some take more. It all evens out by the end of the two hours.
Preschool Words Starting With I
Ice cream, Ice, Igloo, Island, Iguana.
the 8 parts to lesson I is:
- Welcome Play (Sharing Ice Cream Game)
- Introduction to the letter I
- Dragon or Dinosaur Activity
- Handwriting I (print)
- Ice Cream Names Craft
- Snack Time: Ice Cream
- Lesson on Iguanas/Reptiles
- Iguana Craft
- Islands in the water game
Supplies to Buy at the Store or Online
- Handwriting helpers for little hands (optional)
- Pens
- Printing Paper and Ink
- Markers/crayons/or colored pencils
- scissors
- googly eyes
- Snack ideas: Ice cream
- mini water cups
- tape
- Small balls for ice cream scoop to share
- Buy, rent from library, or find online: Book “alphabet adventure” or “should I share my ice cream?”
Optional Note: Many people have asked for just the coloring handwriting pages that I made for each letter. You can find each of them for FREE on each letter lesson plan. OR you can BUY IT as a digital download (CLICK HERE) or a physical copy (CLICK HERE)
Prep Work
Week before: go over supply list and buy all the online items.
2 days before: Go on a shopping trip to pick up the rest of the needed supplies.
Day Before:
Printables:
- Download and print 1 handwriting I coloring page per child
- Download and print 1 set of Letter I Visuals/Reptiles copy and cut out ice cream scoops and cones. 1 cone per child. 1 scoop per letter in child’s name (BEN would have 3 scoops of ice cream)
- Download and print the ice cream cone for the sharing game (or use a cup) but make sure you check out the link to know how to play the game.
- Download and Print the Iguana Template. The instructions on the website are a little too advanced for preschoolers, so follow the instructions to cut the iguana out, and line the middle where the paper will bend. Then for the eyes and use googly eyes, then let them color their iguanas however they like.
Night before set up:
Prepare your home with these suggestions here
welcome Activity
pass the Ice cream activity (found here)
Introducing The Letter I
Welcome everyone, do you remember what letter we learned last time? what was it’s sound? Do you remember any of the words that start with H?
What letter are we learning about now?
let’s sing the abc song.
It’s I!
The Letter I is a vowel, can everyone say vowel? vowels are the sounds we make when our mouths are open. like AAHOHHHUHHIHHEhhhIIIIh. I has 2 sounds ih as in igloo and I icecream. what is your favorite ice cream?
I is so easy to draw. a uppercase is a line down and a line over it and under it, and lower case i is a line down and a little dot on top.
Handwriting: the letter I
Gather everyone to the table with pens and coloring pencils or crayons, and have them practice writing uppercase and lowercase I with this free printable, and the preschoolers can color the picture afterwards.
Ice Cream Name Craft
Who here likes I ice cream? We are going to make our names on ice cream scoops. How many scoops of ice cream will it take to have your name spelled?
Have each child write (you can help them if needed) a letter of their first name on each ice cream scoop, and their last name on the cone. Then with tape, attach the scoops onto the cone.
These are lovely! Do you know what is better than making an ice cream craft? Getting to eat ice cream! (time for snacks)
Snack beginning with the letter I
Ice Cream Sandwiches, icees, ice cream, anything sweet from the freezer aisle (for healthy options, consider the rebel brand of ice cream)
Lesson on I-Iguanas – Reptiles
Iguanas are a cool type of Reptile. But what is a reptile? Are you a reptile? Why not? Let’s check on the rules to see if you are one.
First. Reptiles breathe air. Do you breathe air? hmm, maybe you are a reptile.
Next they are a vertebrate. Vertebrates means backbone. Do you have a backbone? Yep you do!
Next they are covered in skin. . .And the skin is made up of bony plates and scales. Look at your skin. What covers your skin. Hair? Ok, so I guess we are not reptiles.
Some other cool things about reptiles is most shed the outside of their skin when they grow. Have you ever seen a snake skin before? They are also cold-blooded, which means that their blood gets warmed up from the outside heat, like the sun, but our body keeps our blood warm all the time. Also, most reptiles lay eggs. And I’m pretty sure that our moms don’t do that.
So after knowing the rules for being a reptile. Can you think of some other reptiles besides Iguanas?
(snakes, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, and lizards.)
Iguana Craft
Hand each child an already cut out iguana, show them how to bend it in half, then have them stick on the googly eyes, and let them use markers to color scales on it.
Ending Island Game
Walk around the house placing construction papers in a pattern to the front door.
I-Islands are small land areas completely surrounded by water on all sides. These papers are little islands, and the ground is water. Can you make it all around the house and to the front door by jumping only on the islands? (have them all start on somewhere safe, like a couch.) Are you ready? Go!
Bonus: Story time with letter I book:
Suggestions: what if, I (story of alphabet who lost it’s dot) Ice cream mo willems.