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Tooth ABC File Folder Game print
Laminate first 2 full sheets and 3rd page label. Use spray adhesive to adhere to a file folder. Cut out and laminate the uppercase letters. Children will match the uppercase letter manipulative to the lowercase file folder game board. For a more advanced activity you could cut out the lowercase letters as well and have the children match the lower and uppercase letters without the aid of the file folder game board. The letters could also be printed out on magnetic paper, cut out, and used on a fridge or magnetic board for making words from the sentence wall or sightwords. Sightwords cards are available on the TEACHING AIDS page. The child pulls a sightword from a container and spells that one on the table or magnetic board. For younger children you can reduce the number of sightwords and include only the letters necessary to spell those particular ones. The uppercase letters can also be used to create an alphabet line on a piece of heavy string or wire with clothes pins. Excellent fine motor skill. For younger children, clip on about half of the letters and let them fill in the gaps. I like to sting this under the table so they can "hide out" and do it.
Skills: upper/lowercase, letter recognition, letter order, vowels, matching, fine motor, logic/reasoning
Toothbrush Color Match print
This file folder game can be used two ways, depending on ability. For younger children, a simple color match is available, for older children color words are available with Spanish sub words for reinforcement.
Skills: color recognition, l-to-l correspondence, color words, Spanish color words, lowercase letter, matching, fine motor
Happy Sad Game print
For a simple game, this activity has a lot of mathematical and reasoning skills integrated. Laminate spinner wheel and attach spinner, either store bought, they come in a package of 12, or home made with a black arrow and a brass brad. If making, use black foam or heavier cardboard so the kids have something substantial to flick against. Print out enough Happy and Sad cards to have enough for the number of children and number of spins you plan to make, or just play until one group of cards is gone. Youngest goes first. The child spins and takes an appropriate happy or sad card. At the end, the children sort and then count their happy and sad cards and graph their results. This can be played without a "winner," and as more of a discovery project.
Skills: fine motor, logic, reasoning, prediction, science, health, nutrition, method counting, classification, graphing, interpretation of a graph, turn taking, sportsmanship
Dental Patterning print
The happy/sad tooth cards above can also be used for this activity. Teaches the major sequencing/patterning conventions AB, ABC, AABB, ABBA, etc... I've included a label to make this into a file folder activity, or it can be cut into strip cards.
Word Wall print and Sentence Wall print
Working on theme vocabulary and concepts. Words provide conventions of y making the "e" sound and double "oo." The sentences provide a good opportunity to review/introduce punctuation. These are posted and we go over them in the morning together. I point to the card and we all say the word then spell it together. Then we all say the sentences together as I point to each word. Throughout the day I'll throw out questions, such as "Who knows how to spell (word wall word)?" and they'll race to the wall and spell it. Or, I'll ask, "I do WHAT?" and they'll race to tell me a sentence, usually from memory, and I'll direct them to the sentence wall and have them "read" it, pointing to the words to reinforce. Later in the week I'll up the game to ask, "How do you spell ..." a sentence wall words that they usually have to find/recognize, then spell.
poetry
songs, finger plays
crafts
Dental Puppet - Cut a mouth out of a milk jug, clip down for teeth and embellish with eyes, hair, etc. with Sharpie markers. Children can floss teeth with yarn and brush with shaving cream (Cool Whip if you have some still “mouthing”). Place a heavy item in the bottom, or screw down, if it moves around too much.
Floss Painting - Children run strands of floss through paint and the across their paper. Head Lamp - Children will create a head lamp using (2) 1 ½ inch strips of 11” long card stock for band and a 2 inch circle of heavy cardboard that they will cover in foil, and a smaller diameter yellow circle for the light. Masks can be made with a paper towel and yarn. food activities
Apple Smiles - Sandwich two red apple slices with peanut butter on each slice and mini marshmellows for teeth. Add a raisin for a rotten tooth!
games
Toothbrush/Germ Tag One child is the toothbrush and they have to “get” all the germs and send them away. Play like regular tag. Or, have children wear old white T shirts with paper “germs” stapled on that they can grab off.
Dental Charades Teacher will whisper a dental activity and the child will act it out for their classmates. Brushing, flossing, visit to the dentist, sore cavity, eating candy, eating ice cream, eating an apple, drinking milk, loose tooth, lost all their teeth, an animal with big teeth, etc. By the time this activity comes around, they will be familiar with the theme items. What's the Brush For A sensory game where each child reaches into a bag/box/feely container and tries to identify the brush's use by feel. Toothbrush, hair brush, paint brush, dog brush, scrub brush, nail brush, etc. Activities
Teeth
Counting Children will use a flashlight to view into each others’
mouths and count the number of upper and lower teeth. Should be 20 for
preschoolers, 10 top and 10 bottom. Usually they haven’t lost any yet, and have
them all in.
Science Activity Place 2 hard boiled eggs into 2 clear cups, one with dark soda and one with vinegar. Let set overnight. The cola one shows what happens if you don’t brush, it can be cleaned with a toothbrush and toothpaste. The other shows that if the acid continually builds up in your mouth, it will decalcify, just like the egg. Toothpaste 4 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon flavoring (vanilla, almond or peppermint extract) Enough water to make a foamy paste. Air-tight container
teaching objectives
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