We introduced the theme with various pictures of things you will see at the Dentist, people, songs, music and movement, short videos, practiced brushing our teeth with movements.
Art
Monday-painted with toothbrushes and toothpaste on paper
Tuesday- Tooth cu filled with cotton balls and painted white
Wednesday-
Thursday-Finger panted on paper
Friday-Stamped with jumbo marshmallows on paper
Math
The children practiced naming their colors by using toothbrushes to organize in toothbrush holders, counting with small plastic teeth counters and teeth grid boards by placing them on one by one, we made toothpaste with baking soda, hippo mouth teeth counting with teeth counters filling up the whole hippo mouth grid.
Motor Development
The children manipulated red slime with small plastic counter teeth by pressing them firmly to make impressions, sand trays with glitter and toothbrushes to practice making shapes, lines and scribbles while building finger/hand grasp, the children practiced brushing their teeth with plastic vampire teeth/toothpaste and toothbrushes ups and down, side to side and around in circles, real egg brushing with homemade toothpaste, and practiced flossing with blocks, play-dough and string.
Sensory
colored water, plastic teeth counters, big water jug and cups
Activities
Made croissants
dry erase boards with teeth patterns
Dental songs and movements
Importance of drinking milk
Tooth hop
Foods that are good and bad for our teeth cards
Why is breakfast important visual balloon
Who is a Dentist?
Dental songs all week