Dental Health Theme for Preschool

Dental Health Theme for Preschool ? The Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

Dental Care is but one of the personal and social development learning areas for preschoolers. Preschoolers are learning about themselves as individuals, as family members and as part of their classroom group. This theme helps them to develop positive habits and skills that will last a lifetime

Thank you to CreativelyCrafting for graphics made for this theme!

Using the Standards Conversion Chart

1. Type in each of your program's equivalent standards next to my standard.

2. Save to your computer. 3. Refer to this chart each time you use a theme from Preschool Cubby

Using the Weekly and Daily Planning Forms In the weekly planning form, ALL of the boxes are editable! Simply print as they are OR move activities to the days you want them or replace activities with your own! You'll find my standards listed under each activity. This is where you will enter YOUR program's standards (that you added to the Conversion Chart) 1. Refer to the conversion chart you completed and look up my Standard Letter/Number. 2. Replace that letter and number with YOUR program's equivalent that you typed into

the Conversion Chart. 3. Print!

The Weekly AND Daily Planning forms are both 100% editable so you can move the activities to the days you want to do them or even replace them with your own activities! (If you do that-be sure to change them on the daily planning forms as well AND replace the standards in that box with the correct standards for the activity you have replaced mine with!) NOTE: The blue areas will NOT print blue, don't worry! Those areas are the "editable areas". They will print with a white background when you print!

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Dental Health Theme WEEKLY PLANNER

ART

MATH/MANIPULATIVES

SCIENCE

MUSIC & MOVEMENT GROSS MOTOR STORY TIME

MON

Standards

Dentist Discussion Classroom Toothbrush Dental Health File

Dental Health Tools and Got My

6,13,15,19,29,30, 3,13,14,17,22,27,

36,37,44,45

31,35

Folder Game 13,14,17, 20,21,24-26,30

Journal Making 5,7,13,14,17,19,24,27,29

Toothpaste Song 3,7,11,12

Tooth Toss

Gong to the Dentist

6,7,9,11,13,14,17, by Anne Cirvardi

20,21,26

1,6,38-40,44

TUES

Standards

Brush My Teeth & Tray Puppets

Chart 6,13,15,19,29, 30,36,37,44,45

3,11,13,15,22,31,

42,43

Tooth Making &

Tooth Experiment

Counting Activity Mat 13,14,17,23,27,28,

13,14,17,20,21,24-26,30 42,43

Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban 1,6,38-40,44

WEDS A Tooth Fell Out: Floss Painting

Puppet Show

1,13,14,22,27,

Standards 1,7,17,36,37,44,45 31,35

Count the Teeth 13,14,17,20,21, 24-26,30

Tile Food Experiment I Brush My Teeth

13,14,17,23,27,

song 3,7,11,12

28,42,43

Toothbrush Toss 6,7,9,11,13,14, 17,20,21,26

The Crocodile and the Dentist by Taro Gomi 1,6,38-40,44

THURS

Standards

Happy Tooth Flannel Clean Those Teeth! Flossing Practice

Activity 7,13,14,17,18, 21,24,38,41,42,45

1,13,14,17,22,

1,13,14,16,17,20,

27,31,35

21,27

Acidic Teeth Experiment 13,14,17,23,27,28,42,43

Drop the Brush Into the Mouth! 6,7,9,11,13,14,17, 20,21,26

My Dentist by Harlow Rockwell 1,6,38-40,44

FRI

Standards

Which Dental Item Is Missing? 3,7,17,21,26, 35,37,44,45

Toothbrush Painting 1,13,14,17,22, 27,31,35

Apple Smiles Snack 13,16,17,23,35

Home Made Toothpaste 13,14,17,23,27, 28,42,43

I'm A Tube of Toothpaste! 3,6,11,34,37

SUGGESTED CHANGES TO INTEREST CENTERS FOR THE WEEK

The Prince's Tooth is Loose by Harriet Ziefert 1,6,38-40,44

B.lock Area: Going To the Dentist Provide cars, a car/ road mat or carpet and little people for the children to act out driving to the dentist office, building a dentist office, etc. 3,6,7,12,13,17,19,22,30,36

Drama: DENTAL OFFICE Have a chair, dentist tools (plastic play set), hand mirrors, folders with papers that have pictures of teeth. Include a telephone, table, chair, etc. for a reception area as well! 3,4,6,10,13-15, 17,19,30,36

Easel: Tooth Themed Painting Encourage the children to paint pictures of teeth, going to the dentist, their family smiling, etc. Add old toothbrushes to the paint cups instead of paint brushes. 13,14,17,22,27,28,31,35

Check out the packet for a Certificate of Knowledge that you can send home with the children!

