I love activities that encourage children to practice spelling their names. It is such an important concept and can be tricky for the littlest of learners. Turkey Names will be the perfect activity for students to practice building their names during Thanksgiving time. Are you looking for more Thanksgiving ideas, activities, and printables to do at home or in the classroom? If so click here.
Turkey Names is a great resource for preschool and kindergarten students. It contains an editable “I can spell my name turkey printable and 8 editable feathers.
Getting Turkey Names Ready
To edit this resource, you will need to download the KG font used (KG Primary Penmanship). 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 turkey’s body. Then you will spell out that name on the feathers, with one letter per feather.
Doing Turkey Names
Each student will have their own set of turkey and feathers. You can easily store these in a ziploc baggie so that students can better keep track of all the pieces.
To get this freebie, use the ‘click here to download’ button at the bottom of this page
Students will first look at their name on the turkey. This can be their guide for when they are spelling their name with the feathers.
Students will then choose feathers, one by one, and spell their name.
If your students are older, you can leave everything blank and have students write the letters on the feathers, where they can then build their turkey names without any guidance at all.
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.
Click the picture below to download. You will immediately be redirected to the freebie.
I hope that you and your school enjoy Turkey Names!
I love this and your site! Do you have it in black and white? I would like to have my class color the turkey and write their letters on the feathers. It would cost too much t to print in color. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you! I haven’t created a black and white version for this printable. I’ll add that to my list! Thank you!
This is adorable and perfect timing for my pre-K kids! Thank you!
I am so glad you like it!
Hi there,
Love the activity! Is there anyway you could make it so that it is in black and white and then we could just print on color? Thanks! Sue
Thank you so much! You can try printing in gray scale, but I have not created a black and white version for this product.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas and freebies. God bless you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing this cute idea. I appreciate your hard work.
You are so welcome!
I appreciate you too!
I am having trouble downloading this. Any suggestions?
Oh no!
Have you tried opening this in a different browser?
Thank you so much for sharing this cute learning activity. Would you please make it available in black and white so that the children may color it and I save money on ink? I would greatly appreciate it. I hope you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much for your well wishes, Debbie!
I will add your black and white request to my creation list. Great idea!
Precious! Some black and white “colorable” versions would be helpful for those of us that can’t print too many colored copies for our students!
Great suggestion! I’ll add that to the list to make!
I can’t seem to get the turkey names to download….it just says submitting for the longest time? Not sure if I’m doing something wrong?
Hi there Lori, thank you so much for reaching out. The Turkey Names Download is working now. Once you submit your information I will send you an email with the pdf. It may go to your spam, promotions or other folder. Hope you enjoy!!!
I can’t seem to download this. I click the link and it takes me to a site to purchase a bundle.
Hi there Melissa, once your information is put in you’ll receive an email from me with the download. It may go to your promotions, spam or other folder. Hope you enjoy!!!
Loved the editaable turkey with students name on the feathers! Do you have anything suitable on this line for Christmas??
Hi there Maureen, I’m so happy you like the editable name activities. Here is the link to the entire Editable Name Bundle for every season 🙂 https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/product/editable-name-bundle/ Hope you enjoy it!