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Shaving cream letters {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

November 27, 2015 by Katie Leave a Comment

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Shaving cream seems to be a staple material in early childhood classrooms, no? I buy cans of shaving cream at the Dollar Store and keep them handy for activities like this one, which is a great way to combine letter learning practice with sensory play.

The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is Shaving Cream Letters. Making letters in shaving cream is a wonderful way for kids to practice letter formation.

Click here if you want more information about teaching the alphabet in a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory way. 

Shaving Cream Letters: Combine letter learning practice with sensory play by having kids learn to write letters in a tray filled with shaving cream! This activity has so many benefits for kids, especially making it easy to fix "mistakes." || Gift of Curiosity

For this activity, I started by squirting a dollop of shaving cream onto a tray. Then I invited my kids to use their hands to spread it out so the shaving cream would cover the entire tray.

Shaving Cream Letters: Combine letter learning practice with sensory play by having kids learn to write letters in a tray filled with shaving cream! This activity has so many benefits for kids, especially making it easy to fix "mistakes." || Gift of Curiosity

Then I called out letters for them to “write” in the shaving cream.

Shaving Cream Letters: Combine letter learning practice with sensory play by having kids learn to write letters in a tray filled with shaving cream! This activity has so many benefits for kids, especially making it easy to fix "mistakes." || Gift of Curiosity

The best part about writing letters in shaving cream is how easy it is to “erase” a letter in case of a mistake or simply when it is time to write another letter.

101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet: Hands-on, multi-sensory activities for teaching the alphabet to children ages 2 to 7.

Whereas erasing pencil marks with an eraser is tedious and time consuming, erasing shaving cream letters requires only that kids rub the shaving cream with their hands to spread it out again.

Shaving Cream Letters: Combine letter learning practice with sensory play by having kids learn to write letters in a tray filled with shaving cream! This activity has so many benefits for kids, especially making it easy to fix "mistakes." || Gift of Curiosity

And then kids can get on to writing the next letter.

Shaving Cream Letters: Combine letter learning practice with sensory play by having kids learn to write letters in a tray filled with shaving cream! This activity has so many benefits for kids, especially making it easy to fix "mistakes." || Gift of Curiosity

Clean up is easy too, since shaving cream washes easily from the trays. Yay for fun and engaging letter practice!

Have questions about teaching the alphabet? We’ve got answers! Click here to learn more.

More ways to teach to the alphabet

More alphabet posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Erasing letters with a Q-tip
  • I spy letter hunt
  • Letter puzzles
  • Making “alphabet soup”
  • Smash the puffy letters
  • Mini letter hunt with a magnifying glass
  • Kinetic sand letters
  • Letter hopscotch
  • Crystallized letters
  • Letter hop
  • Yarn wrapped letters
  • Letter tic-tac-toe
  • Rainbow letters


You can find more ways to teach the alphabet on my Literacy Activities for Kids page and my Letter Learning Pinterest board.

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