Name Activities for Preschool

Here are the best name activity ideas from Early Learning Ideas. These hands-on name activities will help your kids learn to recognize, spell, and write their names.

Name Activities for Preschoolers

Check out these fun name activity ideas that you can use in the preschool, pre-k and kindergarten classroom. Kids love themselves and they love their name. That's why using name activities is a super way to help kids learn about early literacy concepts in a meaningful way. Perfect for your literacy centers, this article has tons of ideas from free printables to circle time ideas. Young children can work on learning and spelling their name while learning letter sounds. #nameactivities

Free Name Cards for Your Preschool Word Wall

Use this free template to make name cards for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten word wall. The free printables are great for your writing center, circle time activities, literacy centers. Great for name spelling, name recognition and name writing, and phonemic awareness activities when teaching in an early childhood classroom. Use the fun name cards in pocket charts, on bulletin boards too. Children will especially love that they can see their pictures and names on your word wall.

Name Writing for Preschool

From helpful hints to ideas for name writing activities for your preschool kids, this step-by-step guide will help you teach your kids to write their names. Find lots of ideas for name practice that are simple and motivating and fun. Steps include name recognition, name spelling, name tracing, and finally, name writing.

Use Name Mats for Name Practice

There are so many ways that your kids can work on name practice with these editable name activity mats. Perfect for early childhood, preschool, and pre-k classroom, this is a fun way to work on name recognition, the alphabet, letter sounds, spelling their names, handwriting practice, fine motor skills...etc.. You can even include pictures. Use for back to school, the beginning of the school year, an all about me theme unit or lesson plans. #preschool #nameactivities #backtoschool

Free Name Matching Activity Printable

Your kids will love this free printable name activity. Make a name matching set and kids can match pictures with written names. Perfect activity idea for back to school or the beginning of the school year....it helps with learning the names of friends along with spelling, beginning sounds, letter and name recognition. You students will love these activities during the first week and throughout the year in your early childhood literacy centers and writing centers. #preschool #nameactivities

Use these custom name writing activity books to help your kids learn name recognition, letter recognition, and learn to write their names with a variety of activities. A child's name is the most important word in their life....and you can use it as an engaging way to teach concepts of print and early literacy. These books are easy to edit or customize and are easy to assemble. Perfect for your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten classroom literacy centers. Use for back to school or year round

Make a DIY Name Activity with Pool Noodles

Use a simple pool noodle to make fun name activities for kids. Learn how to make this fun DIY activity ...directions for assembly and ideas for additional literacy activities are included. Perfect to teach your preschool or pre-k age kids to spell their name or recognize their name. Use this simple activity in your literacy centers or sensory bin. Pool noodles aren't just for summer....these activities are great for fall, winter and spring too. Get your directions today #preschool

Make a Name Activity with Letter Rocks

Use letter rocks for a fun name activity in your early childhood classroom. Learn how to make the letter rocks. They are simple and easy to make, and can be used for many hands-on literacy activities for kids. Perfect for your literacy center, sensory table or sensory bin your preschool or pre-k classroom. Your children will love these name activity ideas as part of your frogs theme, pond theme, spring theme, or construction theme unit and lesson plans. #preschool #nameactivities

Learn to Spell Your Name with Editable Crayon Name Puzzles

Use these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities with your kids. Your class will love these personalized printable puzzles. Use them in your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten class to work on name recognition, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition and learning a variety of pre-literacy skills. Perfect for your literacy centers. #preschool #nameactivities #alphabetactivities

Celebrate with Editable Banner Name Puzzles

Use these banner and confetti editable name puzzles to work on alphabet recognition, name practice, alphabet, and beginning sound activities with your #preschool and #prek kids. Use for a New Years, Christmas, or holiday unit and lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Use in literacy centers or stations or on bulletin boards.

How to Make Simple Name Puzzles with Bottle Caps

You can make your own name puzzles with plastic bottle caps and recycled containers. Use the free name activity when teaching young children to recognize their names. The activity will also help them with spelling their name. Plus, you can use them for many different literacy activities. Ideas for use include a daily sign in procedure, CVC word activities or sight word activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Use this fun name activity in your early childhood literacy centers.

Printable School Bus Name Puzzles

Use these editable school bus name puzzles to work on alphabet recognition and name practice with your kids. Perfect for #preschool #prek and kindergarten in literacy learning centers. Perfect for the beginning of the year, end of the year, or transportation theme unit and lesson plans. Teach kids to spell their name and teach letters and beginning sounds in a fun, meaningful way. #nameactivities #transportationtheme

How to Customize Train Name Puzzles

Are you looking for fun name activities for your literacy centers? These train name puzzles are perfect for back to school or your transportation theme unit and lesson plans in #preschool, #prek and #kindergarten. Teach name spelling, name recognition and letters while learning about land vehicles and trains. The editable printables can also be used for bulletin boards and decoration. Ideas also include fine motor activities & for spelling words. #nameactivities #transportationtheme

5 Ways to Use Printable Heart Name Puzzles

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Printable Name Puzzles for the Whole Year

Use these 11 different printable name puzzles with your preschoolers for name and literacy activities. Find ideas for the whole year! Perfect for your preschool or kindergarten classroom, or at-home learning or homeschool. Teach your kids to spell their names, construct their names, and the beginning steps to writing their names with these hands-on activities. Make learning fun in fall, winter, spring, & fall with themes from pumpkin, Thanksgiving, caterpillar, snowman, and many more!

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