Happy Smile for Teachers This page is mainly directed towards preschool and kindergarten teachers, but may also be interesting to others. It's a collection of fun activities that you can do with children, and give them information on oral health topics at the same time. Enjoy! :-) storytelling e.g a day in the life of a preschooler in which the toothbrushing moments take a central place puppetshow (oral health topic) book with pictures and drawings e.g. taking care of the body as central theme board on the wall with drawings, pictures, images let children decide what needs to go with what time of the day (morning, evening; go to bed) colorplates (also see kids pages) glue, for instance have children stick teeth into a face discuss the teeth of animals and show the variety role play for instance let children act out how a visit to the dentist could go hand out toothbrushing awards and let children color them in make a sheet with toothbrushesand days of the week in which children can color for instance a smile image after brushing their teeth make a container with different food items (either real or artificial); let the children make a selection in two containers with a smile or sad face to discern healthy choices for teeth (make sure you have done your homework for this one! :-))) group conversation with questions, for instance: all the things you can do with your mouth: eating, biting, chewing, swallowing, tasting, drinking, sucking, licking, rinsing, talking, singing, screaming, laughing, crying, stick out your tongue, blowing, yawning, whistling, kissing, spitting, making faces ... :-) function of tongue, lips, cheeks, palate, front teeth, back teeth, gums, saliva making a trophy cup for the teeth making masks: laughing, crying ... and use it to discuss oral health with the children eating an apple and seeing the impressions of teeth in the apple domino game (oral health topics) cut out drawings / pictures and paste it on cardboard to make a puzzle (oral health topic) make a mobile (oral health topic) story of King Sweettooth, who goes to the dentist with a sore tooth; the children are giving advice to the king toothbrush songs; click here for ideas or try these: tune of teapot song: I'm a little toothbrush, soft and small not too hard and not too tall after every meal you will hear me shout put some paste on - clean about! tune of: Are you sleeping?: Dr. Danny Always tells me Brush your teeth (2x) Brush them in the morning And again at bedtime Brush your teeth (2x) Books: D. Macphail - The bear's toothache H Rockwell: My dentist Anne Vis: The witch with the flying toothbrush Lots of ideas on www.preschooleducation.com