Why name booklets work
A child’s own name is the word they care about most. Each page in the booklet practices it a different way: tracing builds letter formation, colouring big bubble letters builds the shape of the whole name, the maze makes them read their letters in order, and cutting and gluing makes them build it themselves.
How to use the class pack
- Paste your class list, one name per line.
- Choose the pages you want in each booklet.
- Check a booklet with the arrows, then download one PDF for the whole class.
- Print and staple each child’s pages together. They come out in order, child by child.
Singapore curriculum links
- K1–K2Writing their own name is one of the NEL Framework’s writing goals for preschool children.
- Motor skillsThe cut-and-glue page practises handling tools with dexterity, one of the framework’s fine motor goals.
- Primary 1The EL Syllabus 2020 begins lower primary with writing readiness and print script.
For children starting Primary 1, a name booklet in the first week is a calm task while they get used to a longer day, recess in the canteen and a new form teacher. It also helps the teacher learn every name quickly.
This pack is for the name in English letters. Many children will also learn to write their name in Chinese, Malay or Tamil in Mother Tongue lessons, so ask parents which spelling of the English name the child uses on school forms.
Summarised in our own words from the MOE English Language Syllabus 2020 (Primary) and the Nurturing Early Learners Framework (2022).
