Rainbow Name Writing

There’s no word on the planet that my 3.5 year-old loves spelling more than his name. Recently, he became extremely motivated to learn how to write it, too.  Like most things, I knew that he would need plenty of practice before he would master his new skill so to make writing and rewriting a little more fun, I invited him to create a rainbow with the letters of his name with this name writing activity.

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Getting Ready

This name activity was simple to prep and so motivating to play.

To start, I wrote his name in large yellow letters and added a green dot at the top of each one so that he’d know where to place his crayons first.

Then I invited him to trace each letter with the red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple crayons I pulled out of the box.

Rainbow Name Writing

First, he used the red crayon.

Then, the orange one!

And so on until he’d used all six colors to create his rainbow name. This activity is so simple, yet so colorful.  The best part is watching your child get better and better with each color and each tracing!

More Fun!

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