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How to Make Custom School Bus Name Puzzles

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Use these editable school bus name puzzles to work on alphabet recognition and name practice with your kids.


Are you looking for a motivating way to introduce letters and sounds?  Name activities for preschool kids are a perfect choice.  Here is the latest version of editable and printable name puzzles that I have created.  This one, a school bus version provides another way to help kids practice their name and learn alphabet knowledge

Use these editable school 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

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOURCE

The following are included in the editable school bus puzzle resource

  • 2 styles of editable school bus puzzles for names with 3-13 letters
  • Class List Forms – Complete the form and  letters are automatically added to the puzzles
  • Print Planner- Helps you determine which pages to print
  • Printable labels- to attach to storage containers, bags, or envelopes

Two Different Puzzle Styles: Two styles of puzzles are included in the resource.  One has black letters that look amazing when printed on brightly colored paper.  The second style has outlined letters so that kids can color them with crayons

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 the School Bus Name Puzzles

Easy-to-Use Class List Form: You can make school bus name puzzles for kids with 3-13 letters in their name.  You will need to use the most recent version Adobe Acrobat Reader to add your kids’ name to my document.  To customize your puzzles you just need to enter your kids’ names into the document’s class list form.

For this puzzle, you will need to add the last two letters of kids’ names in the special spaces on the form.  This will make sure that those letters print on the end of the school bus.

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

As you add all the names to the form, they will be automatically added to the puzzles in the document.

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

Print Planner Page: A print planner page is included to help you quickly determine which pages to print.

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

Each puzzle prints on 1 sheet of paper.

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

If you puzzle prints with some blank pieces, you can just cut them out and add those to your scrap bin.

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

Labels: You can also print labels to organize your puzzles.  Attach a label to an envelope, a sandwich bag, or a plastic container and store the matching puzzle pieces inside.

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

LITERACY ACTIVITIES

Kids can work on spelling and recognizing their names with these puzzles, but here are some additional literacy activity ideas.

Alphabet Knowledge: As kids are working on the puzzles, here are some questions that will help build letter skills.

  • What letters do you see?
  • What do you notice about the shape of the letters?
  • Are there any duplicate letters?
  • What sounds do you hear when I say the name?

Letter Formation: Encourage kids to practice letter formation by finger tracing each letter on the puzzle pieces.  This will help them as they learn to write their name.

Syllable Recognition:  Clap out the syllables in a name to emphasize and count the syllables.

Create Rhymes: Create silly rhymes by changing the first letter of the name (Example…. Ten rhymes with Jen and Bracie rhymes with Gracie)

Complete a Friend’s Puzzle: In addition to working on spelling their own names, kids will enjoy putting their friends’ puzzles together.  Which name has more letters?  Which name has less letters?

ADDITIONAL IDEAS

The printable puzzles are fun to use for practicing names, but they can be used for additional activities too. Here are a few ideas:

  • Fine motor/scissor skills practice– Let kids cut out own puzzles.
  • Glue them down– I designed these puzzles to fit onto sentence strips.  Kids can glue their puzzle pieces onto a stip.
  • Bulletin boards – Use these strips to create a name bulletin board.
  • Color puzzles – Instead of names print puzzles with the names of colors.
  • Word puzzles – Use the document to CVC word puzzles or sight word/hight interest word 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

Purchase the School Bus Name Puzzles Today

Are you ready to work on name practice with these puzzles? You can purchase the Editable School Bus Name Puzzles in my store

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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.
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
Name Puzzles for a Pet Theme Use these fun wiener dog printable name puzzles to work on name recognition, spelling, and a variety of literacy activities with your kids. Use these editable name activities for your pets theme or animals theme unit or lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. The dachshunds are perfect for a bulletin board, busy bag activity, or for a literacy center. Customize the dogs with names, sight words, or spelling words. #nameactivities #preschool #pettheme
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
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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