Lucky Charms and the Letter "I"

"I" is a harder letter to teach children. There are not a lot of "I" sounding words. I went with the word "in" we put a picture of "inch", "insect", "ice", and "itch" Into a pocket. Then we sang the "Itching"song and the "In and out of the window" song. A lot of silly movement!

We had fun exploring what was a lucky charm. We talked about St. Patricks Day! What a lot of Lucky Charms there are with St. Patricks Day like, 4 leaf clovers or shamrocks, Leprechauns, Rainbows and Pots of Gold. We read the story, "Jack and the Leprechaun", by Ivan Robertson about the luck you receive if you catch a leprechaun. I showed a few other lucky charms, such as a rabbit's foot, and a horse shoe. Best of all was bringing out the "Lucky Charms" cereal, and sorting the marshmallow charms and eating them. We used our fingers in finger paint to make a "Field O' Shamrock" picture. For snack we ate green pudding, and everyone ended up Lucky, because each of us found a gold coin in our pudding! What a Lucky Day!