My Name – Preschool

Opening SongWelcome by Carole Peterson
CalendarThe kids helped identify the
Date, Day, Month, Season, and Weather
ASLWe learned the ASL for:
My
Name
Rhyming Match with National HolidaysThe kids had to identify what two words rhymed with “Name”.
I had the words the following words:
Brain
Rain
Bananas for National Banana Day
Animal Crackers for National Animal Cracker Day
Book Animal Soup by Todd Doodler
Silly Rhyme“My Name Is…”
Hi, my name is Joe
And I work in a button factory
One day, my boss said to me,
“Joe, are you busy?”
I said no.
“Push the button with your right hand.” (keeping pushing with right hand; add left hand, right foot, left foot)
… One day, my boss said to me, “Joe are you busy?” I said yes!!
Source: Storytime Katie

Use Buzzers/or Buttons for Funny Sounds
RhymeHickity Pickity
Hickety-Pickety Bumble Bee
Won’t you say your name for me?
Briony
Let’s Fly and Say it.
Briony (make bumble bee go up and down with syllables)
Let’s fly it fast!
Briony
Let’s fly it slow.
Briony  

Hand out Bumble Bees/pom-poms.  Have the kids move their bees up and down with syllables. If the crowd is too large, have guardians work one on one with their kids.  
Source: Adapted from Stories With Ms. Jenna
GameName Hunt
Have guardians write their child’s name on a piece of post-it and then collect them. Put the names around the room and then have the children find their names.
Name Recognition ActivityConstruction Paper and Goldfish
Have the adults write out their kids’ names on paper. Then have the kids trace their names with the goldfish moving with the flow of the letters.
Dance SongBumbleebee by The Laurie Berkner Band
The kids kept their Pom-Pom and danced with it.
Dance SongWhat’s My Name from The Descendants
Cool DownWe melt all the way down to floor until we are laying down. We sing the Alphabet and count up to 5 and Down from 5.
Goodbye SongSkidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Songs

Storytime Craft: I saw several versions of this craft on the internet. For the crayons, I labeled the top of the crayon with the letters of my name and the bottom of the crayon with numbers. I also mentioned to the patrons they could label the crayon with its color.