OHbaby! Forums : teaching them address etc https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:26:24 +0000 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:50:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=17911 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : sarah loves using the phone so...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=405853&title=teaching-them-address-etc#405853 Author: Candkids
Subject: 17911
Posted: 06 June 2008 at 7:50pm

sarah loves using the phone so she knows our number and nannas too which is good but can be anoying too lol

i started teaching her when she was 3 i think as we were driving home, id say " whats the name of our street sarah" and what number is our house?
she knows it all really well.
still thinks nz it "the world" tho :)

i will add 1 thing about keeping kids safe, dont let them wear shirts that have their name printed accross it!! yes there gorgeous and expensive, bright and colourful but . . it makes them a target, as strangers already know their name, and if someone said "hi XXXXX mummys asked me to pick you up today" ,it already gives the impression they must know mummy as kids wont know the difference. theyll just think they know my name so they must know mum or dad.

just thought id add in my 2 cents ]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:50:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=405853&title=teaching-them-address-etc#405853 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Alan knows all our names in full...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404815&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404815 Author: 11111
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 7:16pm

Alan knows all our names in full our address that we live by the rock. He know's we live in NP.   He knows where Daddy and uncle work's.   Have not approached the other stuff yet, but going to need to with him soon as he is a really friendly kid and that really worries me that he would go off with a stranger.
Janine I love the tip about the cell number that is a great idea..]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:16:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404815&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404815 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Zac knows his full name, our address...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404367&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404367 Author: Kim
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 1:03pm

Zac knows his full name, our address and phone number. He learnt address and phone number through repitition and at My Gym some weeks they have to say their first name and other weeks their full name. He knows mine and DH's names as well.]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:03:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404367&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404367 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : PS. Deb - Gabriel definitely knows...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404314&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404314 Author: Maya
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 12:09pm

PS. Deb - Gabriel definitely knows your name, I've heard him call you "Debbie" ]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:09:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404314&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404314 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Maya is so proud that she knows...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404312&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404312 Author: Maya
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 12:08pm

Maya is so proud that she knows here full name - and given how long it is, that IS pretty impressive! She knows the gremlins full names too, and that Daddy is Willie Davis like her but Mummy is Emma Fahy. She can tell who the mail is for too, unless it just says M Davis in which case it could be her, Mona or Mercedes lol.]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:08:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404312&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404312 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : My sister used fridge magnets...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404236&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404236 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:39am

My sister used fridge magnets to teach her kids their address and phone number.

Initially she wrote it down for them but they soon could spell it out from memory. We also made up tags for my nephew, when he started spending days with his dad, we'd attach the tag with emergency contact numbers to his day bag.]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:39:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404236&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404236 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : We&#039;ve tried to make sure...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404199&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404199 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:15am

We've tried to make sure that they know a good number of things.

Paris knows her full name, as well as mine, mikes and ayjas, she usually can remember our address, haven't gone as far as phone numbers but if we are going somewhere where there are going to be lots of people i always write mikes cell phone number on the kids arm in pen and they know to tell whoever it is that this is their daddy's cell phone (which he has with him all the time). We have never had to have it used thank goodness.

We talk about in shops, they know to never leave the store and that we would never leave the shop without them, they know to go to the counter and tell someone they are lost and we have talked about safe people to tell etc.

We've alwaso talked a fair bit about safe touch, good and bad secrets and what if's as if what if you were at school and playing and someon ein a car offered you lollies, or someone asked you to help find their puppy etc. We've gone thru lots of different scenarios, not trying to scare them but talk about in reality about some things that unfortunately do happen.

I think at this stage Paris would be good, Ayja it would probably all go out the window, shes a bit little still.]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:15:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404199&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404199 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : thanks deez, that brought a tear...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404155&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404155 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 9:46am

thanks deez, that brought a tear to my eye and reinforced the importance of teaching them the info.

and thats a good idea glow about the numbers on our letterbox... we'll talk about it on the way home from kindy today again i think...

Edited by Bizzy]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:46:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404155&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404155 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : I dont remeber how exactly Brae...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404128&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404128 Author: Glow
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 9:24am

I dont remeber how exactly Brae learnt, i guess it was with a lot of repition & recognising numbers/letters on letter boxes/ signs & talking about where people live, making maps, songs etc

When hes asked his details, his last name (its a hard 1 anyway) doesnt come out clear & he adds an extra 0 to our phone number
Im over him using my first name, he uses it in the most appropriate places/times .....Not but i guess its better than Mummmy 24/7 ]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:24:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404128&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404128 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : I am so glad to hear you are teaching...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404118&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404118 Author: Deez
Subject: 17911
Posted: 05 June 2008 at 9:11am

I am so glad to hear you are teaching your kids your address and phone number....I have a story that will make you want to teach your kids

