CHICKA CHICKA
BOOM BOOM
Submitted by Sandy
To help children recognize their names
and also as an attendance helper I made a coconut tree and on the
first day of school I took a picture (just the face) of each child
and then glued it to a round brown shape ( a coconut) with their
name written on it....at the top of the tree it says "Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom Look Who's in Our Room"....every morning the children come
in and hang their coconut on the tree (there is velcro on the back
of the coconuts and velcro spots on the tree) ---they really seem
to enjoy this activity and if someone forgets they remind them! Soon
I will take their pictures off and just use their names.
COOKIE NAME
GAME
cut out cookie shapes from beige or tan fun foam and use a brown
marker to draw chocolate chips and write
each child's name on the top of the cookie. Then I glued their picture on the
back of the cookie. I store these in a cookie jar and have a cookie sheet and
a spatula for the game. Lay the cookies on the cookie sheet with the names up.
Have the children tell whose name is on the cookie and then use the spatula to
lift the cookie to check for correctness with the picture.
NAME RECOGNITION
Submitted by Tina
I use sentence strips to print the children's names, phone numbers,
home address, birthdates, etc. Next, laminate these and let the
children use dry erase markers to practice printing these important
facts!
LEARNING TO WRITE NAME
One idea that I saw was fantastic for learning to write their name/
You write their name in black marker on a piece of sentence strip
and then staple a few sheets of tracing paper (cut to the same size)
over top of it.
The children can see their name written in black marker under the tracing paper
and can trace over it on each sheet of paper. The person who showed this to
me made several of them for each child at the beginning of the year and she
would place then in their table caddy and when they finished early or had a
freee minute they would take them out and practice writing their
name.
LEARNING NAME
Submitted by Lisa
In my classroom, each child had his or her own distinctive shape
with their name printed on it. They have the same shape for
a nametag, on the helper chart, and in their cubby. Each morning
when they get their nametag, they bring it to a teacher and spell
it.
NAME RECOGNITION
Submitted by Stephanie
This comes from the Mailbox magazine and was very popular with my
preschoolers.
Cut papertowel or toilet paper tubes into 1 inch circles.
Label each piece with a letter from the childs name. Put all the
pieces in a resealable plastic bag with a picture of the
student taped/glued to the bag. The children are successfully able to find
their bag when we practice spelling their names. The sequencing letters in
the right order is also good left to right practice for them. More advanced
children are given a middle or last name to spell also and I can program the
other side of their piece with the lower case letters for practice with lower
case.
Friend's Name Song
(sung to the tune of A HUNTING WE WILL GO)
A searching we will go (put hand at brow as if shielding eyes)
A searching we will go (repeat)
We're searching for our friend _____. (At this point can hold up a
name card for class to "read" the name of one of the students
in your class or just call out a name)
And that is her (him) we know! (point to appropriate student)
Repeat singing until everyone has been searched for.
Caterpillar Names
Students write each letter of their name on a construction paper circle
(write for them if they cannot) and the child glues the circles together
to form a caterpillar. They then glue either two wiggly eyes on the
first letter of the name or two small construction paper circles
(following directions). Children count the number of circles
and then together create
a class graph of the number of letters in their name.
WHISPER MY NAME!
This quiet game helps students learn the names of their classmates.
To play, silently mouth the name of a student. The student having
this name stands up and says his name aloud. If, after a few seconds,
a student does not
recognize his name, invite all students to say the name in unison. The identified
student then silently mouths the name of a classmate. Continue play until all
students have been identified.
EVERYDAY NAME RECOGNITION
Submitted by Donna
I use polaroid photographs to help children recognize their names. At
the bottom of the polaroid I adhere a label with the child's first
name. We have an attendance board at the entrance to the door. The
board is a large piece of pegboard with two hooks for each child. We
put a tag with the child's name on the top hook and the child has
to find his/her name and place their polaroid picture on the hook
underneath. I punch holes in the name tag as well as the polaroid
pic so that we can move name tags each day. This way the child
really learns what their name looks like and doesn't memorize "where" their
name is on the attendance board. We use Polaroid's throughout
the day as children "sign into" play areas or "sign into" class using
a dry erase easel. Having the child's name on the polaroid
is a nice way to self correct and help with letter identification.
Cookie Jar Names
Submitted by Kerri
This is an idea adapted from another source. Place the printed
names and/or pictures of students labeled with names in an old cookie
jar. Sing the song "Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" and
remove one name during each stanza for the children to identify. I
place pictures labeled with names of the students on cookie shaped
paper to make it more realistic and fun!
Roll-A-Name
Submitted by Kerri
This is an activity that I will be using with my special needs students
during morning circle time for name and/or picture recognition. I
made a large pair of dice out of cardboard and on each side placed
a photo and name of each child. As we roll the dice, the child
identifies the picture, says his or her name, and the class sings
the "Hello song" to them.
