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by KatyAnne McMahon
(Geelong, Victoria, Australia)

I am a Prep (Kinder) teacher and I find this is a great way to teach children how to write their name and also keep track of who is at school each day.

In the morning when my children first come in to school, they need to sign-in on the 'Sign-In' Board when they enter the classroom.

Early in the year, they are expected to write their name, but as they get better at this, I will write a 'high-frequency-word' that they need to copy next to their name (this helps them learn basic spelling of common words).

This saves me time in the morning doing the class role as I can see who is at school, just by looking at who has or hasn't signed in.

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Sep 05, 2010
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by: KatyAnne

At the start of the year, the children just copy their name by writing it next to their own name. A lot of kids I teach already come to school with some idea of how to write their name.

Some things that I do to help them write their name is to print it very large onto paper and then laminate. I then give my children whiteboard markers to practise tracing over their name. Because it laminated, they can rub it out and practise over and over again. I often send these home with the kids ot practise at home.

You can also write the kids names on paper and cut p the letters to make a 'puzzle' for the children to put back together.

During the first part of the year I often have children make their name out of play-dough as part of their literacy rotations as well. We also have 'peg-boards' at our school that they can make their names with. Even making it out of magnetic letters can help.

Hope this helps! And thanks for reading my post :)

KatyAnne

Sep 04, 2010
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by: Laincel

I too, am a preschool (K4) teacher and really like your idea. How is it that the children already know how to write their names? Do you have any suggestions for me to help them with this process? Thank you. Laincel

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