We didn't teach him this intentionally, which is part of why I was so surprised! But it does seem like teaching your child how to spell her name could be a fun (and potentially useful) thing to do—particularly if she shows an interest in letters like Daniel does.
Later that night I stumbled upon the idea of creating a name song to serve as a mnemonic device to help children learn to spell their names. Here are a few resources, if you're interested in playing around with this with your kiddo:
- The Home Teacher has a list of songs grouped by the number of letters in your child's name (3-9).
- If you want to check out some creative lyrics for some of the songs, visit Preschool Express and The Gladdest Thing Under the Sun for ideas!
Okay, you will so laugh at this but when Joseph was a baby, I used to spell out his name to the tune of the Oscar Meyer Bologna song. It actually worked really well...
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