When I was a teacher, I would spend a good deal of time in September on getting to know each other and building community.  This investment would lend to a cohesive and caring class group throughout the school year.  Working in Toronto, we would talk about our country of origin, what made us who we are, who are families were etc.  Literature was always my introduction to any topic and celebrating our unique selves is a theme in many beautiful books.  Your Name is a Song is about a girl’s experience with teaching her class and her teacher her name, but the message is so much more. 

We made some free printable alphabet cards so that your child or students can work on creating their own names, those of their friends and words!  

Materials

  • Printable Letter Cards & Prompts Letters
  • Printable Sign Stand paper stand 2
  • Cardstock
  • Scissors or paper cutter (to be used by an adult)
  • Tray
  • Containers

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Directions

Canadians can find it here:

Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/your-name-is-a-song/9781943147724-item.html

Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Your-Name-Song-Jamilah-Thompkins-Bigelow/dp/B07W4XJ184/

Americans can find it here:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Name-Song-Jamilah-Thompkins-Bigelow/dp/B07W4XJ184/

*Disclaimer:  We received a copy of the book for review as I love so many books from: http://www.theinnovationpress.com/.  This is not a sponsored post and nor do we use affiliate links.*

  • Print your cards on sturdy paper and cut out the letters.  You may want to print several copies, particularly if the names you are working with have more than one of each letter.

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

  • Put the letters in a container or shallow tray.  We used two trays, sorting the letters into upper and lower case.

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

  • Place out a big tray to arrange the letters of your name.
  • Print out the handy stand on sturdy paper, cut it out and fold along the dotted line.  Isn’t this so creative?!  My host teacher when I was in University taught me that simple paper trick- great for labels of displays of the children’s work, prompts etc. and so inexpensive!

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

  • Print out the name prompt on sturdy paper and then add it to your activity!  This activity would be great for back to school in September for children in Pre-K/ Preschool/ Playschool, Kindergarten and Grade 1!

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

  • We added a poster variation for children to make their friends’ names (you could print an additional stand and add photos to this).

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

  • We also added a poster for making words with the letters- this would be a great way for children to work on common words, words that they working on or words that are interest to them.  You could put out certain letters or use the whole alphabet bank.

Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song".  These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3).  We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Another Alphabet Idea:

Alphabet Booklet: Make this booklet to allow children to become familiar with the starting sounds of various words. We show you 4 options: 1) Add illustrations 2) Cut out corresponding images from magazines. 3) Cut out images from construction paper 4) Take photos of items, print them and add them to your book! #alphabet #alphabetbook #alphabetprintable #visualdictionary #preschool #playschool #kindergarten #letters #letterbooklet #letterbook

Find the printable here: http://make-it-your-own.com/alphabet-booklet/

Other printable projects (fairy garden, paper farm, puppet theatre, writing activities etc.) http://make-it-your-own.com/?s=printable+

Printable Kids' Activities for Learning (STEM, FINE MOTOR, SMALL WORLD PLAY, DRAMA etc)

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Free Printable Alphabet (Letter Cards) to use along with the book, "Your Name is a Song". These cards are great for Preschool, Kindergarten or Primary Grade literacy (Grades 1, 2, 3). We also show you an amazing and inexpensive paper display sign hack! #backtoschool #nameactivities #september #septemberliteracy #alphabet #alphabetcards #letters #lettercards #printableletters #printablealphabet #makingwords #makeyourname #spelling #preschool #kindergarten #grade1 #grade2 #grade3 #teacherhack #teacherresources #printables

Purpose

  • Learning about our names, recognizing the letters that comprise them.
  • Creating familiar words that are meaningful to the child.

Safety Notes

  • Use scissors or a paper cutter with care and direct, adult supervision.
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