Name Games: Hickety Pickety Bumblebee

About this teaching resource

Teaching letter names through experiences that involve using children's names 'is one of the most powerful means of teaching children about letters'. Snowball, D. and Bolton, F. Spelling K-8 Planning and Teaching

Hickety Pickety Bumblebee: A chanting routine for children to recognise the names of classmates. Join Hickety Pickety Bumblebee to read, clap, whisper and sing the names of classmates.

Includes:
• Mini lesson ideas for Shared & Independent Reading
• How to Play
• Copies for Shared & Independent reading
• Blank name cards

The Teachific Name Game series provides a range of activities that can form part of the regular weekly/daily routine, and some activities that are useful to repeat on a more irregular basis throughout the year.

Australian curriculum alignment

Year K  

Year 1