Shaving Cream Creations
Just before bathtime, put your child in their high chair (you’ll probably want to have them only in their diaper so it is easier to clean them off). Put some shaving cream on their tray and show them how they can manipulate it. Squeeze it, use a finger to draw a picture or write a name. Let them play and encourage them to be creative in what they do. Talk to them about what they are making or doing.
This activity is beneficial in many ways. It is tactile stimulation, which is very good if you have a child like mine who has a hard time dealing with weird textures or doesn’t like getting things on their hands. Eventually the fun of playing with the shaving cream overcame the initial discomfort. This also encourages conversation and creative play. During creative play a child learns to distinguish between reality and imagination. They learn that they can make something look like something else, for example they can draw a picture of a flower in the shaving cream but the shaving cream is still shaving cream.
As an added bonus shaving cream is a great cleaner, so when you wipe off their tray it has been sanitized and cleaned 
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My mom sent my sisters and me this website for our kiddos. Thanks- you have some fun ideas.
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Well written article.
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