Touch

Learning important phone numbers with shaving cream

Instructions

Place shaving cream on a cookie sheet
Write with a finger the telephone number for a child to learn in the shaving cream
Pick the most important phone for a child to learn - home phone, a parent's cell phone, emergency 911, etc.
Practice writing phone numbers with the child in the shaving cream. Smooth shaving cream and repeat writing the phone number
Can add purple washable paint to the shaving cream if you want

Simplify

Instead of writing a full phone number at one time in the shaving cream, write one numeral at a time and let the child copy that numeral with his finger in the shaving cream. Say each number as it is written. Repeat for all the numerals in the phone number.

Extend

Encourage the child to memorize the phone number by writing the number - one numeral at a time - in the shaving cream. See if they can remember the first 3 numbers, then 4 numbers, then 5 numbers, etc.

QUESTIONS FOR CHILD

If you were alone and wanted someone to be with you, who would you like that person to be and why?

Why is it important to know an emergency number?

Materials

shaving cream
cookie sheet
washable purple paint (optional)

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Curriculum Plan Resources

Skills Focus

Shape - Star
Color - Purple
Number - Review
Alphabet Letters - S, V
Senses - Touch
Character Trait - Respect
Target Words - Hot, Soft, Above, Below

Monthly Proverb

Scottish-He that is wise can make a friend of a foe

Did You Know?

"The foundations of social competence that are developed in the first five years are linked to emotional well-being and affect a child’s later ability to functionally adapt in school and to form successful relationships throughout life." National Scientific Council on the Developing Child