In the school holidays JK was out side on his cell ph it was bout 3 in the morning....he thought he had saw a ghost run past our neighbours house (who lives on a different st from us) anyway he told his mate to wait cos' he was seeing things while he took off up the drive way to see and what it was was a little girl in her PJ, no shoes, and a hood over her head but she didn't have her arms in the sleeves....well he called out to her and said "what are you doing" (in the mean time he had hung up on his mate) she replied "i'm on my way home" JK said "where did you come from and where do you live?" she said "i was at a sleep over at my friends house and they woke me up we had a fight and i left i live just around the corner" They were camping outside in the front yard. So JK said he would walk with her home thinking she knew..he said they walk around the streets but she was confused and didn't really know apparently she had been wondering the streets for a while before JK spotted her, she had been down to Taikata shops and back up the road again...we live about a 5 - 8 min walk from those shops. Once JK realised she was confused and every st looks the same at that hour he told her they would come back to our house and explained he had a partner and two young children...when they got back to the top of our st she didn't want to come any further so she sat down on the side of the road...Jk threw her his jumper and told her to put it on and wrap her feet up n it and she did. The whole time they were walking he stayed on the road...even when they sopped he sat in the middle of the road, he tried to ring me to come out but he had no credit and not wanting to leave her he ended up calling the police which is what i said he should have done in the first place....anyhow he explain to her that she would be going for a ride in a police car to find her parents and that she would be looked after by them....when he cops got to them Jk got a full grilling by them. Who wouldn't question a man with a young child at that time of the morning. We haven't heard anything back since.

So the fact that you are wanting to teach your children their address and phone number if fantastic in my books.
And i hope my story will encourage you to do so!!

Edited by Deez]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:11:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=404118&title=teaching-them-address-etc#404118 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Andrew knows his full name. He...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403984&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403984 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:53pm

Andrew knows his full name. He knows the street we live on and only knows that it is has a 4 in it. He know mine and DH's name althou he knows my name is Becks not Rebecca. He knows we live in Palmerston North.

]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:53:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403984&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403984 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : LOL Kels. Now Briona&#039;s a...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403834&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403834 Author: busymum
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:13pm

LOL Kels. Now Briona's a bit older, she stands right next to Hannah and parrots her, word for word

My little bro got lost once (actually a lot of times, he was too quiet!) and afterwards he said to Mum "and she [the lady who picked him up] even knew your name!" Mum was surprised and said, "what is my name?" and he said (really obviously) "Mummy!" ]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:13:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403834&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403834 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : I taught Hannah our address when...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403750&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403750 Author: aimeejoy
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:42pm

I taught Hannah our address when we are driving home - what street do we live in hannah? And what number?

She has just figured out our real names and she knows her full name.]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:42:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403750&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403750 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Teresa I remember Hannah giving...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403727&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403727 Author: Kels
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:35pm

Teresa I remember Hannah giving me a rendition of all the girls name. She is serious so cute to talk too.
]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:35:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403727&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403727 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : i dont think they even know what...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403718&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403718 Author: Kels
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:32pm

[QUOTE=Bizzy] i dont think they even know what my name is.
QUOTE]

ROFLMAO.

I found a little lost girl in Farmers once and when I asked her what her name was she said Jorja and then when I said whats mums name she says Barbie so here I am with this little gorgeous girl calling out to Barbie lmao]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403718&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403718 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : My girls are so inquisitive that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403679&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403679 Author: busymum
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:16pm

My girls are so inquisitive that they do know our names and Hannah can tell whose mail is whose. Hannah and Briona both know their full names, although if a Policeman tried to understand Briona saying hers, haha that could be interesting! They know our names too and Hannah knows our street name, not sure about Briona or if Hannah knows the number. Hannah doesn't know our telephone number yet, 7 digits seems to long to remember at her age?! Dates of birth... they both know their months and how old they are, is that enough? ]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:16:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403679&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403679 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Repeating it over and over again....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403615&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403615 Author: .Mel
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 7:41pm

Repeating it over and over again. Nyah knows our address, phone number, my "real" name and DH's. She also knows the outlaws names and my parents.

]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:41:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403615&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403615 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : I never actually consciously taught...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403599&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403599 Author: Maya
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 7:23pm

I never actually consciously taught Maya, she just picked it up on her own. Was after we moved in here tho so sometime after age 3. ]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:23:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403599&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403599 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Good post Deb, Ella has no idea...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403477&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403477 Author: caraMel
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:42pm

Good post Deb, Ella has no idea what our details are and is prone to taking off at times! She probably wouldn't talk to a policeman or stranger, helpful or otherwise, she's so shy, but I should teach her just in case!]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:42:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403477&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403477 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : I started to teach Zaara our names. &#034;What...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403369&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403369 Author: Roksana
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 4:04pm

I started to teach Zaara our names.

"What is Mummas name?" - Roksaaaannaaa
"What is Papa's name?" - Aaaaatiiiissshhh

Sounds really cute!!

She know her name, my name, DH's name, Grandma(s) and Uncles name. All first names tho as she finds it difficult to say our last name. Never mind its a start.

I was teaching her our address, tho she repeated it with me...I think she is still a bit to young to understand what I was teaching her.

I will keep at it tho...lets just hope that none of our kids ever have to repeat the address of where they live to any one else but us.

Good on you for starting to teach them tho.

Edited by Roksana]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:04:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403369&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403369 <![CDATA[teaching them address etc : Ok so up until now i have been...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403289&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403289 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 17911
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:44pm

Ok so up until now i have been really slack and my kids dont know their birth dates, address or phone number, and i dont think they even know what my name is.

They did a Kid Power talk at kindy the other day all about keeping your kids people safe and i realised then they didnt know any of this info.. And this is bad coming from the mother who is always losing her kids!

So today we were role playing that they were lost and i was a policeman asking them their names and address, it sounded so cute...

But it got me wondering ...

How did you teach your kids their full name and address etc and at what age?]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:44:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17911&PID=403289&title=teaching-them-address-etc#403289