CH 01 · LEARNING LAND · EPISODE L09
Murphy is throwing a garden party, and he has made an itty-bitty invitation. He sets it down on a big flat leaf, and along comes an inchworm that carries it off on its back. The inchworm inches down the garden path, climbs up the ivy on the garden wall and plops over into the yard next door, right onto the neighbor's pet iguana, sunning on a rock. When the iguana strolls away, a friendly ladybug picks up the invitation and flies it home to Murphy, and everyone comes to the party.
Every one of them starts with the letter I. Can your Couch Buddy name them all?
I! I! I is incredible! I! I! Here we go! Murphy made an invitation, itty-bitty and bright He set it on a leaf in the warm garden light Along came an inchworm and carried it away So hop up on the couch, let's follow it today! I, I, invitation! (Invitation!) I, I, inchworm! (Inchworm!) I, I, ivy, climbing up the wall! I, I, iguana, the greenest friend of all! I, I, insect, a ladybug that flies! I is incredible, open up your eyes! The inchworm inched along, along the garden way Up the ivy wall it climbed, hooray, hooray! Plop, over the wall, onto an iguana's back The iguana strolled away, who can bring it back? I, I, invitation! (Invitation!) I, I, inchworm! (Inchworm!) I, I, ivy, climbing up the wall! I, I, iguana, the greenest friend of all! I, I, insect, a ladybug that flies! I is incredible, open up your eyes! Here comes a ladybug, a friendly flying bug She picked up the invitation and gave it a tug She flew it home to Murphy, right where it should be Now everyone's invited, come and party with me! What starts with I? (Invitation!) What starts with I? (Inchworm!) What starts with I? (Ivy!) What starts with I? (Iguana!) What starts with I? (Insect!) Five incredible things that start with I!
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More on Music Mania →Trace big I and little i, write them on your own, then circle the pictures that start with I. Page two is a coloring page with Murphy and his invitation. Free to print.
Download free PDFMurphy follows his party invitation through the garden and next door, and every friend and place he finds starts with the short “i” sound in inchworm: invitation, inchworm, ivy, iguana and insect. Each word pops up next to a big letter I, and Murphy says “I is for…” after each one, so kids see the letter and hear its sound together.
Smile a little and say a quick “ih,” like the start of itchy or inchworm. It's short and soft. The letter's name is “eye,” but in these words it makes the “ih” sound.
Start in the middle with a short line straight down, then lift the pencil and add a dot on top. The Trace It game shows that order with arrows.