Sand/Water Table: How to Brush Add shaving cream; plastic mouth Writing: Magic Teeth Print out and laminate large tooth

models OR egg carton cups (3 or 4 still connected); toothbrushes. shapes. Provide low-odor ,dry erase markers for the

Show children how to brush in the front, back and in between

children to use to write their names, print stories about the

"teeth". Add peppermint, strawberry or orange food extract to your dentist using emergent writing or drawing a picture. Use

water table for some toothpaste smelling scents! 13,14,17, 27,29 facial tissues to erase and use repeatedly! 13,14,15,42,43

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MONDAY

Dental Health Theme

You'll Need:

Large piece of paper; large paper, art/craft supplies, glue, markers, crayons; Tooth Matching File Folder game and instructions from this packet; dental items, construction paper, plain paper, stapler; ping pong balls, Velcro, large poster board, marker; Gong to the Dentist by Anne Cirvardi

Circle Art

Dentist Discussion Needed: Ask the children if they have ever been to the dentist. This is a great time for the children to learn about dental care habits from each other. Give each child a turn to share their stories. Ask questions about their visits: What did they like? Not like? Etc. EXTENSION: Have a large piece of paper available for the children to write their names on if they have been to the dentist and print their responses during your discussion. 6,13,15,19,29,30,36,37,44,45

Classroom Toothbrush Needed: large paper, art/craft supplies, glue, markers, crayons Cut out a LARGE toothbrush (about 48 inches long; the handle should be 6 inches wide and the bristles the appropriate proportions to the handle). The children decorate a classroom toothbrush that can be hung outside your classroom (or inside!) to introduce your Dental Health theme! 3,13,14,17,22,27,31,35

Math/ Manipulatives Dental Health File Folder Game

Needed: Tooth Matching File Folder game and instructions from this packet.

13,14,17,20,21,24-26,30

Science Small Group

Dental Health Tools & Journal Making Needed: dental items, construction paper, plain paper, stapler Tools: Provide dental health tools for the children to explore such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, a dental mirror, floss, plastic gloves Journal Making: Children staple a piece of colored paper of their choice on top of many pieces of plain paper and decorate the cover as they'd like and print their name. Use these all week for the children to draw pictures of what they learn through each science experiment this week. 5,7,13,14,17,19,24,27,29

Music & Movement

Got My Toothpaste Song sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Got my toothpaste, got my brush, I won't hurry, I won't rush. Making sure my teeth are clean, Front and back and in between. When I brush for quite a while, I will have a happy smile! 3,7,11,12

Gross Motor

Tooth Toss Needed: ping pong balls, Velcro, large poster board, marker Draw a large smile with the teeth showing. Place Velcro strips on the ping pong balls and the hook part on areas on the teeth on the poster board. The children toss the balls onto the smile! 6,7,9,11,13,14,17,20,21,26

Story Time Gong to the Dentist by Anne Cirvardi 1,6,38-40,44

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TUESDAY

Dental Health Theme

You'll Need:

new toothbrush for each child, chart paper, marker; square shaped containers (ask for donations at a fast food place--the trays hamburgers come in), scissors, crayons, construction paper scraps, fabric scraps, yarn, glue, white foam pieces; Tooth Making Activity Mat from this packet, white playdough; white egg, Coca-cola, 2 clear jars, toothbrush, toothpaste, hand mirrors, their Science Journals, markers; Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban

Circle Art

Brush Our Teeth and Chart Needed: new toothbrush for each child, chart paper, marker. Join the children in using the toothbrushes to demonstrate how to brush their teeth. Create a chart with columns. Have the children print their names in the first column. Lable the following columns with the next few days of the week. Each day have the children mark next to their name if they brushed their teeth at home. If they did not, allow them to use the toothbrush they had from yesterday to do so! EXTENSION: Send a note home that you will be brushing teeth in school this week. Encourage families to encourage their children to do so. Colgate has a cute, free chart you can print out! CLICK HERE to check it out! 6,13,15,19,29,30,36,37,44,45

Tray (Box) Puppets Needed: square shaped containers (ask for donations at a fast food place--the trays that hamburgers come in); scissors; crayons; variety of construction paper scraps; fabric scraps; yarn; glue; white foam pieces. The children make a face on the container using the paper and fabric scraps; yarn for hair, etc. They cut their own teeth shapes from the foam and glue it inside the top and bottom edges of the box. Use the puppets by holding the box at the back and opening and closing your hand! 3,11,13,15,22,31,42,43

