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Pencil Names – Name Building Practice Printable

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A child putting together a yellow pencil puzzle with the letters on it to spell the name "Molly"

Pencil Names – Name Building Practice Printable comes with eight editable pages, containing two pencils. Each pencil has pieces for two letter names up to nine letter names.

Getting Pencil Names – Name Building Practice Printable Ready

To edit this resource, you will need to download the KG font used (KG Red Hands). Next, you will open the document with Adobe Acrobat. You will first type out the name of your student (or child) in the highlighted space on the tip of the pencil. Then you will type out their name on the pencil that matches how many letters they have. Each section will get one letter.

Using Pencil Names – Name Building Practice Printable

Each student will have their own set of Pencil Names. You can easily store these in a ziploc baggie so that students can better keep track of all the pieces.

Students will first look at their name on the tip of the pencil. This will be the perfect guide for helping little learners practice building their name.
 
 
Students will then find the first letter of their name and then, one at a time, and build their name.
 
 
I cut the eraser and tip of the pencil off so that my students could fully complete the puzzle.
 
 
You can easily leave those pieces attached if your students are younger, like we did for Bob.
 
If your students are older , you can leave the tip of the pencil blank and students can build their name on their own without any guidance. You could also leave everything blank and have students write the letters on the pencil, where they can then build their Pencil Names.
 

Download Your Pencil Names – Name Building Practice Printable Below!

Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.

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I hope that you and your students enjoy Pencil Names to use in your classroom this year!  Are you looking for more back to school ideas, activities, and printables to do at home or in the classroom? If so don’t miss out on all of our Back to School Lessons!

Filed Under: Literacy, Name Recognition Tagged With: Back to School, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Preschool

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45 Comments

  1. Debra Sitton Kemmer

    August 27, 2017 at 9:46 am

    What a wonderful idea. Great for Back to School theme. Thank-you
    TK Teacher

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  2. Bonnie Eleff

    August 27, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    This is so adorable and just what I am looking for to help my class of 2 1/2 yr. olds. Thank you so much for sharing.

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    • Jennifer

      September 6, 2017 at 9:55 am

      You are so welcome! I hope your class enjoys!

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  3. Joelle Hauguel

    August 28, 2017 at 10:03 am

    Your super cute name pencil won’t download. would you please send me the link. It is such a darling idea.

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    • Jennifer

      April 2, 2018 at 10:11 am

      I’m so sorry there’s an issue with the download. Feel free to send me an email and I’ll be glad to send you the freebie!

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      • C. Burnett

        July 5, 2018 at 5:23 pm

        Hello Jennifer
        I was attempting to download this activity and it’s working properly

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        • Jennifer

          August 14, 2018 at 2:59 pm

          Hello! Sometimes school servers don’t allow downloads. Can you open it in a different server/browser?

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      • Elaine

        September 12, 2020 at 5:05 pm

        Thank you… I really love the pencil puzzle for my preschool classroom.

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        • Elaine

          September 12, 2020 at 5:06 pm

          I can’t get it to download

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  4. Ada

    August 28, 2017 at 8:28 pm

    I love the pencil Idea

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    • Jennifer

      September 6, 2017 at 9:54 am

      Thank you! I’m so glad you like it!

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  5. Alejandra Garcia

    August 29, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    I’m not able to open the freebie on the pdf. Is there any other way I will be able to get it?

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    • Jennifer

      March 5, 2018 at 11:03 am

      I double checked the download link and it seem to be working fine on my side. Please let me know if you are still having issues!

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  6. dana

    August 30, 2017 at 11:28 am

    download did not work

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    • Jennifer

      August 30, 2017 at 11:38 am

      I just tried it and it works. I recommend trying a different browser. Thanks!

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  7. Erica Cooper

    September 4, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    Love this, but was wondering if you have a file for longer names? I have a Christopher and I would love to have him learn his complete name and not just the shortened version.

    Bless you and thank you for sharing your resources.

    Erica

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  8. Hope M

    July 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    great idea and resource, thank you so much!

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    • Jennifer

      August 14, 2018 at 2:56 pm

      Thank you so much for your kind words. Notes like this ALWAYS make my day and motivate me to keep doing what I am doing.

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  9. Crystal Doiron

    July 10, 2018 at 10:45 pm

    Thanks for the great name puzzle file :-). I was able to download it, but when I type in the names, the font is not KG Red Hands (which is downloaded on my PC). Can you help me?

