Zech turned 3 last Dec. In the past few weeks, he has learned to recognise and even spell his own name.
Of course, the easiest to recognise is the letter z. With some prompting from me, Zech formed his name using the magnetic letters.
Then I created a little rhythm of the letters in Zechariah using the bongo drum. The drum was given by Zech's papa from Vietnam. Love the tone it makes! Zech caught it really quickly.
Used play dough to form his name. Zech had some difficulty doing this as the letters were quite small. Realised bigger fonts are better for young children.
Name game. Zech searched for his own name. Placed paper shreds in a shoe box to cover up the names. Increased the challenge slightly by including names beginning with Z. Zech had to look closely to identify his name so he could not just look at the beginning letter Z alone.
It has been a good start for Zech. The next stage? Understanding the background and meaning of his name before moving gradually to writing.
