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March 28, 2016

Preschool Name Writing Activity

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We have a preschool name writing activity that really pops!

In fact some might say it’s a popping good time…and very popular with the kids…

Okay, enough with the puns, onto the fun!

Hands On Preschool Name Activity! A fun way to learn your name!

There is nothing more empowering as a young learner than learning your own name. It’s one of the first words preschool kids learn to both recognize and write for good reason–it’s both motivating and meaningful!

But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Kids have to put together a lot of different skills to be able to write their names and it takes a lot of practice.

We decided to make that practice hands on and fun by using bubble wrap!

Preschool Name Activity Kids Will LOVE!

Popping bubble wrap is a great fine motor activity on it’s own and if you have a little one still developing the fine motor skills they need for writing then save it for them to pop.

 We decided to capitalize on this and use bubble wrap as a preschool name writing activity too.

To prep the activity take a piece of bubble wrap and write the child’s name on the back of it with a permanent marker. Backwards. Depending on the name this may be easier said than done. I’m guessing you can also write it on the front as long as you are careful not to pop the bubbles and let it dry before giving it to a child.

Preschool Name Writing Activity

Then let them pop! Using the bubble wrap slows them down so you can correct letter writing form and talk to them about the letters and their characteristics. It’s also a ton of fun!

 More Preschool Writing Fun

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About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Diane Postman says

    October 14, 2017 at 4:52 pm

    I am an educational consultant and I do teacher training workshops. I am writing to ask if you allow photos from your site to be used in a Power Point presentation. I would give credit to your site and provide your URL, of course. Please respond to epostman3@cox.net .
    thanks

    I am interested in the photo of the name on bubble wrap

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