My Name Is Magical!
Prep: None | Activity Time: 10鈥15 Minutes聽
Children like to see their names and like to write their names themselves. This activity will seem like magic to your child.聽
- Variety of 8.5-by-11-inch paper (unlined)
- Magic markers
- Page protector
- Dry erase markers
Step 1: Print your child鈥檚 name on an unlined piece of paper using an uppercase letter for the first letter and lowercase letters for the others.聽
Step 2: Place the paper with your child鈥檚 name inside a clear page protector.聽
Step 3: Demonstrate how to trace the letters in the name with a dry erase marker. Then remove the paper from the page protector and show your child how her name 鈥渕agically鈥 appears.聽
Step 4: Erase the name from the page protector and let your child have a turn.聽
Step 5: Continue as long as your child is interested.
Step 1: To make it easier, print just the first letter of your child鈥檚 name on an unlined piece of paper in large, clear writing.聽
Step 2: Place the paper with your child鈥檚 letter inside a clear page protector.聽
Step 3: Demonstrate how to trace the letter with a dry erase marker. Then remove the paper and show your child how her letter 鈥渕agically鈥 appears.聽
Step 4: Erase the letter from the page protector and let your child have a turn. She will be amazed!
Step 5: Continue as long as your child is interested. Add more letters as your child becomes proficient.聽聽
Step 1: To add some challenge, print your child鈥檚 first and last name on an unlined piece of paper using an uppercase letter for the first letters and lowercase letters for the others.聽
Step 2: Place the paper with your child鈥檚 full name inside a clear page protector.聽
Step 3: Demonstrate how to trace the letters in the name with a dry erase marker. Then remove the paper from the page protector and show your child how her name 鈥渕agically鈥 appears.聽
Step 4: Erase the name from the page protector and let your child have a turn.聽
Step 5: Continue as long as your child is interested.聽