Spelling Their Names

 I have two students who are learning to identify the letters of the alphabet by sight. Elliot is really good at knowing what letters to use, and what they are called. I'm working with him now on writing "My name is Elliot." 

I also have Ruby, who is only three years old, but knows the ABC song. She just can't say the letters of the alphabet in order. So we play "Alphabet Bean Bag Toss" where I say a letter and toss her the bean bag, then if she doesn't know the next letter, I tell her what to say as she tosses the bean bag back to me. 

Her name is only four letters long, so I have her practice using plastic letters looking at her name spelled out. I have her say the letters along with me several times, then I mix up the letters to see if she can put them in the correct order. She can't really do that yet, but for some reason the letter B is easy for her to identify. We're still working on it, but she's so young that when she does get the hang of it, I think she might be a little ahead of her grade level skills. We'll see. 

UPDATE: Ruby has already started to recognize all of the letters in her name, and is able to put them back in order when I mix them up!