The Mom I Want to Be

 

 plastic 3-D letters

 paper

 markers

 shallow basket

 

Using the plastic letters, spell the child’s name on the paper. Trace the letters with the marker so that the child’s name is written on the paper. Color in the letters all the same color. Place the plastic letters that are in the child’s name in the shallow basket. Have the child pick letters from the basket and match them, one by one, to the corresponding letters on the paper. Continue until the child’s name is spelled. The child learns that his or her name is made up of letters and what those letters look like.