Name - Fill in the Blanks

Mini's obsession of spelling his name continues and after our first game around name recognition, we played this one recently.  This one combines all his favourites - sticky notes, white board and his name! So obviously, it was a hit! :D

It required minimal preparation and was all done in just 5 minutes. I used a long strip of paper sheet and stuck it on our balcony wall - Oh, our balcony is our favourite activity hangout zone! We both love spending time there. 

This can be done in a smaller scale on a sheet of paper spread on a table, or directly on the white board or any other way that you can think of. He just loves the balcony space and I wanted him to enjoy running up and down in the process of this game, hence set it up larger scale.

Along with helping in name recognition, this game also serves the purpose of some fine motor skills as it requires him to carefully remove the sticky note off the white board and paste it just right in the appropriate blank space and press it at the right spot, to ensure it sticks well.

How We Played

• On this strip of paper, I wrote his name 7-8 times, each time missing a random letter or two and replacing it with a blank ( _ ) instead. 
• I wrote all the missing letters on sticky notes and randomly stuck them on a white board, placed right across the balcony. 

• I asked him to read his name on the paper sheet, one instance at a time and figure out which letter was missing and go over to the white board to find the missing letter sticky note.

• He was to pick up the correct sticky note, come over to paper sheet and stick it to complete his name. He repeated this till all the blanks were filled!