Naming (activities)

Would it be worth attaching activity ideas to some of these stories?

For instance, Adam naming the creatures God created.

With 2-3 year olds you can pull stuffed animals or animal pictures or familiar items out of a bag and ask what each item is called. Or point to the people in the room and name them. Or they can bring a photo of a familiar person from home.

4-6 year olds - make puppets and let each child name their puppet.

7-9 year olds - you could do the same activity and let the kids tell you why they named their puppet the name they chose. Or "tell me more about your puppet."

10-12 year olds - give them a piece of clay. Let them create anything they want to create and name it. It can represent something living or non-living.

10 + could probably create gadgets or make creations out of found objects and name them. Ask them why they chose the name they chose.

They can name something that someone else made.

You can also talk about names they like and names they don't like and why.

In small comfortable groups, they can talk about their own name and how they feel about it.