This game is a quick and upbeat activity that helps you learn kids’ names. It’s also a great way to start class, especially the very first class! It helps transition the children from a standing circle to a seated circle. The animation shows how to play the game, as well as how to transition into your next activity by patting a steady beat. Great for grades PreK-3.

This name-learning game is an adaption of the jump-rope song “Bounce High, Bounce Low.” Grades PreK-1 can play the game by rolling the ball to each other, and grades 2-6 enjoy a faster-paced ball-bouncing game. All the while, the kids are teaching you their names!

This simple passing, movement improvisation, and name learning chant works well at the first class when you are just meeting the children and they may be just meeting each other. Great for grades Prek-2.

 This is a popular and active game that helps with name learning. Children sing their names over and over! Recommended for Grades 1-6, the game can be as simple or as complicated as you want.

This is a great activity to try after the children have been in school for a few weeks and they know each others' names, but not very well. This game can provide an interesting challenge as one child hides and another must figure out who is missing.