March 1, 2013

T is for Teeth

This week is T week in our house. Little G man loves doing ‘preschool’ and I do my best to do at least one activity (on most days). Doesn’t always happen. I get all my ideas from my sister’s blog – Preschool Alphabet. She has some great ideas and a calendar to follow and things to do each day. Makes it really easy.

T is for Teeth. We started off by looking at a tooth chart and I gave little G man a mirror so he could see his own teeth. He counted them and looked at the ‘big ones’ in the back (molars) and the littler ones in the front (incisors).

Then came the really fun part. I used some brown packaging paper (because it’s a little thicker and I wanted something big and long) and drew big faces on it with huge mouths. Then I drew in some teeth – kind of crazy looking teeth, but teeth nonetheless! I gave him an old tooth brush and some “toothpaste” (white paint) and he got to brush all their teeth.

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He loves painting, so this was a win. He did such a good job staying just on the teeth too. Normally the whole face would have gotten a good cleaning!

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These faces actually look like they brushed their teeth, with the toothpaste all over the mouth. You can’t tell me your kids don’t look the same when they brush their teeth ;)

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Too fun!

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Then I got my Silhouette out (again) and cut some teeth stickers for him. I love cutting stickers with the Silhouette. You can always get the stickers you want!

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I printed off a ‘brushing chart’ and rather than give him a crayon or pen to mark off when he brushes, he gets to put a tooth sticker on the day! He’s actually really good about brushing his teeth, mainly because it means he gets to play in the water for a while.

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T is for Teeth!

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