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Having a Dental Health Theme allows children to learn more about taking care of themselves, and it also helps alleviate some Children's fears around trips to the Dentist.
Be sure to check with your local Dentist, sometimes they can arrange for you to visit with your group, or give you free resources and "Goody Bags" for the children in your care. 
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Paint with a Toothbrush activity from Scrumdilly-do
Fingerpaint Tooth Painting- Daycare Spaces and Ideas Community Member Monica V. of Monica's Monsters had her kids paint the yellowed Teeth white using finger paints. She also suggested having the older children use a paintbrush for this activity. Tic-Tac Teeth: For this project the kids at Monica's Monsters pressed tic-tacs into toothpaste (You could add a few drops of red food coloring or liquid water color to change the color of the paste). She noted this project takes a few days to dry. After it was dry, she used it as a model to show good flossing, and brushing techniques. (*Note she originally used Denture Cream in this photo, but it didn't harden) Spongepaint Teeth Art Activity featured on Juxtapost Smile Craft from Totally Tots Healthy Teeth Collage from Family Theme Days Dramatic Play
This week the Dramatic Play space can become a dentist office.
Add a waiting area for your patients: Set it up with chairs and magazines. Use a Highchair for the Dolls/Stuffed Animals to get their "Teeth Examined" Consider adding the following items to your play space: Dental Tools, Toothbrushes, Pretend Play Medical Tools, Charts, Xrays, small flashlights. You can find quite a few of these items at the Dollar Store. 
Pre-K and K Sharing
This Dramatic Play Dentist Space belongs to Pre-K and K Sharing.
Construction Space
Purchase a Dentist Small World Play Set to add to your Construction Space this week. Provide plenty of "Community Buildings" for your kids to explore this week. You can include the Dentist, a Hospital, Post Office, Stores and more.
Items to Enhance your Dental Week ThemeMember Printables
Your can find the Dental Health Activity Pack, and Dentist Dramatic Play pack in the member download area. Not a member? Join today for access to all of my Printables!
Activities
Practice Brushing Teeth this week. Provide toothbrushes, water, Toothpaste, and Fake Teeth (*Shopping tip: You can usually find them in the Toy aisle at the Dollar Tree).
You can also use the bottom of Foam Egg Containers, White Ice Cube Trays flipped over, or the Bottoms of Soda Bottles (that you paint white) to re-create the look of large teeth.
Daycare Spaces and Ideas Community Member Monica V. from Monica's Monster's found some great Free resources to compliment her Dental Health Theme. She downloaded the "Make Brushing Amazing" Printables offered by Crest and Oral-B
Another Daycare Spaces and Ideas Community Member Renee Smith from Small Steps-Big Leaps Family Child Care incorporated some "Happy Tooth, Sad Tooth" activities into her Dental Health Theme Week.
Teeth Counting Activity by Land Once Upon a Time Toothpaste Slime (What a fun addition to the sensory table) from Still Playing School Cavity Experiment from Fun Fabulous First Teeth Flossing Activity from The Nature of Grace
Race to lose a tooth counting game from Toddler Approved
Teeth Snack from Getting Messy with Ms. Jessi Happy Tooth Sad Tooth Sorting Activity from Mama Bee From the Hive
Tooth Fairy Letter Sorting from Childcareland
Teeth Flossing and other ideas for Dental Health week from Sense of Wonder Play School Dental Health Sensory Bin from Still Playing School BooksFreebies
Free Dentist Chart for your Dramatic Play Area this week from Making Learning Fun
Good and Bad Foods Free Printable from the Classroom Creative Tooth Counting Printable Game from Bitsy Creative Free Dental Health Words Chart from Mrs. Russell's Room Dental Health mini book from Teaching's a Hoot-Michelle Johnson TPT Store Dentist Printable Pack from Royal Baloo Shop my products
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This Dental Health activity pack is 50-page and Includes the following 16-activities: Floss Shape Match & Clip Cards Teeth Counting Mats 1-10 Teeth Counting Mats 1-10 with counters Is that a shape stuck in your teeth? Shape Matching Game Counting Teeth Clip Cards Toothbrush and Teeth Color Matching Uppercase & Lowercase Teeth Letter Matching Dental Health Pre-Writing & Cutting Practice I Spy Flip and Find Roll a Smile Toothbrush Puzzle Teeth Brushing Game Help the tooth fairy collect teeth-A counting game Toothbrush Size Sorting Happy Teeth/Sad Teeth Sorting Dental Health Bingo Mats Cover, Terms of Use, Graphics Credit, Directions Take a closer look at the activities inside this pack here You might like to ....
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Camping is such a fun summertime activity! Inside each of my activity packs you will find an assortment of easy to assemble activities. You can easily turn these activities into a variety of hands on learning centers. Use them to create tot trays or file folder games. Help the children in your care learn literacy skills, and math skills. Some of the skills covered in this pack are: colors, shapes uppercase and lowercase letter identification, one to one correspondence, counting, and ordering numbers 1-10. Inside this 61-Page Printable Activity pack you will find the following 20 activities: Campfire Shape Clip Cards Tent Shape Clip Cards Camping literacy cards Camping Shape Matching Puzzles Color Matching Tent activity match up Camping activity match up Roll a S’more game Camping Pre-Writing/Cutting Practice Lantern uppercase and lowercase letter matching file folder activity Camping Count and Clip Cards Day & Night sorting activity Camping Puzzles 1-10 & 11-20 Marshmallow Roasting counting mats 1-10 without frames Marshmallow Roasting counting mats 1-10 with frames Tent Backpack Size Ordering Activity Camping Patterning Activity “What’s your favorite camping activity?” group poll Camping 3-part cards Camping word wall cards At the campground I spy… Also includes Cover, Directions, TOS, and Graphics Credit Looking for some camping activities? Be sure to check out my FREE camping Themed Lesson planning page here! Are you a childcare provider? Join my FREE FB Group!  Under the Sea Activity Pack-Digital Download
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Let's take a closer look at the animals in the ocean with this Under the Sea Pre-K/Tot Activity Pack. Inside each of my activity packs you will find an assortment of easy to assemble activities. You can easily turn these activities into a variety of hands on learning centers. Use them to create tot trays or file folder games. Help the children in your care learn literacy skills, and math skills. Some of the skills covered in this pack are: colors, shapes uppercase and lowercase letter identification, one to one correspondence, counting, and visual discrimination. This 59 page Pre-K activity pack includes the following activities: Crab Shape Clip Cards Clam Color Matching Puzzles Starfish Color Sorting Puzzles Ocean Themed Cutting/Tracing Sea First Sounds Clip Cards Match the pearl uppercase and lowercase letter matching file folder activity Ocean Themed Count and Clip Cards Ocean Themed 12 frame puzzle Ocean Puzzles 1-10 Starfish counting mats 1-10 with frames Under the Sea counting mat 1-20 Under the Sea counting mats 1-10 without frames Whale size sorting Ocean Themed I Spy.. Ocean Themed 3-part cards Shark Matching Activity Ocean Themed Patterning Activity Under the Sea Roll & Color Label a Fish Cover, TOS, Directions, and Graphics Credit Share
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