Miller Academy: Smile!

Did you know February is Dental Health month?

It is, so for a week we 'brushed up' ;) on our knowledge of our teeth. We spent most of the week learning how to care for them; what we can do to keep them healthy.

We sorted healthy and non healthy foods that made our teeth happy or sad.

We drew cavities on a tooth to show what happens when we don't care for our teeth.

A silly game of drop the toothbrush in the bucket. It's much harder than it looks.

B also used some floss picks to drop in the bucket...although he decided standing didn't work for these.

If you can't afford to buy new toothbrushes for this unit,

save old ones you would toss out & bleach them. The floss picks come in packs of 100 for $2.

Matching the number with the correct amount of teeth.

You can find these teeth erasers at Oriental Trading.com

B practiced brushing a molar.

This is the bottom of a soda bottle, it looks like a molar when it's flipped over.

Way cheaper than a real diagram. We used shaving cream for the toothpaste. He really like this and asked to do it repeatedly. *This is extremely messy.

We also used the toothbrush, floss and floss pick to paint with. We used white paint, but I think cheap toothpaste would be fun too.

Our happy and sad teeth were reused when we cut out and glued pictures of foods that are healthy or non-healthy for our teeth.

Sequencing - How to brush your teeth

I found this super cute snack online,

only I wish I would have know what a hassle it would turn out to be for us.

It's made from apple wedges, peanut butter and marshmallows to make a smile. First off, PB doesn't really stick to apples. Secondly, when using a apple slicer be very, very careful...I had just given B the 'it's very sharp' speech when I sliced my finger. Super fun & painful, nothing requiring stitches...but not fun! However, I learned something else new in that moment. B has really been listening and comprehending our lessons. The second he knew I was hurt, he went running. When I asked what he was doing, he said, 'I gotta call 911 for you, Mommy!'. He was so sweet and wanting to take care of me. Now I know if I ever really needed him to, he would know what to do.

Practicing our letters of the week 'D & T'.

These are super cool, wiki sticks letter tracing cards. Lakeshore Learning carries these for around $10.

We also played a fun game of find something that starts with D & T. To make it more of a challenge for B we set a timer to see how many objects he could find in a set time for each tray.