Name Puzzles
– Write children’s names on a sentence strip. Cut between the letters. Place the puzzle pieces in an envelope. Write each child’s name and glue their
photo to the front of the envelope.
Children can practice putting the puzzles together and reading friends’
names.
*Make name
puzzles with Unifx cubes.
BINGO –
Turn a favorite song into a learning opportunity with this activity. Write the letters B-I-N-G-O on paper
plates. Draw the shape of a hand
on the back of each plate. Pass
the plates out to five students.
Explain that everybody has a letter, but when you put them together it
makes a word. This word is the
name of a dog we like to sing about.
Sing the song by having the children turn over their letter to reveal a
hand at the appropriate time to clap.
Mystery Person
– This activity is similar to the game of “Hangman.” The teacher says, “Give me a drum roll…” (Children pat their hands on their
thighs.) “The mystery person today
has 5 letters in her name.” (Teacher
draws 5 blanks on the board.) The
children take turns calling out letters as the teacher writes them on the
appropriate line. If the letter is
not in the name, they go in a “bone pile” at the bottom.