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    • Jennifer

      August 14, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      Hello! Sometimes fonts don’t load properly. Maybe try uninstalling it and reinstalling the font…

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  10. Terri Walls

    July 15, 2018 at 11:32 pm

    Super cute!!! This will make a great addition to my back to school activities!!

    Thanks so much for sharing all of your great resources. You save this busy teacher and mom a LOT of time!

    Terri

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    • Jennifer

      August 14, 2018 at 2:46 pm

      Thank you so much for your kind words. Notes like this ALWAYS make my day and motivate me to keep doing what I am doing.

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  11. Linda

    August 5, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    This download is not working.

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    • Jennifer

      August 14, 2018 at 2:34 pm

      Hello! Sometimes school servers block downloads. Can you try opening it in a different server?

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  12. Michelle

    August 7, 2018 at 8:04 am

    I have provided my email twice and the link says it will send me an email…I still don’t have anything.
    Can you help?
    Thanks
    Michelle

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    • Jennifer

      August 8, 2018 at 3:06 pm

      Hello! I would check your spam folder and see if it is in there. If not, are you using a school email address? Those get reported as spam quite frequently.

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  13. Angel Herring

    August 17, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    This is so cute.
    I wanted to use it for my class, but I am having an issue with the pencil that has 8 letters. One of the letters is a different size.
    Then I was trying to type the second letter, then it puts it down on the second pencil. Then I tried to type the second and it messed up the first one.
    please advise. Thank you.

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    • Jennifer

      August 31, 2018 at 1:46 pm

      I’m sorry you’re having trouble with it…sometimes technology just doesn’t behave. Try redownloading the pencil doc…sometimes it helps to start over.

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      • Janet

        June 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm

        I have had the same issue. When you try to type an 8 letter name in the top pencil, the second letter also goes into the second spot on the bottom pencil. if you try to put the name in the bottom pencil, the opposite happens. I tried putting a second name in the other pencil, but it still changes the second letter. I think it is a glitch with the editing feature in Adobe. The other pencils work fine.

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        • Jennifer Hamilton

          June 14, 2019 at 3:33 pm

          Hi Janet, Thank you for letting me know. Have you updated to the latest version of Adobe? We’ll check it on our end and see what’s happening.

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  14. Rhonda

    August 25, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    I love this idea!!! Is there a way to change the font? I tried opening in Word, but I get a pop up that says I can’t re-use it in other applications.

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    • Jennifer

      August 27, 2018 at 12:02 pm

      I’m so glad you like it! It is editable…try opening it in Adobe!

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      • Shannon

        August 30, 2020 at 5:31 pm

        I tried opening in Adobe, but it won’t allow you to change the font. I have the correct font downloaded already, but it is not working 🙁 Is there a way to open in another program to change the font?

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  15. Latoria Washington

    June 6, 2019 at 7:25 am

    I have tried using several browsers to get the pencil name building activity. I used different emails and checked spam folders and still did not receive the download. Is there any way that this can be forwarded to me directly?

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      June 13, 2019 at 3:13 pm

      Hi there Latoria, thank you for reaching out technology can be a pain sometimes. The download may go to your others, updates or promotions folder. If you still have not received it please email me at freebies @ adabofgluewilldo (dot) com and I’ll be sure to get that over to you. Have a great day.

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  16. Emily

    January 11, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    I have entered my email address multiple times but still have not received the document. I have checked all folders. Nothing has been sent

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  17. Yolanda E Toins

    March 6, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    Is your site still active and valid? I have been waiting for a download now for several hours and it has not arrived. I have even attempted downloading it several times.

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  18. Danielle

    June 14, 2021 at 8:39 am

    Hi this is a nice craft however I’ve tried downloading it 3 times and still haven’t received it. I checked my spam as well it’s not there either.

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  19. Christine Speakes

    April 24, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    hello!,I love your writing very so much! share we keep in touch more about your article on AOL? I require a specialist in this area to solve my problem. May be that’s you! Looking ahead to see you.

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  20. Lisa Mickle

    September 13, 2022 at 5:02 pm

    Hi! This looks like a perfect BTS craft to do with my UPK students but I get an error page when I try to download. Can you email it to me? Thanks so much!

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      September 19, 2022 at 3:32 am

      Hi there Lisa, thank you for letting us know. It seems to be working now. Hope you enjoy the activity.

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  21. Tonia

    October 10, 2022 at 9:14 am

    I love this, but was wondering if you have a file for a 10 letter name? I have a Sevastiana. Also, when a put the name in the 9 space version, the 9 space is a different size. Any way to fix this? Thank You.

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