Preschool Letter I Activities

We are back for another week of our Letter of the Week, and this time we focused on Preschool Letter I Activities!

This week is packed with free printable worksheets and hands on activities to help children learn the letter I through play, tracing, crafts, and early literacy practice.

Filip was just as excited as always and couldn’t wait to get started. There is something about guessing the new letter each week that he absolutely loves!

Throughout the week, we used a mix of worksheets, crafts, play dough mats, and hands on activities to keep learning fun and engaging.

Throughout this blog post, I’ve linked the resources we used. You can click on the images or links to access them. If you’d like all the FREE printables from this Preschool Letter I week in one place, you can grab them from Kinder-Resources.

Preschool Letter I: Day 1

Beginning Sounds Activities for Preschool Letter I

We started our week with our beginning sounds vocabulary cards. I covered the words with playdough, and Filip named each picture, focusing on the beginning sound.

He still gets so excited trying to figure out what our letter will be!

➡️ This activity helps children hear and identify beginning sounds while building vocabulary in a fun, hands on way.

Next, Filip explored our Alphabet Play Dough Mats. He first finger traced the letter, then used a whiteboard marker to trace over it.

➡️ Tracing the letter while saying the sound helps build correct letter formation and strengthens the connection between the letter and its sound.

Filip then completed a Letter Identification worksheet using dot paints. He used different colors for uppercase and lowercase letters, which he loved!

➡️ This activity helps children recognise uppercase and lowercase letters while also building fine motor control.

He also practiced writing lowercase i using simple handwriting pages.

➡️ These types of pages support early writing skills by helping children develop pencil control and correct letter formation.

Number 1 Activities for Preschool (Letter I Week)

Since Letter I is a vowel, we took a break from CVC reading this week and focused on number 1 activities to build early math skills alongside our letter learning.

Filip can count confidently, but he is still learning how to write numbers, so we spent some time working on number formation.

We started with our Number Play Dough Mats, just like we do for letters.

➡️ This hands on activity helps children build number formation skills while strengthening fine motor muscles.

Filip also completed a number recognition cut and paste worksheet.

➡️ Cut and paste activities support number recognition while also developing scissor skills and hand strength.

Preschool Letter I: Day 2

We started Day 2 by revisiting our Alphabet Play Dough Mat and tracing the letter again using a whiteboard marker.

Filip loves repeating this activity, and I love how much more confident he becomes each time.

➡️ Repetition is key for mastering letter formation and building confidence.

Next, Filip worked on a cut and paste alphabet worksheet, which he always enjoys.

➡️ These worksheets help children connect sounds to pictures while reinforcing letter recognition.

We also tried a Q-tip painting activity. Filip added glue dots to each circle and sprinkled glitter over them.

This one was definitely a favorite!

➡️ Q-tip painting strengthens fine motor skills and helps children practice forming letters in a fun and engaging way.

Letter I Craft

For our craft this week, we made an insect.

We know insects have six legs… but Filip decided to add ALL the legs we had cut out!

And honestly… I let him 😄

➡️ Crafts like this help children connect letters to real words while encouraging creativity and independence.

More Number 1 Activities

We continued working on number skills using our Number Play Dough Mats again.

➡️ Revisiting the same activity helps reinforce learning without overwhelming young learners.

Filip also completed a number maze using dot paints.

➡️ Number mazes help children recognise numbers in sequence while building visual tracking skills.

We then practiced tracing the number 1 on a worksheet.

➡️ Tracing supports correct number formation and helps children gain confidence in writing.

Finally, we used our Number 1 Flip Book.

Filip read through the booklet, and I added small dots under each word to help him understand that we read by words for sight words, not by individual letters, like we did for CVC words.

➡️ This is an important step in helping children transition from letter sounds to reading whole words.

Final Thoughts

And there you have it… our Preschool Letter I week all done!

We only managed to fit in two days this week, but it was still full of meaningful learning and lots of fun.

Filip especially loved the hands on activities, and I loved seeing his confidence grow with both letters and numbers.

These Preschool Letter I activities are perfect for building letter recognition, beginning sounds, fine motor skills, and early number sense all in one week.

Download Preschool Letter I Printable Activities

To download all the freebies from the Preschool Letter I post that I created, click here or on the image below.

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