February is Dental Health Awareness Month and we’ll explore teeth and their purpose. Our younger friends will sing songs, talk about color, learn how to brush, and what to bite and what NOT to bite;) While our older friends will learn what a dentist is and does. We will role play dentist and patient. The purpose of this theme is to not only learn about how to keep our teeth healthy but to familiarize the children with the dentist. New words will be introduced as well. ex. molar, cavity, gums, & floss. If you have anything to add to this theme please do!

Things to do @ home:

Tooth collage: cut out pictures of teeth, and halt foods. Talk about the importance of healthy teeth.

Brush teeth together.. set an egg timer for the length of time to brush.

And last but not least sing songs…

This entry was posted on Friday, February 19th, 2010 and is filed under Weekly Activities.