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    This document discusses the importance of helping children learn to recognize their own name. Recognizing one's name is an important early literacy and independence skill. The document provides activities that caregivers and parents can do with children both at home and in early childhood classrooms to encourage name recognition. These include writing and tracing their name, identifying letters in their name, and making name recognition a fun part of daily activities and interactions.

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    Helping Children Learn to Recognize Their Name

    Early Childhood Center- Indiana Institute on Disability and Community


    2853 E. 10
    th
    Street, Bloomington, IN 47408 (812)855-6508
    www.iidc.indiana.edu/ecc


    Aswithadults,many
    activitiesinachildstypical
    dayrequiretheabilityto
    recognizehisorhername
    independently.For
    example,thechildcan
    functionmore
    independentlyinthe
    classroomifheorshecanfindhis/her
    owncubbyindependentlyuponschoolarrival.
    Inaddition,namerecognitionisrelatedto
    earlyreadingandwritingskills.Forexample,
    accomplishmentofnamewritingisabeginningstepin
    developingawarenessofthealphabeticprinciple(i.e.,
    matchingsoundswithletters).Childrenlearnthat
    thereisadifferencebetweenscribblingandletters
    groupedtogether,thatwordsandlettershave
    meaning.
    1
    Itisdifficulttoteaseaparttheprocessof
    recognizingonesnameandwritingonesname,
    becausethesetwodistinctskillsbuildoneachother
    2
    .
    Developmentally,childrenwillbeabletorecognize
    theirnamebeforetheycanwriteit.Despitealackof
    perfecthandwriting,childrenmaystillbenefitfrom
    practicingwritingtheirnamewiththeendgoalbeing
    namerecognitionratherthansignatureskill.

    Activities to Support Name Recognition


    Placenamesofchildrenaroundtheclassroomon
    cubbies,forjobassignments,onlockers,etc.
    Encouragechildrentowritetheirownnameson
    projects.Iftheycannot,haveanadultwritewhile
    thechilddictatesletters.Theadultmayalso
    encouragethechildtotraceoverhisnameonceitis
    writtenbytheadult.
    Encouragechildrentosigninwhenarrivinginthe
    classroom.Again,tracingordictationcaneasily
    modifythisactivity.
    Encouragechildrentoconnectletterstheyknow
    fromtheirnameswithlettersinwordstheydonot
    knowtofacilitateliteracyandsoundtoletter
    matching.
    2

    Encouragechildrentohelptheirpeerswith
    recognizinglettersfromtheirownnames.For
    example,AdamidentifiesAforBen.
    2

    Encouragechildrentouselettersfromtheirnames
    andpeersnames

    Parent Activities to Support Skill
    Development
    Demonstratewritingyourchildsname.
    Haveyourchildtraceoveryourversion.Itmaybe
    funtousemultiplecolorsofcrayons/markersfora
    rainboweffect.
    Haveyourchildtracehisnameonfinegrit
    sandpaperusingchalkormarkers.
    Lookatbooksinvolvingdifferentletter
    identification.
    Haveyourchildplaywithletterblocksand
    encouragehim/hertotracetheshapeofthe
    letterfollowingtheroutehewouldtaketo
    writetheletteri.e.,toptobottomand
    counterclockwise.
    Encourageyourchildtopracticetracingor
    writinghisnameonaverticalsurfacesuchasan
    easelorchalkboard.
    Haveyourchildformthelettersofhisname
    usingrolledoutPlayDoh.
    Pointoutlettersthatareinyourchildsname
    whenyouaredrivingandseelettersona
    billboardmakeagameoutofittoseeifyour
    childcanrecognizetheletters.
    Usingcardswithlettersonthem,providecards
    toyourchildwiththemscrambledandhave
    himtrytoplacetheminthecorrectorderto
    spellhisname.

    Resources
    1
    Neumann,S.B.(2006).Literacydevelopmentforinfantsand
    toddlers.InRosenkoetter,S.E.,&KnappPhilo,J.(Eds.),Learning
    toreadtheworld:Languageandliteracyinthefirstthreeyears.
    ZerotoThreePress:Washington,D.C.
    2
    Bloodgood,J.W.(1999).Whatsinaname?Childrensname
    writingandliteracyacquisition.ReadingResearchQuarterly.
    34(3).342267.

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