Here are nine interesting ways to make the letter I. They’re great for preschool fine motor practice!
First we made a letter “I” with ice! These are very neat ice cubes – they don’t melt. We got them out of our Don’t Break the Ice game.
The kids enjoyed using Do-A-Dot markers to fill in the Letter I. This page is from Confessions of a Homeschooler.
My Four loves to write letters in this little box. To write a new letter, he gently shakes the box and starts over. This time he wrote in flour.
What a simple but very fun idea! My boys just loved tracing chalk letters with water and a paintbrush. Even my Two (going on three), who doesn’t write letters yet, really wanted to do this. When we were done the boys spent a good half an hour painting the whole chalkboard. And when they were done with this, they left their water and paintbrushes behind and my One gave himself a turn. Of course, he just painted the floor :(!
I finally purchased my own power magnets so the kids could do these colorful pages from Confessions of a Homeschooler.
I gave my Two these five Duplo blocks to see if he could make the letter I on his own. He needed some help, but was proud of the final product.
I was happy to find another use for these fun insects. My Two used them to fill in a giant letter I. Get your own giant letter I by visiting this page.
My Four always completes one of these pages when we write our letters. Traditional handwriting pages are still a bit much for him. You can get your copy of this and other handwriting pages by visiting this link.
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Robyn
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Would it be too forward for me to say, I love you? LOL. These are wonderful resources. Thank you for making them available to us.
Anna Geiger
LOL, Robyn, thanks for the day brightener. 🙂 I can definitely say I love all my readers and am thankful for each and every one – because all of you make the time and energy so, so worth it!
Carrie
I was wondering where I could get the giant letter I? I love using them with my daycare kids.
Anna Geiger
Hello, Carrie! I think I’m too late to get this giant letter I to you – sorry about that 🙁 – but I did finally upload it to this post. Thanks for letting me know it was missing!
annageig
Great idea with the cars — I found these great letters shaped like roads that he might like! Here’s the link: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/racecarabccards.htm
Kirstylee
I love all of these ideas! I think my favorite is when you make the letter with bugs. I just know my preschooler would love making letters with his small toys. I’ll probably try it with cars first because those are his favorite. 🙂
annageig
Hi Lori,
I’m glad you found something you could use! One day I’ll have something for every letter… slowly but surely 🙂
Lori Summers
This is great!! What great ideas to add to our I week when it comes around! Definitely pinning this! Thanks for sharing…I found you on Sunday Showcase!!
annageig
Thanks for checking in, Ann! I haven’t tried any of your sensory sinks yet, but I know my boys will love them.
Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest
Great ideas here, Anna! I will definitely be trying some of these when we start really working on letters.