As a teacher, around this time of the year is when I often hear from fretful parents telling me their child is starting school next year and they still don’t know their own name.
They are usually nervous at the thought of their child walking into a classroom and suddenly needing to identify their name on bag labels, work tubs, pencils and more.
Firstly, it’s OK if your child doesn’t quite know their name yet and is starting school. That’s what school is about in my opinion! Children do pick up things quickly and most, when encouraged will eventually begin to succeed at knowing how to read and write their name.
There are some easy, fun, crafty ways that you can give your child a head start in knowing their name though. And it doesn’t have to involve a laborious task of tracing their name on dotted lines over and over again. The best first experiences involve getting in there with their hands,… Read the rest
