Teeth: Day Five

Field Trip: Visit the Dentist

If possible, plan a visit to the dentist or the dentist's office. Talk up the visit so it's something the child looks forward to. If you can't go to the dentist, possibly have a dentist come a visit you.

The Dentist Says Song:

The dentist says, please brush your teeth
The dentist says, please brush your teeth
The dentist says, please brush your teeth
And you'll have a healthy smile.

The dentist says, please floss your teeth
The dentist says, please floss your teeth
The dentist says, please floss your teeth
And you'll have a healthy smile

The dentist says, please eat good food
The dentist says, please eat good food
The dentist says, please eat good food
And you'll have a healthy smile



Have a Tooth Party:
The dentist should give the child a new toothbrush, some floss, and some toothpaste. Have a party to celebrate!

Toothbrush Painting: (Use the child's OLD toothbrush)

• Freestyle Painting: Set out containers of red, yellow, and blue tempera paint along with old toothbrushes and paper. Invite your group to experiment with using the materials for painting fun.
• Tempera “Toothpaste”: Give your children large tooth shapes cut from white posterboard. Make “mint toothpaste” by mixing white tempera paint with green tempera. Let your children use old toothbrushes to brush their tooth shapes with the green paint “toothpaste.”

Dental Floss Necklaces
Select stringable, uncooked pasta shapes, such as short penne pieces and small wagon wheels. Dye each cup of the shapes in a plastic zipper bag by shaking them in about 2 tablespoons rubbing alcohol and 1 teaspoon food coloring. Dry the shapes on paper towels. Give each child a 2-foot piece of heavy dental floss with a pasta shape tied onto one end. Then invite your children to string pieces of the colored pasta shapes onto the other end of their floss pieces to make necklaces.


Dental Floss Painting
Materials:

• Paint
• Dental Floss
• Paper

Directions:

• Cut out large teeth out of poster board or construction paper. Let your children string paint with the dental floss

Online Tooth Games