Class Directories
Submitted by Karen
With the parents' permission, you can type up your own classroom
phone book and put it in your writing center. Place the names
in alphabetical order, and include a photo of each child next to
their address. Add envelopes and writing paper to encourage
writing. Be sure to encourage them to put their return address
in the top left corner! This is really the part that gets them
to learn their own address well. Also, suggest they write a
letter home to reinforce memorization. You also can have them
put their letters in their classmates cubbies--this is a good sorting/identification
exercise as well!
NAME SONG
Submitted by Cari
(tune Allouette)
Gather round it's time to get acquainted
Sing this song I'll show you how it's done.
All you do to play this game..
Stand right up and say your name!
( Point to a child and have them stand up and tell everyone their
name)
FRIENDSHIP BOOK
Submitted by Debbie
A clever idea I found on the internet that I want to try this year.
Make a book patterned after "Brown Bear, Brown Bear".
Take a picture of every child and teacher in your classroom individually
and then everyone together.
On the bottom of the first page write:
Mrs.___________, Mrs._______________ Who do you see?
At the top of the next page write:
I see__(Lisa)_looking at me!
At the bottom of this page write:
___(Lisa)____(Lisa) Who do you see?
Turn the page and continue with every child in the class.
On the last page of the book glue everyone's picture and write: I see
my new friends looking at me!
What a fun way to learn everyone's face and name, as well as incorporating
early literacy. After reading it several days at school I will have the kids
take turns taking it home and reading the book to their parents
NAME RECOGNITION AND ATTENDANCE
Submitted by Kim
For name recognition, I drew a school house on a large sheet of oak
tag. Around the outside are houses. Each house has a
child's name in it. When they come to school they take
their name out of the house and put it in the schoolhouse. This
is how we take attendance and the children learn to recognize their
names. I used the velcro to attached the names to the houses
and also to the schoolhouse.
MEMORY NAME GAME
Submitted by Margie
Materials: Children's photo
Construction
paper
Baby
food jar lids/Large Juice container lids/etc.
1. cut and place the child's head shot (photo) on the inner
side of one lid
2. Write the child's name on construction paper and cut a circle out
to fit inside a 2nd lid.
3. Repeat one and two above for the number of children you need.
Turn the lids upside down, scramble them up, and play memory!!!!!
Name Recognition
Submitted by Marilyn
To help with name recognition for my 3's class, I use name cards
throughout the year at circle time. For example, in the beginning
of the year, I take large index cards and place the child's picture
and name on one side of the card. On the other side I write
just the child's name. When doing the circle and checking to
see who is absent, I hold up the card with both the picture and name. Eventually,
when I feel the children are secure with this, I hold up the cards
with the name side only (no picture) and see if they can recognize
their names. I do this throughout the year as our themes change. When
learning about hibernation, I cut out brown bears and put the child's
face where the bear's face would be, along with the name. When
doing transportation, I cut out cars, placing the child's face in
the driver's seat and the name across the car. Then I made
garages with their names on them. they matched their names
and the color of car/garage and put their cars into the door slot. For
springtime, I cut out daisies with their picture in the middle and
name on the petals. Eventually, they could all read one
another's names. Also they made place mats with hand prints
and their picture and name on it. they had to "read" their
name to find their place at sanctum. They each had a cup that
stayed in school with their name on it and they matched the letters
of the cup, to the letters on the place mat. It worked wonderfully!
MY NAME
Submitted by Carol
When it is time to line up I ask the children to listen hard and
I spell each of their names as their cue when it is time for them
to get in line. They are so proud of themselves when they get
it right and quite a few of the children are beginning to recognize
their friend's names also.
I traced each child's name with 4" and 2" stencils on manilla tag board.
The first letter of their name 4" and the remaining 2".
The children color the smaller letters with markers and then get to paint glue
on the first letter and put glitter on it.
Eventually we will also just ask "if your name begins with this letter (name
a letter) you may line up." This has been a great way for the children
to work on their listening skills and get them to distinguish between the first
letter and not just any letter that is in their name.
Name recognition
Submitted by Maria
My room is divided into learning centers and the students spend
most of their day "playing" in them. I limit the number of
students that are allowed in each area at one time according to the
size of the space given to each center. The way this is made
clear to the children is that at each center entrance there is one "pocket" labeled
with a number and as many pockets as there can be children. The
children each have a name card which they put in the pocket of the
center they wish to play in. On the card is their name and
a different butterfly. The same butterfly is also in every
other place that their name appears in the room (their cubbies, their
toothbrush space, their shoe cubby...). At the beginning of
the year they really relied on the butterflies to find their card/
or space, but now the majority of them recognize their own names
and can also read the names of most of the other students. It
has also been a great way of learning letter recognition when we
are passing out cards. So the name cards help them learn their
names and those of the other students while the number pockets have
really helped with number recognition.
