Playing With Shaving Cream

More Ideas for Using Shaving Cream
Mix shaving cream with washable paints or washable finger paints and let children play with it in the bathtub. This is particularly helpful for children who may have trouble with feeling messy or difficulty tolerating textures. Children should always be monitored in the bathtub to prevent accidents.
If you have a plastic children’s picnic table, you can easily spray shaving cream directly on that surface and let kids play outside in the shade. Clean up is simple with a garden hose.
Allowing children to simply draw and experiment with designs and patterns will develop fine motor skills and coordination.

Early elementary age children can use shaving cream to practice:

• Spelling words
• Handwriting
• Math facts
• Sight words
• Word families (-ock words, -ate words, etc.)

Preschool children can work on skills such as:

• Drawing shapes
• Learning letter names and sounds
• Recognizing numbers
• Counting
• Name writing

Tags: early elementary, fine motor skills, math, preschool, spelling, writing