Dental Health Month Wrap-Up

       We had the best end to Dental Health Month ever!  Dr. Roberto Loar came and shared his book and other dental health tips with us.  His book is wonderful.  It was the talk of the school.  It is rhyming and explains how cavities come about perfectly.  If you click the book cover above, you can get it on Amazon. 

       Later in the day we brainstormed "Tooth Words" and then the students used them to complete healthy teeth writings.   The students' writings turned out so cute.   My kids just brighten my day!

Not all the writings would fit in my big mouth :) so I printed off a tooth fairy to hang with those.

Click the image to get the tooth writing mat.

Dental Health Month- Egg Experiment

        Just in case you didn't know, along with everything else that February has to offer, it is also Dental Health Month.  To show the students what effect different drinks have on our teeth, my class does this neat little week long experiment.
       At home I boil three eggs.  The first day of the experiment we record what each egg looks like and then place one in coke, one in red Kool-Aid, and one in lemonade.  Each day we take the eggs out and describe what we saw on a recording sheet.  On Friday, we take the eggs out of the liquids and brush one of them with a toothbrush and toothpaste.