S/O teaching phone number

Brewster

My sister taught her kids their phone number by making up a rhyme.  When her youngest was 2, she could say it. 

Ex:

214- Let's hit the door

8*5- Now I am alive

8*01- now let's have some fun

I always thought that was a cute, easy way of teaching a little one their phone number. 

 ETA: That's not her phone number.  I just made it up and have no clue who it belongs to.

Yodajo

Good tip.

Sam knows our address, but I've never tried teaching him our phone number.  A rhyme would make it so much easier.

FriskyPanda

That isn't your sisters real phone number is it?

ETA:  Nevermind, I see the "Ex"

Brewster

FriskyPanda:

That isn't your sisters real phone number is it?

LOL, No. I was just editing it to add that I have no clue who that number belongs to. 

hcmamm1

Good trick. i will have to come up with something for our phone number.

Mrs.LB705

Knick Knack Paddywhack has a good rhythm for teaching phone numbers.

Ex: (This old man) 212 (he played one) 483 (he played knick knack on my thumb) 5(ive--you'd have to adjust for the extra syllable) 3(ee--again, to add the syllable) 7 6.

Etc.

katie277s

L knows my cell phone number.  We don't have a house phone.  He doesn't know our address, but we're moving in the next few months, so I'm not to worried about teaching it to him.

Halo79RN

Great tip! Dd knows our address and region of our city, her full name and mine and dh's full names. But we've had trouble teaching our phone number. Esp since you have to dial the area code for even local numbers here. But she knows how to call 911

Suzie~shell

katie277s:

L knows my cell phone number.  We don't have a house phone.  He doesn't know our address, but we're moving in the next few months, so I'm not to worried about teaching it to him.

 

I was just going to suggest this too. Cell phone numbers are probably more important than house phones -- for example, if you go to an amusement park and DC gets separated from you and the park authorities find DC and ask for contact info, knowing your cell number could help, whereas the home phone, not so much. Just a thought.  

brightning

My DD just learned our phone number (my cell) from hearing me say it. I overheard her talking to herself one day and realized she was saying our phone number! I was shocked. I think it helps that my number kind of rhymes.