Shaving Cream Writing: A Fun Easy Activity for Toddlers, Preschool, and Kindergarten
This is a seriously fun and messy way
to practice writing with your child. It uses virtually no materials
(just a clean surface, some shaving cream, and your index finger).
We get our shaving cream for a dollar at the dollar store and it
lasts for several uses. Best of all, kids love it.
All you need to do is spray the working
surface (we used a place mat intended for rolling out pastries
and
pie crusts, but you could do it on a plastic table cloth or bare
wood). Then you will spread the shaving cream out, until it is a
thin layer. Now you and your child can write with your fingers (or
you can use a dowel as stylus if your child is squeamish about
getting their hands mucky in the shaving cream). When you need a new
canvas, simply wipe the table with your hand to “erase” what has
been written.
When I was a teacher, I saw shaving
cream writing used in many different classrooms to great success.
Preschools used it to teach children pre-writing skills and letter
formation. By allowing young children to experiment with the shaving
cream and see the results they will learn much information about how
shapes and lines are formed (which will help them later when they
start writing their letters). You can also help them to learn their
letters by modeling writing the child's name, or words for favorite
objects. If you are doing a letter of the week program, you could
model writing that week's letter and invite your child to copy you.
Children in older classrooms used this technique to practice writing
sight words or spelling words.
In math class, you could use it to
practice addition or multiplication facts that your child is becoming
fluent in.
Overall, this is a great tool to have
in your teaching toolkit for the early childhood/early elementary
school grades.
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We always loved messy sensory activities. In fact, even though the children are older now, they still enjoyed playing in shaving cream and foam when we did some science experiments a couple of weeks ago.
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Neat! The Rain in a Jar Activity (http://www.adashoflearning.com/2018/04/rain-in-jar-easy-science-activity.html) is a really fun science experiment that uses shaving cream. You should check it out!
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