Musical Phone Number
You have probably heard that people, in general, can remember information better when it is set to music. You may have even experienced this phenomenon yourself. You can use this idea to help your youngster learn important information.
I had been trying to teach my older son how to tell someone his phone number if there were ever an emergency. Our number has several digits that repeat so it can be a little difficult for a child to remember in the correct order. I was getting frustrated with myself because I couldn’t think of a good way to help him learn the numbers. Then it dawned on me, why not set the seven number words to music. It took awhile to find a tune that would work, but it didn’t take long for my son to learn our phone number. Even to this day, if you ask him to tell you his phone number, he will gladly sing it for you. And now our three-year-old is singing it too.
If you would like to use this method to teach your own child, begin with a familiar tune, such as “B-I-N-G-O”, and come up with a simple, two-line song. For example, (sung to B-I-N-G-O) “I can sing my phone number, it helps to keep me safe-O, 123-4567, 123-4567, 123-4567, it helps to keep me safe-O”. I like this one because it repeats the phone number several times.
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Written by Laura on April 6, 2011
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