Helper Charts + Name Games

It's Back-to-School in EARNEST Season! 

Today's Round-UP is all things with 'NAMES'

Helper Charts with Names

Work Station Charts

Art Projects with Names

A Bulletin Board with Names

Magnets and Names

These are all photos from my travels as 

Author-Illustrator Music Lady. 

I visit classrooms around the country and share here.

My hope is to inspire you in the process. 

Yes. Please 'pin' your favorites!!

Notice the "I Can" Statement Headline for the Work Stations

The image of a Kindergarten Writing Station is highly 'pin' able! 

It comes from an earlier article that has 6 different sign-in systems for name recognition and fine motor development. 

Click back to see all six in action. 

This next one is an 'adaptive' handwriting workstation from an article detailing fine motor development when students have special needs. 

Here's the link to that article. 

Let's shift gears slightly and look at ways to use the child's name as a foundation for 'Arts' Projects. 

Name Mosaics. 

Name Acrostic Poems. 

Names in Fine Motor Development!

NAMES!!

Elementary Students Create their First Name in 'Rainbow' Colors for Author/Illustrator Visit to School 

Back-to-School Bulletin Board Using Student Names

I'm a very BIG fan of Pinterest. 

I'm a visual learner. 

This morning I'm at 39,719 followers. 

By all means please follow my super-organized boards for pinspiration! 

And please, help by pinning liberally from my RoundUPs! 

-- Debbie -- 

I added this article to Kindergarten Lifestyle's Linky over Letter Identification.