Dental Health
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/smiles/tooth-loss.html
BOOKS:
Arthur's Tooth by Marc Brown
No Tooth, No Quarter! By Jon Buller
For the Truth Ask a Tooth by Dee Coghan
Dear Tooth Fairy by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Does a Lion Brush? by Fred Ehrlich
A Visit to the Dentist ( A Little Bill Book) by Eleanor Fremont
A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy by Caren Holtzman
My Loose Tooth by Stephen Krensky
Just Going to the Dentist by Mercer Mayer
Brush Your Teeth, Please by Leslie Mcguire
Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch
Nice Try Tooth Fairy by Mary W. Olson
How Many Teeth? By Paul Showers
My Teacher is the Tooth Fairy by Mary Smith
Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
I Lost my Tooth! by Hans Wilhelm
The Night Before the Tooth Fairy by Natasha Wing
* Visit the Dentist with Marty- interactive story at
http://www.ada.org/public/games/marty.asp
WRITING:
1. What Does the Tooth Fairy Look Like? Class
Book
2. What Does the Tooth Fairy Do With All Those
Teeth? Class Book
3. Things that Make Us Smile Class Book- Children
draw illustrations of things that make them
smile.
POEMS AND SONGS:
“My Wobbly Tooth”
Once I had a wobbly tooth
That wobbled to and fro,
Every time I ate my toast
I thought the tooth would go.
But then I ate a candy,
A sticky toffee roll,
Now where my wobbly tooth was
There's nothing but a hole!
“Brush Your Teeth”
("Row, Row, Row Your Boat” tune)
Brush, brush, brush your teeth,
At least two times a day.
Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,
Fighting tooth decay.
Floss, floss,floss your teeth,
Every single day.
Gently, gently, gently, gently,
Whisking plaque away.
Rinse, rinse, rinse your teeth,
Every single day.
Swishing, swishing, swishing, swishing,
Fighting tooth decay.
“Brushing”
("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" tune)
Here’s my toothpaste.
Here's my brush.
I won't hurry, I won't rush.
Working hard to keep teeth clean
Front and back and in between
When I brush for quite a while
I will have a happy smile.
"Are Your Teeth Clean and White?"
(“Do Your Ears Hang Low?
" tune)
Are your teeth clean and white?
Do you brush them every night?
Do you brush them in the morning?
Do you brush them right?
Do you brush them side to side?
Are your teeth clean and white?
Do you floss them good
To remove the bits of food?
Do you floss them every day?
Like you know you should?
Do you take good care of
The teeth that are there?
Do you floss them good?
“The Swish Song”
(“Frere Jaques” tune)
Swish with fluoride,
Swish with fluoride,
Round and round,
round and round.
Fluoride makes your teeth strong,
Fluoride makes your teeth strong,
All year long!
All year long!
MATH:
1. Graph favorite toothpaste flavor. (Plain, mint,
bubblegum)
2. Place laminated teeth in order from smallest-
largest.
3. Smiley Face Number Match- Create smiley
faces, using numerals for the noses, and
laminate. Children place the correct number of
teeth in each smiley face’s mouth according to
the number on the nose.
4. Toothbrush Number Match- Make large
toothbrushes, each with a different set of dots
on the handle. Create toothpaste patterns with
a number written on each. Children match
toothpaste to toothbrush with the correct
number of dots.
5. Toothpaste Tube Color Match: Make several
large toothpaste tubes . Write a color word
on each. Cut out color rectangles. Children
place color rectangle on tube to match the color
word written on it.
6. Roll-a-Die Tooth Game- Small groups of children
take turns rolling a die and placing that many
teeth (mini marshmallows) on a mouth pattern.
7. Graph the number of teeth students have lost in
class.
8. Create color patterns using toothbrushes.
9. Add or subtract by adding or taking away marshmallow teeth from a laminated mouth.
SCIENCE:
1.Tooth Decay Demonstration: Drop an eggshell into clear cup of coca cola. Make predictions about what will happen to the egg.The next day take the eggshell out and ask children why they think the eggshell became soft and brown.
2. Have children practice flossing using ½ a white styrofoam egg carton (row of teeth) and yarn (floss).
3. Children sort food magazine pictures into healthy and unhealthy groups.
4. Make toothpaste-Each child mixes 1 tablespoon salt,2 tablespoons baking soda, few drops of peppermint flavoring (found in spice aisle of grocery store),and small amount of water to make mixture into a paste.
ART:
1. Paint with toothbrushes.
2. Toothbrush-Fold 12 by 18 piece of construction
paper in half. Cut out notch to be toothbrush
handle. Glue white paper between folds (not by
handle). Cut fringe on white paper to create
bristles. Students write their names on the
handle.
