Brushing Teeth
Listen to song "Teeth" and creating a mouth collage
Instructions
- Look at calendar together and review any special dates - birthday or events - to put on the calendar for this month.
- Have child place a check mark on the calendar for each day he brushes teeth for the month
- Click to listen to song “Teeth” by Willa Brigham while making this collage.
- Give child magazines and let them find pictures of mouths to cut out and paste on large sheet of paper
- After a collage of mouths has been made, chat about how the teeth look
- Let child think of reasons the teeth look healthy - they brush at least twice a day, they eat healthy snacks and food (celery and carrot snacks, calcium-rich foods including milk, yogurt, and cheese, fresh fruits and vegetables) they floss, visit a dentist, rinse mouths, etc.
Simplify
If cutting is too difficult, let child tear out the pictures of mouths
Extend
Introduce child to the scientific method using eggs for a teeth experiment. Click here
Make a mouth craft with mini marshmellows - instructions here
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
1. Do you know how many teeth are in your mouth? Can you count them? (Most children have first set of teeth by age 3. There are 20 teeth in all. At age 5 or 6 these teeth start falling out)
2. What would you rather have - white teeth or yellow teeth and why?
Materials
- calendar
- pen/marker
- Song "Teeth" by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits; Click to listen here
- old magazines
- paper
- scissors
- glue
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Black
- Number - Seven, 7
- Alphabet Letters - J, I
- Sense - Smell
- Character Trait - Courage
- Target Words - Long, Little, Short, Small
Monthly Proverb
Chinese - If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through
Did You Know?
"Before children enter elementary school, they must develop many linguistic and cognitive skills that will make later academic learning possible. By the age of five, however, children differ markedly in their success in reaching these developmental goals." Entwisle & Alexander, 1993
Books to Read
"The Little Engine That Could"
by Watty Piper, Illustrator Loren Long (Activity 12) (audiobook available)
"My Very First Mother Goose"
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions "
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions" VIDEO
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Little Engine that Could" VIDEO
by Watty Piper (Activity 12)
"My Very First Mother Goose" VIDEO
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
Music Playlist
"America (My Country Tis of Thee)" VIDEO
by the Hit Crew, Album: Drew’s Famous Music for Summer Games and Activities (Activity 13)
"Teeth" VIDEO
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits (Activity 25)
"Miss Mary Mack"
by Ella Jenkins, Album: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Activity 9)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" VIDEO
by Aretha Franklin (Activity 13)
"Miss Mary Mack" VIDEO
by Patty Shula (Activity 9)
"Teeth"
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy, Happy, Habits (Activity 25)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Jack and Jill
(Activity 19 Month 9)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.