How to teach preschoolers to write their name can be challenging but also fun.
Among the first things children learn in school is writing their name. With only the first letter capitalized and sequential letters being lowercase.
As parents, our children believe, and rightfully so, that we know what is right and best. So to help minimize anxiety of starting school, teaching your child to write his/her name in the expected way eliminates the "Mommy said to do it this way" moment.
As teachers, we want to avoid the "Mommy or Daddy is wrong" message. When transitioning, into the standard way of name writing, opposed to all capital letters, try statements such as, "In school we write our names this way."
Tie name writing into a lesson on capitalization. For preschoolers use the first letter of a sentence and names of people and places.
We always had a name chart on the wall and the children took turns doing roll call in the mornings, with a little whispered help. Throughout the day we would use the name list as we lined up. We would say, "If your name starts with 'x' line up." As they became more familiar with letters and their names, we would change it to, "if there is a letter 'x' in your name line up."
Preschoolers are tactile learners so make their name with textured letters. Materials needed: I use sentience strips because they have similar lines to the writing paper for early writers. You will also need a marker, white glue and one of the following for texture: popping corn, rice, dried beans, dried peas, salt, sand, pumpkin seeds, or glitter.
Print each child's name on the sentence strip. Trace each letter with glue and cover the glue with the texturizing item of your choice. Once the glue dries, your preschoolers can trace the letters of their names as they say it.
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