How to get your two year old to spell her name before she turns three

I've posted a teaching your two year old to spell her name before she turns three tute on Instructables. The how-to includes instructions for making and using a name poster and offers extension ideas to keep the learning going. The name poster is a borrowed idea from a crazy-cool educator of young tots in Los Angeles. A teacher who, against what common wisdom and research has told us, believes all kids can learn to spell and recognize their own name before the age of three.

And if meshed into your daily routine for about 1-2 weeks, it actually works. It took about two weeks for my head-strong 2 1/2 year old daughter to catch on. Most of the tots in the 2-3 year-old Parent-n-Me class that my daughter and I attend not only know how to orally spell their name--but can also recognize it. Wicked.