Dental Health

 This week it was all about dental health. We brainstormed what we do to keep our teeth healthy. We then showed the students dental tools, x-rays and real teeth. Our dramatic play area turned into a dentist office. Center activities included making a toothbrushing chart, flossing teeth using big legos and yarn, using pink playdoh and white beans to make a mouth full of teeth, placing teeth in numerical order, measuring objects with a toothbrush, playing a number teeth game in which the students rolled the dice and placed that many teeth on the mouth chart, washing cars with a toothbrush and soapy water, painting shapes with a toothbrush and making a bracelet with 20 white beads. During journal time, we drew something that made us smile. Group time activities included using a foam tooth to practice positional concepts and sorting foods that are good and bad for your teeth. In addition, it was really fun to pretend to be teeth. Ms. Ginny brushed us with a snow brush then flossed us using a scarf. (goals: sorting, answering questions, counting, recognizing numbers, sensory, fine motor, shapes)

Books Read in Class

Dora Show Your Smile

Bears Loose Tooth

Peppa's Dentis Trip

The Tooth Fairy

Tooth Trouble

Questions to ask your child

1. How many teeth do you have? 20 or 30? (20)

2. Will you get a loose tooth someday? 

3. Who takes care of our teeth?

4. What do we do to keep our teeth healthy? 

5. What was your favorite game at field day?

6. How many times should we brush our teeth a day? 1 or 2 times?

Reminders

Tuesday, May 26th -Party at the park!  9:45-11:15 or however long you'd like to stay!

We will meet at Hunter Park/Crystal Lake Park at 2301 Putter Lane at 9:30.   We will not be at LECC beforehand.  An adult must stay with your child for the entire duration of our party. I found out there is a water pad there, so your child can wear a swim suit under their clothes or bring one to change into.  We are not sure if it will be turned on and running when we arrive. Make sure your child uses the bathroom before you come to the park because there are no bathrooms.   

Wednesday, May 27th -This will be our rain date if we have to cancel Tuesday's day at the park. If not, Wednesday will be a regular school day.                               

 

Enjoy the pictures!!

We decorated field day medals.

Popsicle station at field day.

Relay races

Parachute Fun

Obstacle Course

Throwing balls

Throwing noodles

Sponge relay

Bubbles, chalk and squirt bottles

Field Day Parade

Happy Birthday, Olivia!

We placed numbered teeth in order, 0-10.

We counted out 20 white beads and placed them on a pipe cleaner to make
a bracelet. We used 20 beads because we have 20 teeth.

We washed cars with toothbrushes.

We attended the lemonade stand put on by the Hedgehog class.

Shakers in music.

The students pretended to be teeth and I flossed them
with a scarf.

I brushed the students with a toothbrush.
(snow brush)

Journal: What Makes You Smile?

We colored our medals using markers.

We measured how long a table, book and shelf
were using a toothbrush.

We rolled the dice then added that many teeth to the mouth.

Duck, Duck, Goose

We looked at books in the library. Ms. Micah read to 
the kids. 

Ms. Micahs last day.

We made a book for Ms. Micah. Each child came to the
front of the class to show Ms. Micah the page they made.

We sorted good foods and not so good foods under the 
teeth. We said it is ok to eat some of the not so good foods
as long as we brush our teeth.

We named the shape and the children painted it
using a toothbrush.

Thank you for the birthday gifts and cards!!

We made a mouth full of teeth using beans and playdoh.

We made objects using wax sticks.

Dramatic play-Dental Office

Each student made a toothbrushing chart.

Our sensory table contained hard marshmallows, tongs and 
ice trays. The students used the tongs to place the marshmallows in the ice trays.

The students flossed construction paper out of the teeth.
(large lego)

PJ Day