Wee Steamers: Tooth on the Loose!
This child-friendly video helps young children understand how to care for their teeth and what to expect when baby teeth begin to fall out. Join Early Childhood Educator Sheila Kerwin for a fun exploration of teeth— how they grow, the important work they do, and how we keep them healthy!
 | CATEGORY:science | GRADE LEVEL:early childhood |
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Building Egg-cellent, Healthy Teeth
Your budding researchers will enjoy this experiment as it demonstrates what sugary and acidic drinks can do to your teeth—an excellent way to understand tooth decay and build important science skills in observation and the scientific method. MouthHealthyTeeth
Tooth Tally Math Game
Provide dice and illustrated cards as shown. Students create “teeth” with playdough, then roll the die to determine which tooth to cover. As they play, children practice counting, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence—as well as an early understanding of human anatomy. TotSchoolingMath
Dental Health: Count and Match
Your young mathematicians will explore number recognition, matching, and basic counting skills with this game. Create cards as shown. Include two versions: Numeral cards (1, 2, 3, etc.) and Dot cards (quantities shown with dots). Children select a card and add the correct number of “teeth” to a mouth mat. DentalHealthCountandMatch
Good Food, Bad Food: Dental Health Game
Invite your mini-dentists to examine an assortment of plastic foods. Have them decide whether the food is good or bad for teeth, then sort it into the correct basket. This activity helps them identify healthy and harmful foods for dental health while also exploring the math concepts of same/different, classification, and comparison. MontessoriBlogspot
Dental Office Dramatic Play
Young children grasp concepts and themes best through dramatic play. By transforming your classroom play area into a dental clinic, you’ll give budding dentists and oral surgeons the chance to practice real-world skills—technology (using dental tools), science (observing human anatomy), and math (one-to-one correspondence, classification, and comparison). —Sheila Kerwin
Doodle Lou’s "Where Are My Teeth?" Game