Description
With 30+ letter J centers and 15+ letter J worksheets for kindergarten and preschool, your students will learn the letter J through hands-on activities.
This pack includes vocabulary cards, letter formation and fine motor skills activities, letter identification matching, crafts and hats, games and puzzles and so much more!
Both reusable activities and printable worksheets are included making this activity pack great for literacy centers or whole-class lessons.
What’s included in this pack of Letter J Activities for Kindergarten & Preschool?
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary words – Vocabulary words with accompanying pictures that begin with the letter J.
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3 Part Cards – Match the pictures beginning with letter J to the word and whole card.
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Vocabulary and Photo Cards – Featuring real-life photos and cartoon pictures for vocabulary words beginning with J.
Letter J Formation / Handwriting / Fine Motor Skills
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Letter Poster – Display in your learning space or use it as an activity mat by tracing the letter J with a dry-erase marker.
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Letter Formation Cards – Follow the steps to form each letter—Trace with a dry-erase marker or finger.
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Tracing Pages & Strips – Develop letter formation with these printable worksheets and tracing strips.
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Playdough Mats – Each activity mat includes a template for making the letter or object with playdough and letters to trace with a dry-erase marker.
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Lacing Activity – Prepare these tracing cards so that students can follow the shape of the uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Build the Letter J – Use the pieces and templates provided to build the uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Dot Marker Sticker Page – Use a dot marker or colored circle stickers to fill each picture beginning with the letter J.
Letter J Identification
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Clip Cards – Includes uppercase and lowercase letter identification and beginning sound pictures.
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Find the Letter J & I Spy – Activity mats where students cover the letter J as they find it or circle with a dry-erase marker.
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Clip Cards – Count the letter Js or pictures beginning with J and clip the correct number.
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Colors – Match the uppercase and lowercase letters according to color.
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Letter Sort – Sort the uppercase and lowercase letters into the correct house or jar on the activity mats.
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Sticker Match – Write uppercase and lowercase Js on dot stickers. Students then stick them in the correct spot on the picture.
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Color, Highlight & Trace – Either color, highlight, trace, or cover the letter a on each activity card.
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Dot Market Pages – Printable pages to dot the letter Js or complete the J pictures by filling in the dots.
Games, Puzzles & Patterns
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Puzzles – Including uppercase and lowercase letters and letter-to-picture puzzles.
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Mazes – Cover each letter J or picture that starts with J to find a path through the mazes.
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Spin It! – Place or make a spinner on each circle then cover or trace the uppercase or lowercase letters on the activity mat with each spin.
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Patterns – Continue each pattern featuring uppercase and lowercase letters and pictures beginning with J.
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Graphing – a) Count the pictures and letters and graph what you find! b) Roll a die and trace the letter corresponding to each number rolled.
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Alphabet Game – Add a spinner to the circle or use a dice to move on the game board. Read or say what you see where you land.
Reading & Letter Sounds
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Mini Books – Includes a foldable mini book and a flip book featuring pictures and words starting with the letter J.
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Reading Strips – Read the sentences and either add a tick to the box or add the matching picture.
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Letter Sound Cards – Place a counter or token under each letter or picture as you read/say it
Craft & Make!
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Cotton Bud – Art Use a cotton bud dipped in paint to complete the letters and the pictures.
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Art Pages – Use your favorite art materials such as watercolors, crayons, tissue paper, etc. to decorate these letter J art pages.
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Uppercase Letter J Craft – Follow the instructions to cut and paste to create this cute Jellyfish!
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Lowercase Letter J Craft – Cut the pieces and paste them onto the base page to create a jaguar in the shape of a lowercase letter J!
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Watch & Bookmark – Color the pictures and trace the letter H on the bookmark and watch. Attach the watch to students’ wrists as a physical reminder of the letter J!
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Alphabet Hat – Cut out, color the pictures, trace the letters, then join to make a Letter J hat! Two variations are included.
Letter J Worksheets
Including handwriting, letter sounds, fine motor skills, identifying letters, and more.
How to use this Letter J Worksheets & Literacy Centers pack?
Some great ways to incorporate this resource into your classroom include:
⭐ As part of your morning work to learn about or revise the letter J
⭐ As a literacy center activity
⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. matching uppercase to lowercase letters
How to prepare these Letter J Activities and Worksheets?
✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired.
✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.
Suggested materials:
✏️ Coloring materials
✏️ Scissors
✏️ Glue
✏️ Clothespins
✏️ Dot markers
✏️ Dry erase markers
✏️ Bingo chips
✏️ Small colored objects, e.g. pom poms, unifix cubes, etc.
✏️ Spinner (or use a pencil and a paper clip to create your own!)
✏️ 0.75inch circle stickers in different colors
Optional:
✏️ Math links
✏️ Colored rice for sensory bin
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