Name Games: Jack-in-the-Box

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

Jack-in-the-Box: A game full of surprises.
Join Jack-in-the-Box as he crouches down low and jumps up on the last line of the rhyme. Jack helps young learners recognise and read the names of classmates.

Includes:
• 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 a 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