Preschool today started out with a movie segment: Big Bird was teaching a horse about brushing his teeth. (The boys found that funny because we talked about horses on Tuesday.) Then Elmo talked about what he would do if he HAD teeth and how to take care of them.I read the story The Crocodile and the Dentist, which is a book about the crocodile not wanting to go to the dentist and the dentist not wanting the crocodile to come to his office. The boys laughed and thought it was hilarious.
After a story we played "Book Swap" and they took turns looking through different books about dentists and teeth.
I showed them a teeth model and how to brush each side of the tooth. We talked about singing a song to remember the technique: "Up like a rocket (brush up with sweeping motions), Down like the rain (brush down with sweeping motions), Back and forth like a choo-choo train." We also sang, "Brush Your Teeth" song. (Note: I sent home a sheet filled with other silly teeth songs that we didn't get a chance to sing. If you want a copy, email me).
We had 5 different table activities: 
T writing page, 
tooth dot-to-dot sheet, 
painting "yellow" teeth white with old toothbrushes (and using the back and forth brushing motion), 
cutting out the "in" (such as grin) word wheel, and 
cutting out pieces for a tooth sack puppet.
At the end of preschool each boy got to take home a new toothbrush, a flosser, and a tube of toothpaste.
Dr. Stringham's office was nice enough to give so many free samples for our group to have.
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