{"id":17334,"date":"2026-09-09T13:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/?p=17334"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:16:42","slug":"proper-noun-examples-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/english-concept\/proper-noun-examples-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"39 best proper noun examples for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17334\" class=\"elementor elementor-17334\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23235c6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23235c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ed82c\" data-id=\"52ed82c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8827ba\" data-id=\"d8827ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08dbd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f08dbd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">39 Proper Noun Examples for Kids that Actually Make Sense<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e484600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e484600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">My nephew came home from second grade last year absolutely convinced that &#8220;dog&#8221; and &#8220;Bella&#8221; were the same kind of word. Same story with &#8220;city&#8221; and &#8220;Chicago.&#8221; It took maybe ten minutes at the kitchen table with a notebook and a few real examples before it clicked and that&#8217;s usually all it takes, honestly. If you&#8217;re trying to explain proper nouns to a kid, you don&#8217;t need a textbook. You need a solid list of proper noun examples for kids and a trick or two that actually sticks. So that&#8217;s what I put together here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203e032 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"203e032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.oratrics.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a Free Demo Today<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73e9955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73e9955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM-1024x647.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17568\" alt=\"Proper noun examples for kids with a child studying at a desk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM-1024x647.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM-768x486.webp 768w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM-1536x971.webp 1536w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-10-2026-02_39_26-PM.webp 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d50402\" data-id=\"6d50402\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22534db elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"22534db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\r\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"toc-wrapper\">\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"custom-toc\" id=\"custom-toc\">\r\n        <div class=\"toc-title\">\r\n            \u2630 Table of Contents\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <ul class=\"toc-list\" id=\"toc-list\"><\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n\/* Parent Fixed Wrapper holding both components together *\/\r\n.toc-wrapper {\r\n    position: fixed;\r\n    top: 150px; 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It always gets a capital letter, no matter where it lands in a sentence beginning, middle, doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">The trick that works best with kids, in my experience, is the &#8220;which one&#8221; test. Ask them:<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Girl okay, but which girl? Emma. Country sure, but which one? Japan. Which holiday? Diwali.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">If a word answers &#8220;which one specifically,&#8221; it&#8217;s a proper noun. If it&#8217;s just naming a general category, it&#8217;s a common noun. Once you run through a few real proper noun examples for kids like these, they catch on faster than most adults expect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-240e404\" data-id=\"240e404\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d688b3b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d688b3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efa395a\" data-id=\"efa395a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c1bad6\" data-id=\"3c1bad6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b619c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b619c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common Noun vs. Proper Noun\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6252b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6252b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Common Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Proper Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">girl<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emma<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">country<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">company<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nike<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">book<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dog<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bella<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I like putting this table in front of a kid before handing them a big list of examples. Give them something to check back against.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caef751\" data-id=\"caef751\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a7cf3b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a7cf3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-244a16f\" data-id=\"244a16f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39adb06\" data-id=\"39adb06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95377dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95377dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">39 Examples, Grouped So They're Easier to Teach\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e2b721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e2b721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I split these by category instead of just dumping 39 words on a page\u00a0 mostly because kids latch onto examples faster when they&#8217;re something they already recognize.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Names of people:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Emma, Liam, Sofia, Noah, Aisha, Carlos, Priya, Jack<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask a kid to name three friends from class and, without even trying, they&#8217;ve just listed three proper nouns.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Places, cities, countries, landmarks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India, Paris, Mount Everest, New York City, the Amazon River, Africa, Disneyland<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disneyland usually gets the loudest reaction out of this group, for obvious reasons.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Days, months, and holidays:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Monday, December, Christmas, Diwali, Thanksgiving, New Year&#8217;s Day<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the category that trips kids up the most, so it&#8217;s worth saying out loud: days and months are capitalized every single time, even in the middle of a sentence, because each one names a specific spot on the calendar and not just &#8220;a day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><b>Brands and products:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lego, Nike, iPhone, Netflix, Cheerios<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point at their own cereal box and say &#8220;that word&#8217;s a proper noun&#8221; and you&#8217;ll get their attention faster than any worksheet will.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Books, movies, and characters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Harry Potter, Cinderella, The Lion King, Peter Pan, Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask what their favorite book or movie is, and congratulations, they just handed you an example.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Pets and named animals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rex, Bella, Whiskers, Max<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Dog&#8221; is common. The second you give that dog a name, it becomes proper. Kids with pets usually love pointing this one out themselves.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organizations and landmarks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google, NASA, The White House, Statue of Liberty<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d62cc20\" data-id=\"d62cc20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a98a74a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a98a74a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d49a1f\" data-id=\"4d49a1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-861f23d\" data-id=\"861f23d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34fa56e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34fa56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ways to Practice That Don't Feel Like Homework\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97eeee6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97eeee6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">A few things that work without needing any prep, using proper noun examples for kids already have around them:<\/p><ul dir=\"ltr\"><li>Send them on a scavenger hunt for five proper nouns around the house a cereal box, mail with a town name, a tag on the dog&#8217;s collar.<\/li><\/ul><ul dir=\"ltr\"><li>Rewrite a sentence together. &#8220;The girl has a dog&#8221; turns into &#8220;Emma has Bella.&#8221; Small change, but it makes the concept concrete instead of abstract.<\/li><\/ul><ul dir=\"ltr\"><li>Pause mid-story while reading and ask them to spot a proper noun on the page.<\/li><\/ul><ul dir=\"ltr\"><li>Read a sentence out loud and have them clap every time they hear a word that should be capitalized.<\/li><\/ul><ul dir=\"ltr\"><li>For younger kids especially, have them draw their family or their pet and label the drawing correctly. Something about drawing it themselves makes it stick.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-128e70f\" data-id=\"128e70f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d54b49f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d54b49f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30fe47a\" data-id=\"30fe47a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bbfe40\" data-id=\"5bbfe40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f404e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13f404e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Mistakes That Show Up Most\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf7435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcf7435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forgetting that months and days get capitalized even when they&#8217;re not the first word in a sentence this is probably the single most common one.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over-correcting and capitalizing common nouns that shouldn&#8217;t be capitalized.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixing up the product with the brand\u00a0 &#8220;sneakers&#8221; stays lowercase, &#8220;Nike&#8221; doesn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missing capital letters inside book or movie titles.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of this is a big deal, by the way. These are habits, not real errors, and habits fade with a bit of repetition not lectures.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c8ddb\" data-id=\"32c8ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8220a8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8220a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a9739\" data-id=\"e7a9739\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bd0a3e\" data-id=\"5bd0a3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e610c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e610c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dfcc6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dfcc6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don&#8217;t need to drill this into a kid. It sinks in fastest when the examples come from their own life, their classmates, their pets, whatever show they&#8217;re currently obsessed with. Use this list to get started, then just let them start noticing proper nouns on their own. It tends to stick once it clicks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a26e12\" data-id=\"0a26e12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56c4e2d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56c4e2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af0d9d2\" data-id=\"af0d9d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c705688\" data-id=\"c705688\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b9816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72b9816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-865df54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"865df54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1401\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1401\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I explain this to a first grader without losing them?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1401\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1401\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell them a proper noun is like a name tag. It tells you exactly who or what something is, instead of just naming a group of things.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1402\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1402\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Do proper nouns always need a capital letter?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1402\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1402\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every time, no exceptions, regardless of where they sit in the sentence.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1403\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1403\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What actually separates a common noun from a proper noun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1403\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1403\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common nouns name a general category city, teacher, dog. Proper nouns name one specific version of that thing Paris, Ms. Johnson, Bella.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1404\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1404\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Are days of the week and months proper nouns too?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1404\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1404\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. 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