The girls didn't need to know their phone number before preschool, but apparently they did before Kindergarten. Meenie came home and told me she had her Kind. eval (well I coaxed it out of her from bits and pieces she mentioned) and that she needed to know her phone number. She repeated it back to me minus one number, which is 6 numbers MORE than I thought she knew.

But yes, even my 6 year old doesn't know my cell phone number!

 

My son (who is child #2) doesn't know our phone number either. I think my daughter finally learned it toward the end of preschool last year...but I didn't really teach it to her.

It does make more sense to me to teach the cell phone number than the home number, which I never have understood what good that does a kid when they're lost.

Another bad thing about teaching kids this info too early (when they're too young) is that they will tell EVERYONE they see what your number is, and your address. It took a while for our daughter to understand that it isn't info you tell everyone!

 

I was shocked when Jack came home from Kindergarten with his first report card... knowing his phone number was on it!

He did know it but only because he LOVES numbers :-)

I guess I better start teaching Kamden, he turns 4 in a few weeks!