The Letter I

Week 9. The Letter I. 

Island 

We created islands for our creative project during the letter I week. Many students were already familiar with the word island, much to our surprise. Most of this material had to be pre outlined and pre cut as well. We decided to cut out most of the accessories that go on the letter I. The jagged lines would have been much too difficult for our preschoolers.  We had the children cut out the letter I and glue on the pieces where they thought that they needed to go. 

This activity requires 

- pre cut sun, leaves, waves

- glue 

- scissors

- construction paper

Igloo

We created our own edible igloos. The children enjoyed this activity very much because they knew that after lunch they were going to be able to eat their entire igloo. We made our igloos out of graham crackers, icing, and marshmallows. The icing acted as a glue to the marshmallows and the graham crackers held as the foundation. 

Ice Cream 

We made our own ice cream in class! The students took turns making enough ice cream for each student to try some. We used a personal ice cream maker that another teacher had brought into the classroom. The picture below is the exact ice cream maker that we used. 

 

Ice Cream Shop 

In the dramatic play area we created a ice cream shop for the kids to serve and order ice cream at. We made several different kinds and colors of ice cream. We put actual ice cream scoops and bowls in the ice cream store for them to play with. We also used real sprinkles for the students to decorate the ice cream that they were serving. 

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