Objectives:

What You Need:

• paper
• marker
• clear contact paper (optional)

What You Do:

Put clear contact paper over it

We all sit in the "circle area"

I put all of the names in the middle

Each child gets a turn to find their name (early in the year they tend to find their shape), then we spell their name out loud as I point to each letter as we say it. As the year goes on, they recognize their name and other children's names as well. They begin to want to point to the letters themselves as I say it, then they learn the letters themselves.

I use clear contact paper on the paper with their names because when using washable markers, they can also practice writing their name over and over and they can just wash off the marker

For some it is a year long process, but others begin to help the ones that take a bit longer to learn. I just love to see the children go from stage to stage throughout the year.