My Name, My Letters: Personal Letter Recognition Worksheet for Grade KG 

This Kindergarten worksheet makes letter learning personal and meaningful by helping children find, recognize, and write the letters from their own names and the names of people around them. Through fun grid searches, multiple-choice thinking, and name-based writing tasks, learners strengthen alphabet awareness, confidence, and early writing skills. 

Why Learning Letters Through Names Matters in Early Literacy? 

1. Children connect letters with something familiar and meaningful—their own name. 
2. It improves letter recognition and recall through repeated exposure. 
3. It builds confidence in writing and spelling familiar words. 
4. It supports early reading readiness and personal identity development. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Find the Letters of Your Name 
Children circle all the letters of their own name wherever they appear in a colourful alphabet grid. This builds visual scanning and letter recognition skills. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice: Find the Letter in the Word 
Learners identify which letter appears in common words like *elephant, kettle, doctor, yellow, rabbit,* and more. This strengthens attention to letter placement within words. 

📋 Exercise 3 – Write Letters from Familiar Names 
Children write all the letters from names they know well—such as their pet’s name, parents’ names, grandparents’ names, friends’ names, school name, and teacher’s name—making learning highly personal and engaging. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Simple Sentence Writing 
Students write one clear sentence: **“My name is ___.”** This supports sentence formation and self-expression. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Alphabet Grid 
Students circle the letters that appear in their own name. 
Answers will vary based on each child’s name. 

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice 
1. Elephant – c (T) 
2. Kettle – b (L) 
3. Doctor – c (C) 
4. Yellow – a (W) 
5. Rabbit – b (E) 
6. Turtle – b (U) 
7. Library – b (E) 
8. Penguin – a (G) 
9. Ant – c (N) 
10. Stand – b (D) 

Exercise 3 – Name-Based Writing 
All responses depend on the learner’s personal names provided. 
Answers may vary. 

Exercise 4 – Sentence Writing 
“My name is ______.” 
Answers may vary. 

Help your child build strong letter recognition and writing confidence by starting with the most important word they know—their own name. 
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