Extension Activities for Children’s Books:



George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora

Additional Related Stories for Children:

Open Wide by Laurie Keller. Through a classroom setting in which teeth are the students, this book presents information about the structure, care of teeth and the services provided by dentists.

Grandpa’s Teeth by Rod Clement. Soon after Grandpa's teeth disappear from a glass of water near his bed, Inspector Rate has the whole town under investigation.

Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull. Focuses on the human side of the presidents…their parenting skills, pets, relationships and their funny foibles.

Book Extension Activities:

Emotions Discussion: What was George Thinking? What do you think it was like for George Washington to be an adult who had very few teeth? What are some emotions he would have felt?

Snack Time Extension: Yummy Smile: have children spread peanut butter over apple slices and add a few miniature marshmallows for “teeth”.

Science Extension: Make Your Own Toothpaste: Add water to baking soda until you have a paste consistency. Add a few drops of peppermint extract. Thanks for the False Teeth, Mr. Hippo: Research the ivory that comes from hippopotami. What other materials do you think could make false teeth?

Counting/Math Extensions: Sorting: Discuss tooth decay and healthy food choices for teeth. Collect coupons from the Sunday paper and ask children to clip out the coupons, sort them by food and non-food items. Then, have the children sort the food items by healthy for teeth and “not-so-healthy” for teeth categories. How many “healthy for teeth” coupons do you have in comparison to others?

History Extensions: Flip Card Fun with Presidential Curiosities: Research the unique and lesser-known facts of past presidents. Lives of the Presidents is an excellent source. Assign students different presidents to find an interesting fact about them and have them construct flip-card questions. The top page is the question or statement relating to the interesting fact; and when you flip the top page up, the bottom page reveals the president’s name and their chronological number of their presidency. Example: Top page: This president only weighed 100 pounds. Bottom page: James Madison, 4th president. When completed, post the flip-cards around the room for parents, children, and guests to read. Presidential Jeopardy: Divide the students into groups and have them come up with Jeopardy Game Show questions based on presidential facts they are learning. Harder questions would yield more “money” or chances to win some small prize like fruit, candy or a bookmark.

Career Exploration: Guest Speaker: Invite a dentist to speak to the group and discuss proper oral hygiene and reasons why people lose their teeth. Ask the dentist to talk about how false teeth are made today.

Art Extension: Toothbrush Artists: Using a toothbrush and paint (or food-colored water), experiment with different ways to put paint on the paper. Examples: flick the toothbrush so the paint splatters onto the page; use the toothbrush like a paintbrush and stroke on paper, etc.



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