All About My Name

A child’s name is personal, meaningful, and motivating. It is the perfect place to begin building letter recognition and early writing skills.

1. Name Puzzle (Daily 5-Minute Routine)

• Create individual letters for each letter in your child’s name

• Use a capital letter only for the first letter; all others should be lowercase

• Place the letters in a small zip-lock bag

• Each day, have your child put the letters in order, say each letter, then say the full name

2. Yarn Name Art

• Write your child’s name large on an 8.5 x 11 horizontal paper (card stock is recommended)

• Run a thin line of glue over each letter

• Cover the letters with yarn in your child’s favorite color

• Add a short note about what their name means or why it was chosen (This can be saved and added to a All About Me booklet that you could add special pages to as a keepsake)

3. Rainbow Writing

• Write your child’s name large on a piece of paper

• Choose 3–5 different crayon colors

• Trace over each letter while saying each letter out loud

4. About Magnetic Letters

• Use magnetic letters only if you have both uppercase and lowercase

• Teach that capital letters are used at the beginning of important words like your name.

  Do not use capitals in the middle of words