Letters in My Name

Find the first letter of a name.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. 10 minutes or less.

For grown-ups

Your child finds the first letter of a name and sees that letters make a name. Show them their own name often! We suggest reading it together.

What children learn in Level 43

Your name is a word! It's made of letters. This name is Mia: M, i, a.
A name starts with a big letter. Mia starts with big M.
Leo starts with L. Sam starts with S. What does your name start with?
Your turn! Tap the first letter in Ben.
Try it with a grown-up! Your grown-up writes your name. Find the first letter, then count all the letters.

Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS), 48–60 months:

CLL7.4a — With prompting and support, recognizes and names some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
CLL8.4b — Understands that letters form words. Understands that words are separated by spaces in print.