Bright Smiles

We learned so much about our teeth and taking care of them! Here is how we started... We described what we already knew about teeth and recorded them on this large tooth. We learned all about the parts (inside and outside) of a tooth. This is the brace map we created to show all of those parts. We created and labeled our own version.

We discovered that we have 20 baby teeth, 10 on top and 10 on the bottom. We made these mouths using marshmallows. This is how we also practiced the numbers 1-10 and introduced the numbers 11-20. We placed a marshmallow on each number. These were a lot of fun!

We inferred using the story Tooth Trouble. We had to infer why the main character, Wilbur, kept saying he didn't need to go to the dentist even though his tooth was hurting.

We talked a lot about ways we can take care of our teeth. We acted as scientists to discover what happens to our teeth when we drink sugary teeth. We asked the question "What happens when we drink sugary drinks?". We formed our hypothesis and tested them by placing an egg in Coke and an egg in water. We used an egg because the shell would be similar to the enamel on our teeth. We left them in the liquids overnight and checked them the next day. The egg in water did not seem to change. The egg in Coke did not look so good...We came to the conclusion that sugary drinks, like Coke, will stain and weaken the enamel on our teeth.

We graphed the number of teeth we have lost.

We wrote letters to the Tooth Fairy and wrote about what we think she looks like. She actually wrote us a letter back and left us some fairy dust (which I totally forgot to take a picture of...). We wrote about our smiles. We made our special snack. The marshmallow fluff did not stick as well as we hoped to the apple. These are supposed to look like smiles. The ones on Pinterest were much better looking, but the kids said they tasted great!