Math/ Manipulatives Tooth Making and Counting

Needed: Tooth Making Activity Mat from this packet, white playdough

13,14,17,20,21,24-26,30

Science Small Group

Tooth Experiment - Needed: white egg, Coca-cola, 2 clear jars, toothbrush, toothpaste, hand mirrors, chart paper, their Science Journals, markers; In advance, crack and empty the egg. Keep the shell halves. Discuss the importance of tooth brushing. Give each child a hand mirror and ask what they see when they look at their teeth. Write down what they say on the chart paper. Ask them why we brush our teeth and again, write down what they say. Tell them that cavities are caused by not brushing the sugar and food off our teeth. Soda has a lot of sugar in it. ? Place one egg shell in one jar and the other in another jar. ? Add Cola to one jar...pour in enough to cover the egg shell. Tell the children this is like someone's tooth. They are drinking soda. ? Add water to the other...pour in enough to cover the egg shell. ? Let sit for the day. Ask the children what they think will happen. You can record their answers to this as well. ? After the day, check on the egg shells. ? Take the egg out of the water and ask them what happened. Record their answers. ? Take the egg out of the cola, ask them what happened. Record their answers. ? Now, take the toothbrush and toothpaste and gently brush the egg shell (careful-it is very fragile now!) and ask the kids what happened when you brushed the pretend tooth? Record their answers! Be sure to encourage them to write/draw about this experiment in their journals. 13,14,23,27,28,42,43

Music & Movement

Gross Motor Story Time Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban 1,6,38-40,44

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WEDNESDAY

Dental Health Theme

You'll Need:

A puppet; the story Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban or another story about a loose tooth falling out; Dental floss; variety of paint colors; white paper; clothes pins (optional); pink and white playdough; ceramic tiles (you can get donations of broken ones from a home improvement store); mustard, honey, ketchup, toothbrush, toothpaste; I Brush My Teeth Song poster and card in this packet; old toothbrushes, bins, painters' tape; The Crocodile and the Dentist by Taro Gomi

Circle

A Tooth Fell Out--Puppet Show! Needed: a puppet; the story Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban or another story about a loose tooth falling out! After reading the story, bring your puppet out. Let them say hi to your puppet! Puppet: Hi girls and boys! My name is Arthur! I heard that you read a story about me! Did you like it? What was your favorite part? (Give the children time to answer!). What happened to me in the story? That's right, I lost a tooth! Well, I wrote a poem about what happened. It goes like this: A tooth fell out and left a space. So big my tongue can touch my face. And every time I smile I show A space where something used to grow. I miss my tooth as you can guess. But then--I have to brush one less! Have the puppet talk to the kids about being teased for missing a tooth, how it feels to be teased, etc. 1,7,17,36,37,44,45

Art

Floss Painting

Needed: Dental floss; variety of paint colors; white paper; clothes pins (optional)

Dip the floss into paint and then drag around on the paper. Use many colors! Some

children may find this easier if you use clothespins to hold the floss.

1,13,14,17,22,27,31,35

Math/

Manipulatives

Count the Teeth Needed: pink and white playdough. Have children manipulate pink playdough to make a long snake (their gums!). Tell them that children have 20 teeth, called baby (or deciduous) teeth. They then create (and count) 20 teeth with the white playdough and place them on their pink "gums". Adults have 32 adult teeth, including wisdom teeth! Perhaps they would like to count to 32! 13,14,17,20,21,24-26,30

Science Small Group

Dental Health Tile Food Experiment Materials needed: ceramic tiles (you can get donations of broken ones from a home improvement store); mustard, honey, ketchup, toothbrush, toothpaste. Discuss with the children: "Sometimes we are too tired or forget to brush our teeth before we go to bed. I wonder what would happen to our teeth if we forgot to brush for a lot of days! Let's find out!" Give each child a tile. Have them write their name on the tile with a permanent marker. Squirt a little bit of the food items on their tile. Have them spread it all over the tile. Tell them that you are going to let this food sit on the "teeth" for a day and see what happens. Then, take out the tile you made yesterday and show them what happened to your "tooth". Let them take a turn trying to brush off the food with a toothbrush and toothpaste. The next school day, take out the children's tiles and give them a toothbrush and toothpaste to brush the food of their tiles. Be sure to encourage them to write/draw about this experiment in their journals. 13,14,23,27,28,42,43

Music & Movement

I Brush My Teeth Song Use the song poster and card in this packet while singing and acting out this fun song! 3,7,11,12

Gross Motor Story Time

Toothbrush Toss Needed: old toothbrushes, bins, painters' tape Tape a line on the floor or carpet and encourage the children to toss toothbrushes into the bins. Encourage them to count as they toss. 6,7,9,11,13,14,17,20,21,26

The Crocodile and the Dentist by Taro Gomi 1,6,38-40,44

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THURSDAY

Dental Health Theme

You'll Need:

