Brush Your Teeth

This week was all about dental health! We learned so much about our teeth and how it is so important to go to the dentist and help take care of our teeth. We did some art with dental floss and drew what we think the Tooth Fairy looks like. Some of our math activities were a roll and cover with dental health things. We added a gem to the column when we turned over a card to see who wins the dental health race. We also patterned with dental health pictures. Our language was a paper mouth with teeth. The teeth had letters on them. When you pulled a letter from the bucket, you brushed it away in the mouth. We used our fingers to “brush” away cavities on a drawn tooth in hair gel. The boys and girls commented on how the bag of gel felt “cold and gooey”. We also used lots of play teeth to practice our brushing skills and also our math as we counted teeth all week. We learned all the teeth we have in our mouths right now will all fall out, but our big teeth will come in then. We did have a few curious boys and girls keep looking in the mirrors and wiggling some possible “loose” teeth as they all want to be the first one to lose a tooth in the classroom. Our weather warmed up just in time for us to finish our week! We love our outside time, but when its warmer, we love it even more!