dental health

We made it to March! We are so close to spring break! We wrapped up February with some dental health fun. I used this unit to teach my kids about dental health. I added a few more extras. So if you already have this unit be sure and go download the unit again.

 

In our science journals we recorded four ways to keep our teeth and gums healthy. We talked about brushing, flossing, rinsing, and going to the dentist.

 

Then we spent some time learning all about the dentist. We read this book and then made a circle map to help us organize all of our new learning.

We did a fun science experiment to help us learn that gas has mass and takes up space.  To help the kids visualize gas taking up space I gave each child a balloon and told them to blow into the balloon three times.

Here is what we learned. You can grab this simple science experiment from my all about heat unit.

dental health

Here is a peek at what I have planned for next week. I'm ready to start my dental health unit on Monday. I'll be using Pinkalicious and her brother Peter to help the kids learn all about their teeth. You can find patterns to make Pinkalicious and Peter and my whole dental health unit on TpT.

This is the sweetest book.

 We are going to write letters to the tooth fairy just like Pinkalicious.

toothy tic-tac-toe

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Here is a fun partner activity, toothy tic-tac-toe. I put this out for kiddos who finish work early. They loved it!

Dental health . . .

Post Edit
Maybe just one of my favorite units (I may or may not have gone to dental hygiene school). I plan to read the new story Silverlicious. Pinkalicious loses her sweet tooth. I know my little girls are going to love reading this!

The girls at What the Teacher Wants just posted an adorable dental health mini unit. Go get it here.
I also just purchased Cara Carroll's dental health mini unit from Teachers Pay Teachers. Grab it here.

Click the picture below to download a tooth brace map