[mesmark]

greetings and introductions go really quick with young children. They don't ever do introductions in real life at that age, so it's a little awkward.

I like to use a puppet. I introduce myself to the puppet and then the puppet introduces himself to the group. Then the puppet just asks the kids their names.

You can use the puppet to model a greeting and exchange with yourself if you'd like the kids to do it.

The puppet can just be an old sock (clean) with eyes drawn on it. Kids don't care.