ENGLISH & SPANISH NAME RECOGNITION
Submitted by Susi, Phoenix AZ
Name Cards
At the beginning of the school year I write each child's first name
on a piece of sentence strip (about 10") and I place a unique sticker
on the same strip. Each child has their own sticker and that helps
them to recognize their name at first, since it is easier for them
to learn at first. I also use the same sticker on their cubbies,
so they know which cubby is theirs.
I use the following song to use the name cards to transition the children to
other activities.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
What is your name?
I do not know.
What is your name?
I want to know!
What is your name? (show a name card )
in Spanish the song goes like this:
COMO TE LLAMAS?
Como te llamas?
Yo no lo se.
Como te llamas?
Quiero saber!
Como te llamas tu?
NAMES
Submitted by Kim
I make up bags for the kids that contain a card with their name on
it and letter tiles of the letters they need to spell their names.
The children have to arrange the letters in the right order to spell
their name and then name each letter to either me or my assistant. The
objective is to get them to a point where they can arrange the letters
without looking at the name card and correctly identify each of the
letters. This begins as an adult monitored center until the
children get comfortable with the activity.
NAME RECOGNITION
Submitted by Vicky
At the beginning of the year we make a name card (folded card) for
each child. On one side is the first name and the other side has
the last name. The first month of school the children eat lunch in
the same spot every day with their name card in front of them. Then
we start moving the name cards and they must find their spot for
lunch etc...this helps them recognize names and helps us make sure
we control who sits next to who!
Name Recognition
Submitted by Doris
We do marble painting on large apple cut outs. In the center we place
their picture. After a few days we go back and ask them what
they did in the center and what they learned. This is written
down under their picture and their name.
(this helps them to recognize their name, learn the centers they go to and
what skills they will learn in that center.
Title: Place mats
Submitted by Marilyn
Have the child make either hand print, or footprint on a colored
piece of construction paper. Place a small picture of the child
on the paper and write the child's name in large letters in the bottom
center of the page. Then cover with clear contact paper and
you have their own individual place mats and something that their
moms will keep forever!!!!!!!!
Title: Name Recognition Activities
Submitted by Terri
Have the children sign in every morning. This takes care of
attendance for the day and also practices name recognition. Here
are several that I have done.
1.Label a fish with the each child's name. Have the children find their
fish and put it in the fish bowl.
2.Label a bone for each child. Decorate a box that looks like Clifford
and have the children feed Clifford their bone.
3.Make a flower for each child. Paint a paint stirring stick green. make
a flower head and laminate. Glue onto the stick. Have the children
find their flower and "plant" it in a flowerpot filled with rice.
4.Label a teddy bear shape for each child. Have them put the Teddy Bear
in the honey pot.
Title: Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee
Submitted by Margaret
"Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee. Won't you say your name for me".
Child says name...
We all say "Hi Whatever"
Then we say "Can you clap your name?"( clap syllables),
"Can you whisper your name?" (whisper child's name).
You can add anything else you may want to. This is usually alot of
fun for the kids. They LOVE to whisper their name. We just go around
the circle until everyone has done their names.
Title: Name Recognition 1
Submitted by Eileen
Here is an idea that I came up with a few years ago (but have never
had time to try). Take a piece of construction paper 12" x
18". Take a sentence strip and write the child's name on it
(first and/or last). Glue that at the top of the paper. Then
either make or buy the alphabet and number strips (I like the ones
by Judy/Instructo) and put them underneath the name. Make strips
with shapes, color words, or any other skills that you wish to emphasize
from the beginning of the year throughout. Then laminate the
paper. Now you have a place mat that can mark the child's place
at the table (especially helpful for a sub), give them a reference
for their name and other skills and contain the mess when you are
gluing, using play doh, etc. (the mess usually cleans right off the
laminate). Make sure when cutting the mats apart (after laminating)
that you leave a margin of clear laminate to keep it sealed.
Title: Name Recognition 2
Submitted by Cherilyn
Need:Foam alphabet letters for printing, Cardboard,acrylic paint,
wool, hole punch, scissors, coat hanger.
The children use the foam letters and print with acrylic paint onto
the cardboard. We talk about what letters we are printing and the colors
we are using. When dry the children use scissors to cut loosely around
each printed letter and punch a hole in the top with a hole punch.
