What happens if your child gets separated from you in a store or at the park? Does he know your name? His name? Your address? Your phone number? Of those, his name and your name are easy to learn because he hears them every day. But, what about your cell phone number?
In trying to figure out an easy way for my son, nearly 4.5 years old, to remember my cell phone number, I started trying to think of songs he readily knows. “Happy Birthday” came to mind as one that he knows well, and likely most kids his age do too!
Give this a try to the tune of “Happy Birthday” if your cell number is 469-123-4567:
My mom-my’s cell phone
is four-or six nine
one-un two three-ee
four fi-ive six seven
To help commit this to memory, I’ve written my cell phone number on a piece of paper that we keep at the kitchen table, and when we pass the table or sit down for meals, we sing the song together. He thinks it is pretty funny but understands it is important because this number is how he can reach me if he ever needs me.
