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S- a snake
O-an orange
P- a half eaten lollipop
h-a chair on its side
i- a line with a dot
e- a mouse

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]]> By: Malia https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-8554 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-8554 In reply to Markisha.

My pleasure, Markisha! I’m so happy to hear that the 5 name activities were helpful.

]]> By: Markisha https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-8524 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-8524 This website was very helpful! I am in the process of teaching my class of three and four year old’s how to spell their names, and I think the block idea was perfect! Thanks so much.

]]> By: Malia https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-6541 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-6541 In reply to Shannon.

Hi Shannon! Without meeting your son in person and completing a full assessment, it’s hard to know what is causing the backward movement. That said, the behavior is not necessarily cause for concern. Some children take steps back before making huge developmental leaps forward. For example, many of my kindergarteners would be able to write alphabet letters correctly for months and then, one day out of the blue, they would start reversing them. The habit would last a few weeks and then the kids would magically flip them back to normal. Brains do mysterious things sometimes.

If you are worried, I encourage you to talk with your son’s teacher about the behavior. Hopefully, having seen your boy in action, the teacher will be able to give you insight into what’s going on.

Please let me know if I can help further!

Malia

]]> By: Shannon https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-6520 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-6520 My son has been spelling his name (verbally) since before he was two. He is almost four and attends preschool five days a week. Now it seem that he knows most of his letters visually, but several of the ones he does not know are in his name and he is unable to recall the verbal spelling of his name any more. Is this common and how do we go about “correcting” this backward movement? Any suggestions are appreciated.

]]> By: Malia https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-6344 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-6344 In reply to Beth.

Hi Beth! Congratulations on becoming a kindergarten teacher.

I actually used several of the activities in this post during whole group instruction. Each day, I focused on the name of one student in class (I’ll call him the “student of the day”) and spent 15-20 minutes completing the following routine:

1. Sing the personalized name jingle that teaches the spelling of the child’s name. (I use the tunes linked in the sidebar of this post.)

2. Use magnetic letters to spell the child’s name on the white board as the entire class sings the jingle several times through.

3. Invite another child in class to come up and scramble the letters while the “student of the day” closes his eyes. After the letters are mixed up, the “student of the day” opens his eyes and unscrambles them. The class checks his spelling by singing the jingle again.

4. Invite each child in the class to draw a picture of the “student of the day” on a blank piece of paper and label the picture with his name. (Before the whole group activity began, I would have placed 2-3 index cards on each table labeled with the “student of the day’s” name so that students who needed a visual reminder of the spelling could find it easily.)

Later in the day, we would spend 5 minutes writing a list of things the “student of the day” loves so that students could see his name again. For example, the list might say,

Steven loves dogs. (I would draw a picture of a dog next to the sentence.)

Steven loves pizza. (I would draw a pizza.)

Etc.

I hope that helps and congratulations again!

Malia

]]> By: Beth https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-6334 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-6334 I am teaching kindergarten for the first time this fall. i am looking for name games that i can do as a whole class during rug time. Any suggestions? THANKS

]]> By: Malia https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-5785 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-5785 In reply to Abir.

I’m thrilled to hear that, Abir! Let me know how they go. 🙂

]]> By: Abir https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-5764 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-5764 loved all the ideas will do them with my Jumanah
thank you for sharing

]]> By: Malia https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-849 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-849 In reply to Kim.

You’re welcome, Kim! And thank you for commenting. 🙂

]]> By: Kim https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/fun-ways-to-teach-your-child-how-to-spell-her-name/#comment-823 https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/?p=1773#comment-823 Great ideas! I especially love the one with the blocks, since I first want to teach how to “say” the letters, then we’ll work on writing them next. Thanks for sharing

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