The children then hunt for the letters in their name and with some
teacher assistance hang them in order on the coat hanger creating a "Name
Mobile". The children may add extra decoration if they wish
Title: Name Song
Submitted by Allison
When we have a new child starting our class, we start circle by clapping
to "Bee, Bee, Bumblebee, won't you say you're name for me buzzzzzzzzzz.." and
I then point to one child at a time and they tell the new child his/her
name, then we sing again until everyone has had a turn. They
all love clapping and singing along. Also on the circle rug
each child sits on his/her own name. We sing "Bee, Bee, Bumblebee,
Won't you SPELL you're name for me", if they need help all's they
need to do is look at they're names in front of them and it helps
them to learn to spell it.
Title: Name Song to tune "Bingo"
Submitted by Marcia
There was a teacher who had a student and Sarah was her name-o
S-a-r-a-h (3x)
and Sarah was her name-o
Title: Willobee-Wallobee
Submitted by Shelly
Willobee-wallobee wee, an elephant sat on me.
Willobee-wallobee, woo , an elephant sat on you. ( use each child's
name and substitute W for the first letter)
Example. Willobee wallobee winda
an elephant sat on Linda
Willobee wallobee Ayne
an elephant sat on Wayne.
Title: Name Recognition 4
Submitted by Anita
What I do so the preschoolers can learn their name is to use contact
paper to attach a name plate to their spot at the table. This
way they can see it whenever they are doing activities at the table. They
soon recognize it when I write it on the dry erase board or on their
papers or wherever.
Title: Greeting (Name) Song
sing to the tune of London Bridge
Submitted by Marcia
This is (George)
We're glad he's here, glad he's here, glad he's here!
This is (George)
We're glad he's here.
Come on now say, "Hello." (and we take a minute to all say
hello)
Title: Name Recognition 5
Submitted by Regina
I recently began using name cards with each child's full name printed
on it during circle time. The cards are mixed up and I pull
out one name at a time. The child who's name is on the card
then spells his/her name then says his/her address, phone number,
and birthday. Each child gets a turn. In the beginning
of the year they need help in identifying whose name it is and I
spell it with them but by the end of the year they can all recognize
everyone's name, spell their own, and even spell some of their friends
names! I found this helpful with letter identification and
recognition also.Name tags are also labeling each child's chair and
cubby to also help with name recognition.
Title: Name Recognition Board
Submitted by Terri
This year my pre-k class will each have a cut-out the is shaped like
a crayon with their name and picture on it. These will also
be laminated and have velcro on the back. The crayons will
be laid out on the front table and the children upon their arrival,
will stick their crayon onto a low to the ground, bulletin board
that has the velcro backing on it.The board also has a crayon box
in the corner that says, "Ms. Terri's Colorful Class". This
will lend itself to discovering who isn't here and we will also use
the crayons for voting on class decisions.
Title:Other name recognition things
Submitted by Terri
Their cubbie and their art file not only have their name but also
the same rebus-type sticker. Each child also has a hang file
and a notebook journal in the writing corner and these also have
the same sticker as well as their name. In their hang file
we put lots of home-made books and book making materials as well
as sentence strips that have their name written in pencil several
times as well as lined and unlined paper. The children use
markers to trace over or doodle on their names. We also have
another low bulletin board that has their picture with their name
as well as stickers with their name printed on them. The children
use the stickers to put their name on their projects if they do not
know how to write it yet (or even if they do know they like the stickers). They
usually always put the sticker on and then try to write it themselves.
We also use a pencil when doing dictation for a child's story and
when they are finished telling us their story they can choose to
trace the words of their story with a fine point marker. The
children really enjoy tracing the letters in their story. I have
seen some of my students sit for very extended periods of time tracing
the letters and truly making it their story. The level of pride
when mom or dad see their work is inspiring.
We have a learning center-based curriculum that believes in extended project
work and so no student is required to participate in any of these activities
but we support a child's interest in learning to read and write.
In my classroom, I have the room divided up into centers. At
the beginning of the year, I make name cards with velcro on the backs
of each of them. I put velcro around the room at each center. If
the center can have 3 children, I put up 3 strips of velcro and so
on. When it is time for the children to go to centers, they must
put their name on the velcro strip for the center they want. When
the velcro strips are gone, the children know that center is full. This
is helpful for children to begin counting with one to one correspondence. Another
thing that it is helpful for is keeping the children in their centers. The
wandering aimlessly around the room has decreased dramatically since
I have used this.
Title: Name Recognition 6
Submitted by Bobbi
I take pictures of each child and put a sentence strip with their
name. Each morning the pictures on on the table by the pocket
chart with their pictures.They must find their name and put it by
their picture. This allows for them to learn their names. It
also is a way to match faces to names.
I also have a bulletin board with laminated 8 x 11 pieces of construction paper
to display the kids work. In the corner of each page, is their picture
also.They also use these names to write notes and pictures for each other.
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