During ‘Welcome Time’ we have been selecting one student each day
to be our "special person" of the day. During this activity we get to
interview the special person, cheer and chant our his/her name, dissect
each name (count the number of letters, syllables) and then we cut up the
special person's name and his/her job is to see if they can put it back
together. The Kiddoes have been learning names always have a capital letter at
the beginning because they are super important and all super important words
have a capital letter. They have also started to notice there is only ONE
capital letter in a name (usually!!). So, during journal time this week, we
learned how to write our names the Kindergarten Way!! It was a struggle for
many of the Kiddoes to use lower case letters. However, I was very proud of
each and every one of them for trying their very best!
Name writing practice is not something I will have the children
complete as a table activity. I have found incidental learning through play to
be a more effective learning opportunity. Throughout the year, many of the
Kiddoes' learning centres have a literacy component attached where the Kiddoes
are writing for their own purposes. It is an amazing thing to watch as this
skill develops over time. Please watch and help your child at home when he/she
is printing his/her name to ONLY use lower case letters!!
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