{"id":277,"date":"2020-02-17T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2020-02-18T00:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:08:49","slug":"how-to-teach-children-to-say-my-name-is-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/how-to-teach-children-to-say-my-name-is-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach Children to Say &#8220;My name is &#8230;&#8221; in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children learning English (ESL\/EFL) love to introduce themselves in English. Asking the students, &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; and having them answer is a daily task in my classes. Here are my top tips for teaching this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Tips for Teaching Children Self Introduction with Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Introduce yourself first:<\/strong> I always begin by saying, &#8220;My name is Matt.&#8221; Next, I will invite a student up and after learning their name help them say for example, &#8220;My name is Bell.&#8221; The students can slowly repeat each word after you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use puppets to introduce the idea:<\/strong> I often use small hand puppets that I bought at a local store to model saying, &#8220;My name is&#8230;&#8221; I have a dog puppet, and a cat puppet. I introduce myself by saying, &#8220;My name is Matt&#8221; then I pull out the puppets. I make a silly dog voice and using the dog puppet say, &#8220;My name is Douggy Dog. Woof, woof!&#8221; Then I take out the cat puppet and say, &#8220;My name is Catey Cat. Meow!&#8221; The students start seeing that we are introducing ourselves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s Your Name? Song<\/strong>: After introducing the idea of saying our names, we sing the What&#8217;s Your Name? Song. You can get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamenglish.com\/whatsyourname.html\" target=\"_blank\">free mp3 download of that song here.<\/a>\u00a0And check out the simple video here: <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAFSTrSNJMg?rel=0\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Game Idea:<\/strong> Have the students stand in a circle. Use a ball, and have the students throw it to each other. The student that throws the ball has to ask &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; The student who catches the ball answers, &#8220;My name is _____.&#8221; See if they can gradually speed up without making mistakes. If the students are younger, ages 2-5, you can have them pass the ball and say their name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Name and Numbers Quiz:<\/strong> When the students are comfortable saying, &#8220;My name is &#8230;&#8221; you can combine asking the student&#8217;s names and a number quiz. I do this in big classes with students ages 4-6. I invite a group of students to the front of the class. I ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; and they all answer. Next, I show them a number card usually from 1-10 and ask, &#8220;What number?&#8221; and they answer for example, &#8220;Five!&#8221; Then I ask those students to sit down again, and invite another group up until all of the students have had a turn. This is fun, simple, and gives young learners confidence in English!<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nTip:<\/strong>\u00a0Simplify! If something is too difficult for your students, you can always simplify the activity. For example, in the game above if the students are not ready yet to ask &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; have them pass the ball and say, &#8220;My name is&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I hope this helps you get your students introducing themselves in English. Happy Teaching! &#8211; Matt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children learning English (ESL\/EFL) love to introduce themselves in English. Asking the students, &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; and having them answer is a daily task in my classes. Here are my top tips for teaching this: Top 5 Tips for Teaching Children Self Introduction with Name Introduce yourself first: I always begin by saying, &#8220;My name &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/how-to-teach-children-to-say-my-name-is-in-english\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Teach Children to Say &#8220;My name is &#8230;&#8221; in English&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,136,7],"tags":[13,12,14,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}