
As a kindergarten and past preschool teacher, writing students' names is one of the first things we work on when school starts.
I'd spend countless hours printing out names for students to trace, writing on sentence strips for students to cut apart and put back together, and bubble write letters on card stock for students to lay play dough on.But... we now have a resource to help you take back all of that prep time!
EDITABLE STUDENT NAME ACTIVITIES
This name bundle includes 25 different activities your students can use to practice learning to spell, write, and identify the letters in their name. And the best part, it is editable, so all you do is...?TYPE THE NAMES, WATCH IT POPULATE ON THE ACTIVITY PAGES, AND CLICK PRINT!!!?
Here are the fantastic activities you will find in our Editable Student Name Activities
Activity #1 -- Vowels and Consonants
Color each consonant in your name blue and each vowel red.
#2 -- Play Dough Names
What kiddo doesn't love play dough?! Let them have fun and practice creating letters and spelling their names.
#3 -- Paint Your Name
Use a Q-tip and some paint to decorate your name.
Activity #4 -- Build with Blocks
Grab some LEGO blocks and create letters to match those in your name.
#5 -- Cut and Build
Color the letter blocks for your name, cut them out, and build your name again.
#6 -- Writing Practice
Practice writing your name super neatly by first tracing the letters and then writing in your very best handwriting.
#7 -- Secret Code
Students become detectives as they follow the code and spell their names and other words.
Activity #8 -- Emoji Names
Students can use these fun emoji faces to identify and write the letters in their names.
#9 -- Scrabble Names
Students can add math to their name practice, as they add the numbers on their name Scrabble tiles.
#10 -- Crowns
Celebrate your name by wearing a crown fit for a king of queen.
Activity #11 -- Magic Names
Write your name in white crayon and color over it with a marker to "reveal" the magic name underneath.
#12 -- Rainbow Names
Students practice writing their names on the strips and then color them the colors of the rainbow.
#13 -- Roll and Write
Roll a die and practice writing your name in different ways depending on the number rolled.
Activity #14 -- Pyramids
Students build their names within the pyramid by adding a letter in each row until they've completely spelled their name.
#15 -- Colors
Practice writing your name and learn or review colors at the same time.
#16 -- Name Art
Decorate your name in a variety of ways.
Activity #17 -- Name Acrostics
Create an acrostic poem using the letters in your name.
#18 -- Sign Language Names
Students can practice signing their names. Can they sign their name to a partner?
#19 -- Three Different Ways
Practice writing your name with 3 different writing tools.
Activity #20 -- Create a Story
Write a story all about you. Use your name and make yourself the main character in this story.
#21 -- Find the Letters
Search for the letters in your name and circle them. Can you write your name up the tree?
# 22 -- Box It
Use the box shapes to write the letters in and spell your name.
Activity #23 -- Name Maze
Find your way through the maze as you follow your name and spell it each time you pass it by.
My students have already begun to enjoy doing some of these Editable Name Activities as they learn to spell, write, and identify the letters in their names. It is so nice to have an abundance of activities ready to be printed and used. And with this resource being editable, I simply type the names into the first page and they automatically populate into all of the other activities. Talk about saving time! ?
~ Written by Janessa Fletcher
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