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.

Name Hunt and Clip | Name Recognition Game

For the last couple of months, my little boy has been showing a lot of interest in spelling his name. He has a cushion cover that I had sewn for him with his name appliqued onto it. That was where I first noticed his interest in reading the letters of his name when he kept pointing and calling out each of the letters of his name. 

So, I wanted to set up an activity that involved his love to spell out his name and his fondness for cloth clips! This game was set up when the little fellow was napping one day. It took me all of 15 minutes or so to prep it up. Just some cloth line clips, paper and pen is all that you need for this game. 

I tried it with multiple names/simple words in different colours and the entire list in just one colour to see if it makes any difference. It didn't seem to. I plan to try this in lower case and a mix of cases next time. He found the wooden clips too hard, so we switched to plastic ones 

After doing it a couple of times over, he wanted to find my name... So he went ahead and pinned clips against my name on the other side of the paper strip! 

If you have a little one who loves reading out his/her name or is just about beginning reading, this game is for you! Try it out :)