Dental flannel pieces, flannel board; yellow construction paper, white paint, old tooth brushes; egg cartons, pom poms, yarn; 1 hard-boiled egg, glass jar, white vinegar; large-mouth juice container, old toothbrushes; My Dentist by Harlow Rockwell

Circle

Happy Tooth song and Flannel Story Needed: dental flannel pieces, flannel board Create flannel pieces of: a tooth shape; a tooth brush; toothpaste; glass of milk; dental floss. Place each piece on the flannel board as you sing the song. Sing the following song to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star I'm a happy tooth, you see. Always taking care of me. I am brushed every day. Keeping clean as I play. Eating healthy, yes I do. Flossing daily helps me, too! Add this to the library area for the children to use throughout the week. 7,13,14,17,18,21,24,38,41,42,45

Art

Clean Those Teeth!

Needed: yellow construction paper, white paint, old tooth brushes

After discussing why we brush our teeth, encourage children to cut out their own, large

shape to be a tooth from the yellow paper. They use white paint to turn them white.

1,13,14,17,22,27,31,35

Math/

Manipulatives

Flossing Practice Needed: egg cartons, pom poms, yarn In advance, paint the egg cartons to look like teeth and gums. Insert pom poms in between the egg cups (on the bottom) to represent food that becomes stuck in between teeth. The children use yarn as floss to remove the food pomp oms. 1,13,14,16,17,20,21,27

Science Small Group

Acidic Teeth Needed: 1 hard-boiled egg; glass jar; white vinegar Tell the children that some foods are what we call "acidic" and can hurt the enamel of our teeth. ? Place the egg in a jar and pour in enough vinegar to cover the egg. ? Let sit for 24 hours. Children should observe it throughout the day. They will see small bubbles forming on the eggshell. ? The next day, take out the egg and rinse it. A lot of, if not all, the eggshell will be gone. The vinegar is an acid that decalcifies the egg shell much like acids in food do on our teeth. Be sure to encourage them to write/draw about this experiment in their journals. You'll see a video of this experiment on my YouTube Channel here! 13,14,23,27,28,42,43

Music & Movement

Gross Motor

Drop the Brush Into the "Mouth" Needed: large-mouth juice container, old toothbrushes. The children try to drop the toothbrushes into the container by holding the toothbrush about an inch over the opening, then 1 ? inches, etc. 6,7,9,11,13,14,17,20,21,26

Story Time My Dentist by Harlow Rockwell 1,6,38-40,44

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FRIDAY

Dental Health Theme

You'll Need:

Circle

Art

Toothbrush, floss, toothpaste, toothpick, dental mirror or hand mirror--any dental health theme related items; construction paper, paint, old tooth brushes; Apples; vanilla yogurt; zipper baggies, plastic teaspoons, baking soda, salt, water, food flavoring extract (strawberry or orange), recipe for Home Made Toothpaste in this packet; The Prince's Tooth is Loose by Harriet Ziefert

Which Dental Item Is Missing? Needed: toothbrush, floss, toothpaste, toothpick, dental mirror or hand mirror--any dental health theme related items. Place them out for the children to see and touch. Name each item. Have them close their eyes. Remove one item. They open their eyes and try to guess what is missing! Many preschoolers just can't 'not peek'! Try covering the items with a blanket, paper, towel, etc. instead and reach under to take one item out. 3,7,17,21,26,35,37,44,45

Toothbrush Painting Needed: construction paper, paint, old tooth brushes The children use the toothbrushes to paint with. This also gives them time to discover how toothbrushes work as they paint and press the bristles on the paper. 1,13,14,17,22,27,31,35

Math/ Manipulatives Apple Smiles

Needed: Apples; vanilla yogurt; Core and cut apples into quarters. Children can dip their

apple smiles into yogurt for a healthy tooth snack! 13,16,17,23,35

Science

Home Made Toothpaste Needed: zipper baggies, plastic teaspoons, baking soda, salt, water, food flavoring extract (strawberry or orange), recipe for Home Made Toothpaste in this packet. 13,14,23,27,28,42,43

Small Group

Music & Movement

Gross Motor

I'm a Tube of Toothpaste! For this movement activity, ask the children what they think it would be like to be a tube of toothpaste? A toothbrush? Floss? Have these items to show them and let them hold them. Then, act them out! Example: A tube of toothpaste! OK, you're in the tube...way at the bottom! Now, you're being squished, up, up, up and POOF out of the tube! 3,6,11,34,37

Story Time The Prince's Tooth is Loose by Harriet Ziefert 1,6,38-40,44

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Dental Health File Folder Game

Print, laminate and cut the following pages. Glue one set of tools into the file folder. The children match the tools. Encourage them to discuss what the tools are used for.

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