Give me a Letter...Name Recognition Activity

  

Take a large sheet of construction paper.  Make letters of the child's name
and glue the letters to the construction paper.  On the back side of the construction paper glue the child's picture.  Laminate if you want to keep these for an extended period of time.  Help the children
make plastic bag pompoms. 

During circle time, give each child a pompom.  Hold up the construction
paper holding the name side out for the kids to see. 

Then point to the (G) saying,
"Give me a (G)"..have the kids echo back (G)
Point to the (a) saying,
"Give me a (a)"..have the kids echo back (a)
Point to the (g) saying,
"Give me a (g)"..have the kids echo back (g)
Point to the (e) saying,
"Give me a (e)"..have the kids echo back (e)
Then say, "What does that spell?"

Pause a moment and see if the children can identify the name.
Then turn the construction paper around to reveal the photo of the child.