Prewriting Marshmallow Name

    There's nothing more motivating to preschoolers than being allowed to play with their food.  Learning to spell his name orally seemed easy enough for my Tony but I realized when he first turned 3 that he would need more practice before tracing it in written form.  We came up with the idea to write his name as large as would fit on a piece of construction paper.  The contrast of black paper with white chalk seemed to work best.  He loved covering each letter with mini marshmallows, eating them, and doing it all over again.  We've used beans, un-popped popcorn, popped popcorn, cooked spaghetti, and more for the same activity.