Most of our kinders started to talk about wiggling teeth and losing teeth every day, especially at lunchtime. So, I thought it might be a good time to introduce dental education to the children.
We started by making our teeth with construction paper mini marshmallows. One child asked for a mirror and I asked why. She said that she wanted to see how many teeth she has and what they looked like. So, we provided each child with a mirror. They opened their mouth wide and counted: 1, 2, 3...
The next day, we talked about happy teeth and sad teeth. The children cut out some food pictures from the flyers and we sorted out what kind of food makes a tooth happy and what kind of food makes a tooth sad. We also made a big tooth with cardboards and pretended to brush and floss the tooth.
On Friday 7th June, we had a special visitor named Sly who is a Dental Hygienist. She talked to the children about oral hygiene. She showed us how to brush and floss our teeth and how to keep our teeth healthy. The children had so much fun learning about their little teeth.
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