Editable Name Practice - Name Tracing Editable Name Activities - Playdough Mats

Use this printable to easily make customized name activities for your whole class.  These editable name activity mats provide a variety of multi-sensory name practice for your kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. Your kids will learn name recognition, learn the letters in their names, learn how to spell their names, and will have opportunities for name tracing practice and name writing practice.

The fun name practice activity is perfect for your writing centers, writing journals, literacy centers, morning work, and ELA workstations in preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, RTI, SPED, and OT.

Full color and black and white options are included

**Please note that this product is also included in my NAME ACTIVITY BUNDLE. If you have already purchased the money-saving bundle, you DO NOT need to purchase this activity.

**You do not need to install any special fonts, but you will need the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader on your laptop or desktop for this resource.

✅ SAVE TIME! - These editable name activities are easy to customize and prep.

✅ VERSATILE! - Practice names in a variety of ways.  Use for your All About Me theme, as a beginning of the school year activity, as a name tracing worksheet, or as a playdough mat.

✅ EASY TO DIFFERENTIATE! - Many opportunities to adapt for different levels of learners.

✅ KEEPS KIDS ENGAGED! These name activities are hands-on,fun,

 and motivating for your preschooler and kindergartener.

➡️ THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS NAME ACTIVITIES MAT SET:

• Name activity mats - Version 1 (2 versions)
• Black & white name activity mats (2 versions)
• Printable letter squares
• Step-by-step instructions

The editable name activity mat template works for names containing 2-12 letters.

Please note that you will need the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for desktop (it's free) to customize this editable name resource. You can now insert a digital image!

➡️ THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON THE EDITABLE NAME ACTIVITIES MATS:

First Letter of Your Name (Version 1): Kids can name the first letter in their names, say the sound of the letter, finger trace the letter and/or trace the first letter of their name.

Photo (Version 2:) Kids can identify their mat or a classmate’s name activity mat by looking at the photo. You can now insert a digital image into the name mats before printing!

Name Tracing Practice (dotted letters): Kids can trace their name with dry erase markers or crayons. To help beginners, use a marker to make a dot on the starting point.

Name Practice (bubble letters): Kids can color the letters in their names, or you can use this space for more name tracing practice or rainbow writing.  Kids can also fill the name with play dough coils, beads, small erasers, buttons, etc.

Blank Space: Use the blank space on the bottom of each name activity mat with the printable letter squares (included with this set), magnetic letters, letter rocks, letter beads, or letter stamps.  As kids build their names, they will learn to spell their names.   

➡️ THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN TEACH WITH THE NAME ACTIVITY MATS

• name recognition
• letters in their names
• learn how to spell their names or order of letter in their name
• name tracing practice
• name writing practice

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WHAT ARE TEACHERS SAYING ABOUT THESE EDITABLE NAME ACTIVITY MATS?

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This is my favorite tool to use for my students who need to work on learning the letters in their name, how to write their name, and hold a pen. This is my favorite material ever! "- Maria R.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of my used resources in my classroom! I have used to for first names, last names, phone numbers, with vecro for matching, sticky tack so they can put the letters in a number of places and they remove them and write. The choices are endless and this year every one of my students are totally independent at their names and have moved on to using it for other words!!! Thank you! For use the most user friendly for making a whole class set at once as well!!!  - Katherine M.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This worksheet for tracing names helped me be able to quickly provide a personalized writing activity for my students. I like the idea of using Velcro on both the last line and have separate letters for students to name and place in order….. I use it for letter identification, sounds, and developing fine motor skills.  It was very well worth the price and simple to use! Thank you!  - Cecelia W.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students use these mats in word work time. I love that the students use different ways to make their name within the same activity. It is great practice for those who already know their name as well as those who are learning their name. I plan to use it again soon for students to learn their classmates' names! - Erin Moore

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved this for practicing name recognition and order of letters in their names. Was a great resource to send home for parents to continue the practice over the summer - Deana B.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I used these for name recognition and name writing practice this month. Kids liked looking for their name and feel so proud to be able to write their name in class. Now, with the end of the school year, I am sending these home for summer practice. Thank you!  - Carrie S.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐My students love the multisensory components of this resource. They no longer complain about practicing their names--a win in my book! - Monica

CHECK OUT THESE ADDITIONAL NAME ACTIVITIES IN THE STORE

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