Dental Week Art Project: SMILEY FACES

ART

The children made self-portraits for this weeks art project.

 

I did this in 2 small groups. I had the children do all of the work. Most of my kids can cut pretty well by now, so the only prep done before hand was cut out heads using the cricut.

 

The children began with cutting out eyes.

 

Then they colored them to match their eye color.

 

When mouths were done being cutout, I had the children  color in their gums so their teeth would "stay" on

 

We then reviewed how many teeth they have. together as a class we say: "10 on the top, 10 on the bottom. 10 + 10 = 20

 

I had the children either color their hair or cut it.

 

 

 

 

 SAY CHEESE...

in progress

All About teeth

How to Brush Your Teeth- Song

The Library is my best friend! I always go and get books for my  themes. The kids really enjoy having "new" books each week.

Fine-motor skills

I found this worksheet on Scholastic.com. Click on the link or image below to download this worksheet.

MATH

I found this worksheet on http://bitsycreations.blogspot.com/ click on the link or  image to download this worksheet

SPECIAL VISITOR

I was lucky to have a parent in our classroom who was a dentist. She came and reviewed fun/important facts about caring for our teeth.

Learning how to properly brush!

 Learning how to floss

Taking a closer look at cavities 

Goodie bags with a toothbrush timer, cup, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and toothbrush holder.

Thank you for the gifts!

Brush Your teeth SONG for preschoolers

Morning circle

Introducing a few fun facts about dental hygiene through music and movement.  

 

 

Dental hygine ideas for preschool and Kindergarten

We were so fortunate to have the tooth fairy come to our classroom and tell us all about sugar bugs, cavities and how to keep our teeth healthy and strong.

They learned how to properly brush their teeth.

Practiced brushing in circular motion.

 

 Science/Art

Healthy tooth vs. unhealthy tooth

They cut foods out of magazines that helped keep their teeth healthy (white paper with tooth template) and they also cut out pictures of foods that cause them to get cavities and pasted it on their yellow tooth.

MATH

Measuring activity- My tooth brush is # ___ long.

They used cheerios, bears, buttons, cubes, marshmallows and raisins to measure.

Counting and adding teeth

10 teeth on top = 10 teeth on the bottom = 20 teeth total

I bought these posters on Oriental trading

 PLAYDOUGH  - fine-motor skill

learning to floss

Dramatic Play

This is so much fun for me and the kids. My kids were reciting everything I had taught throughout the week, during their free play. One of  the dentists were giving the patient tips how to prevent cavities. Listening to them play was quite a treat. 

Science Experiments for preschoolers: cavities and more

Science

Discovering what drinks stain our teeth. WATER? SODA? APPLE JUICE?

I boiled 3 eggs and had them sitting in a bowl with the specified drink. The only drink that did not stain was water. 

The children practiced brushing teeth on the hard boiled eggs.

LIFE SKILL- Science experiment 

The children discovered that there are foods that stick more to teeth than others. They ate an apple slice, then examined their teeth and brushed the remnants. Then they ate an Oreo cookie, boy was that a mess! They were not allowed to leave this center until they successfully brushed all the chocolate off their teeth. It was great practice. One of my kids said this is taking forever. I replied with, "we have to take our time brushing our teeth. Sometimes it's hard to see all the sugar bugs, and if you don't brush your teeth long enough all over, you'll get a cavity.   

 LEARNING TO PROPERLY BRUSH

BEFORE AND AFTER