Name Recognition

Window tracing on a sunny day

Exploring our names and other shapes through window tracing!

Paper name puzzle for preschool

Exploring our first and last names with a paper name puzzle in preschool!

Our names in watercolor

A child’s name is very special and this simple watercolor activity turned out to be a fun and colorful way for our students to focus on the letters in their name.

Feather tip salt tray writing

Exploring the salt tray writing experience with our turkey feathers!

Reading Chrysanthemum and exploring our own perfect names

Explore the wonderful book “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes then find out that you have the perfect name too through these fun and simple activities!

Handmade personalized wooden puzzle give-away

Come and enter this super sweet give-away of a handmade personalized wooden puzzle from TLC Woodcrafters!

The value of name recognition in preschool

See how our names are an interactive part of our daily preschool classroom activities.

Digging up the letters of our name in preschool

Combining rice with a name search makes for a wonderful learning and playful experience!

Literacy Beginnings | Chapter 20 | Names

The most powerful and effective way for children to begin learning the complex process of learning about letters is by writing their own names.” ~Carol Lyons Retrieved from Literacy Beginnings on July 25, 2011 Today I am sharing the highlights from Chapter 20 Names: A Powerful resource for Literacy Learning by Pinnell and Fountas. This [...]

Who has come to preschool today?

Part of the morning greeting routine in this two year old class includes a creative way to take attendance. On the wall the teacher has two large laminated poster boards. One of the poster boards says “Our Class.” All the children’s names are on this board when they arrive to school each day. The other [...]

Learning to recognize our names all day long

Young children can learn to master their names with a “name-rich” environment.

A simple name writing activity to do with preschoolers

Practice this simple name writing activity with your preschooler! In the middle of a room full of play and noise, I happened to notice a group of children gathered around their teacher doing a little name recognition and writing. As each child would get a turn, the teacher would ask if he or she wanted [...]

My name book: A preschool printable

Each school year, I like to create a name book for my preschool students to use. I put them together with all kinds of materials but to simplify things for my readers, I created this little name book template. In advance I create a book for each child. The number of letters each child has [...]

Name graphs for young children

Help preschoolers learn to recognize their names with these graphing activities. The activity you choose to use will depend on the age and readiness of your students. When participating in any type of graphing activity, always make sure your students are involved in the process and once the graph is completed, ask the children questions [...]

Name sensory for young children

Create a name sensory card for each of the children in your class and then try the activities described below! What the teacher will do… Print each child’s name on a sentence strip using upper and lower case letters. Trace each letter of the name with a thick line of glue. Set aside to dry. [...]

Create a name game for your preschoolers

Some names are long and some are short. Play this little concentration game to help your preschoolers recognize their own name and the names of their classmates. To prepared the game… Print each child’s name (upper and lower case) on a two separate sentence strips. Cut one name apart leaving one letter of each child’s [...]

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