Maya Glyph Activity – Step 4

Step 4: Combine your glyphs!

Now it is time to put your glyphs together to form your very own glyph block!

Starting with your main glyph, add the additional glyphs to form a single image. Here is the basic organization:

You can organize them in a way that makes sense to you. You can find some examples for possible combinations below.

Here are the results from our three example names:

Maya glyphs illustrating the name Amanda
One possible glyph block for the name Amanda.
Maya glyphs illustrating the name Benjamin
One possible glyph block for the name Benjamin.
Maya glyphs illustrating the name Kristen
One possible glyph block for the name Kristen.