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PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body Series Mouth and Teeth The following activities will help your students learn about teeth and the mouth as well as gain insight into the importance of dental health. Related KidsHealth Links Articles for Kids: Your Teeth Taking Care of Your Teeth KidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.html Your Tongue KidsHealth.org/kid/body/tongue_noSW.html What’s a Cavity? KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cavity.html What’s Spit? KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.html Going to the Dentist KidsHealth.org/kid/feel_better/people/go_dentist.html Discussion Questions Note: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have any teeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take care of your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How does Teacher’s Guide This guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Standards This guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards: Students will: • Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. • access valid information and products and services to enhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. • Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health. National Health Education Standards: www.cdc.gov/ healthyyouth/sher/standards © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org/classroom Activities for Students Note: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. Mouth Mirror Objectives: Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gums Materials: • Mirror • “Mouth Mirror” handout • Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils) Class Time: 40 minutes Activity: Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different? Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is the smallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is the largest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth do most of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had the coolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it look like? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and a toothbrush, explain the steps in brushing. PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body Series Mouth and Teeth Healthy Tooth Foods Objectives: Students will: • Learn why sugary foods can be harmful to teeth • Identify foods that can cause cavities and tooth decay Materials: • Supermarket advertisements and magazines with pictures of food • Scissors • Glue • “Healthy Tooth Foods” handout Class Time: 40 minutes Activity: Brushing and flossing are great ways to take care of your teeth, but what else can you do? You can avoid eating sugary foods. Sugar can hurt your teeth, causing tooth decay and cavities. You can make a poster that shows foods that keep your teeth healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that can hurt your teeth, like sugary drinks and candy. Look through supermarket advertisements and magazines, and cut out pictures of foods. Sort your pictures into two groups: foods that help your teeth and foods that can hurt your teeth. Glue your pictures on the Healthy Tooth Foods” handout on the correct side. Put your poster on your fridge at home to help you remember to eat foods that keep your mouth happy! Extensions: 1. Tell a friend about how you take care of your teeth. Then, with your friend’s help, think of one way that you could do a better job of taking care of your teeth. Record your idea in words or pictures. How are you going to meet your goal? Do you need an adult’s help to meet your goal? 2. Dentists are doctors who take care of your teeth. Invite a dentist to your class for a visit. Have him or her bring the tools that dentists use and describe what it’s like to go for a visit. After the dentist leaves, write a thank-you note to him or her, including one new fact that you learned during the class visit. Reproducible Materials Handout: Mouth Mirror KidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout1.pdf Handout: Healthy Teeth KidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout2.pdf Quiz: Mouth and Teeth KidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz.pdf Answer Key: Mouth and Teeth KidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz_answers.pdf PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body Series Mouth and Teeth Human Body Series Mouth and Teeth Mouth Mirror Instructions: Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Then, draw a picture of your mouth. Make sure to show the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look - pointy or flat, wide or narrow. Don’t forget to show your tongue and gums! Human Body Series Mouth and Teeth Healthy Tooth Foods Instructions: Glue your pictures of foods that can make teeth healthy on the left side of this sheet. Your pictures of foods that can hurt teeth should go on the right. Foods That CanKeep Teeth HealthyFoods That CanHurt Your Teeth Personal Health Series Mouth and Teeth Quiz Instructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a) 2 b) 24 c) 100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a) Molars b) Canines c) Incisors d) Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a) Make food easier to swallow b) Taste c) Sing d) Keep your teeth clean e) Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a) Apple b) Candy c) Carrots d) Soda Personal Health Series Mouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a) 2 b) 24 c) 100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a) Molars b) Canines c) Incisors d) Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a) Make food easier to swallow b) Taste c) Sing d) Keep your teeth clean e) Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a) Apple b) Candy c) Carrots d) Soda © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org is devoted to providing the latest children’s health information. The site, which is widely recommended by educators, libraries, and school associations, has received the “Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family” and the prestigious Pirelli Award for “Best Educational Media for Students.” KidsHealth comes from the nonprofit Nemours Foundation. Check out www.KidsHealth.org to see the latest additions! © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 2014 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org/classroom PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and TeethThe following activities will help your students learn about teeth and the mouth as well as gain insight into the importance of dental health.Related KidsHealth LinksArticles for Kids:Your TeethKidsHealth.org/kid/htbw/teeth.htmlTaking Care of Your TeethKidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.htmlYour TongueKidsHealth.org/kid/body/tongue_noSW.htmlWhat’s a Cavity?KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cavity.htmlWhat’s Spit?KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.htmlGoing to the DentistKidsHealth.org/kid/feel_better/people/go_dentist.htmlDiscussion QuestionsNote: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have anyteeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take careof your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How doesit feel? Why is it important to go?Teacher’s GuideThis guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Reproducible MaterialsStandardsThis guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:Students will: • Comprehend concepts relatedto health promotion anddisease prevention to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability toaccess valid information andproducts and services toenhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to usegoal-setting skills to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability topractice health-enhancingbehaviors and avoid or reducehealth risks. • Demonstrate the ability toadvocate for personal, family,and community health. Education © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org is devoted to providing the latest children’s health information. The site, which is widely recommended by educators, libraries, and school associations, has received the “Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family” and the prestigious Pirelli Award for “Best Educational Media for Students.” KidsHealth comes from the nonprofit Nemours Foundation. Check out www.KidsHealth.org to see the latest additions! © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org/classroom Human Body Series Mouth and TeethMouth MirrorInstructions: Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Then, draw a picture of your mouth. Make sure to show the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look - pointy or flat, wide or narrow. Don’t forget to show your tongue and gums! Healthy Tooth FoodsObjectives:Students will: • Learn why sugary foods can be harmful to teeth • Identify foods that can cause cavities and tooth decayMaterials: • Supermarket advertisements and magazines with pictures of food • Scissors • Glue • “Healthy Tooth Foods” handoutClass Time:40 minutesActivity:Brushing and flossing are great ways to take care of your teeth, but what else can you do? You can avoid eating sugary foods. Sugar can hurt your teeth, causing tooth decay and cavities. You can make a poster that shows foods that keep your teeth healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that can hurt your teeth, like sugary drinks and candy. Look through supermarket advertisements and magazines, and cut out pictures of foods. Sort your pictures into two groups: foods that help your teeth and foods that can hurt your teeth. Glue your pictures on the Healthy Tooth Foods” handout on the correct side. Put your poster on your fridge at home to help you remember to eat foods that keep your mouth happy!Extensions: 1. Tell a friend about how you take care of your teeth. Then, with your friend’s help, think of one way that you coulddo a better job of taking care of your teeth. Record your idea in words or pictures. How are you going to meet yourgoal? Do you need an adult’s help to meet your goal? 2. Dentists are doctors who take care of your teeth. Invite a dentist to your class for a visit. Have him or her bring thetools that dentists use and describe what it’s like to go for a visit. After the dentist leaves, write a thank-you noteto him or her, including one new fact that you learned during the class visit.Reproducible MaterialsHandout: Mouth MirrorKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout1.pdfHandout: Healthy TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout2.pdfQuiz: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz.pdfAnswer Key: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz_answers.pdfPreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth Activities for StudentsNote: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.Mouth MirrorObjectives:Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gumsMaterials: • Mirror • “Mouth Mirror” handout • Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils)Class Time:40 minutesActivity:Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different?Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is thesmallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is thelargest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth domost of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had thecoolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it looklike? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and atoothbrush, explain the steps in brushing.PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and TeethThe following activities will help your students learn about teeth and the mouth as well as gain insight into the importance of dental health.Related KidsHealth LinksArticles for Kids:Your TeethKidsHealth.org/kid/htbw/teeth.htmlTaking Care of Your TeethKidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.htmlYour TongueKidsHealth.org/kid/body/tongue_noSW.htmlWhat’s a Cavity?KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cavity.htmlWhat’s Spit?KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.htmlGoing to the DentistKidsHealth.org/kid/feel_better/people/go_dentist.htmlDiscussion QuestionsNote: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have anyteeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take careof your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How doesit feel? Why is it important to go?Teacher’s GuideThis guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Reproducible MaterialsStandardsThis guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:Students will: • Comprehend concepts relatedto health promotion anddisease prevention to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability toaccess valid information andproducts and services toenhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to usegoal-setting skills to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability topractice health-enhancingbehaviors and avoid or reducehealth risks. • Demonstrate the ability toadvocate for personal, family,and community health. Education © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 201The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and TeethQuizInstructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Human Body Series Mouth and TeethHealthy Tooth FoodsInstructions: Glue your pictures of foods that can make teeth healthy on the left side of this sheet. Your pictures of foods that can hurt teeth should go on the right. Foods That CanKeep Teeth HealthyFoods That CanHurt Your Teeth © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org is devoted to providing the latest children’s health information. The site, which is widely recommended by educators, libraries, and school associations, has received the “Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family” and the prestigious Pirelli Award for “Best Educational Media for Students.” KidsHealth comes from the nonprofit Nemours Foundation. Check out www.KidsHealth.org to see the latest additions! © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: ate: © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: ate: © 201The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: ate: © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org/classroom Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and TeethQuizInstructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Human Body Series Mouth and TeethHealthy Tooth FoodsInstructions: Glue your pictures of foods that can make teeth healthy on the left side of this sheet. Your pictures of foods that can hurt teeth should go on the right. Foods That CanKeep Teeth HealthyFoods That CanHurt Your Teeth Human Body Series Mouth and TeethMouth MirrorInstructions: Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Then, draw a picture of your mouth. Make sure to show the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look - pointy or flat, wide or narrow. Don’t forget to show your tongue and gums! Healthy Tooth FoodsObjectives:Students will: • Learn why sugary foods can be harmful to teeth • Identify foods that can cause cavities and tooth decayMaterials: • Supermarket advertisements and magazines with pictures of food • Scissors • Glue • “Healthy Tooth Foods” handoutClass Time:40 minutesActivity:Brushing and flossing are great ways to take care of your teeth, but what else can you do? You can avoid eating sugary foods. Sugar can hurt your teeth, causing tooth decay and cavities. You can make a poster that shows foods that keep your teeth healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that can hurt your teeth, like sugary drinks and candy. Look through supermarket advertisements and magazines, and cut out pictures of foods. Sort your pictures into two groups: foods that help your teeth and foods that can hurt your teeth. Glue your pictures on the Healthy Tooth Foods” handout on the correct side. Put your poster on your fridge at home to help you remember to eat foods that keep your mouth happy!Extensions: 1. Tell a friend about how you take care of your teeth. Then, with your friend’s help, think of one way that you coulddo a better job of taking care of your teeth. Record your idea in words or pictures. How are you going to meet yourgoal? Do you need an adult’s help to meet your goal? 2. Dentists are doctors who take care of your teeth. Invite a dentist to your class for a visit. Have him or her bring thetools that dentists use and describe what it’s like to go for a visit. After the dentist leaves, write a thank-you noteto him or her, including one new fact that you learned during the class visit.Reproducible MaterialsHandout: Mouth MirrorKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout1.pdfHandout: Healthy TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout2.pdfQuiz: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz.pdfAnswer Key: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz_answers.pdfPreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth Activities for StudentsNote: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.Mouth MirrorObjectives:Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gumsMaterials: • Mirror • “Mouth Mirror” handout • Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils)Class Time:40 minutesActivity:Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different?Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is thesmallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is thelargest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth domost of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had thecoolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it looklike? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and atoothbrush, explain the steps in brushing.PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth l help your students learn about teeth and the mouth well as gain insight into the importance of dental health.Articles for Kids: Discussion QuestionsNote: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have anyteeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take careof your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How doesit feel? Why is it important to go?Teacher’s GuideThis guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Reproducible MaterialsStandardsThis guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:Students will: • Comprehend concepts relatedto health promotion anddisease prevention to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability toaccess valid information andproducts and services toenhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to usegoal-setting skills to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability topractice health-enhancingbehaviors and avoid or reducehealth risks. • Demonstrate the ability toadvocate for personal, family,and community health. Education © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and TeethQuizInstructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 2. True or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel. 3. The four pointy teeth are called: a)Molars b)Canines c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Human Body Series Mouth and TeethHealthy Tooth FoodsInstructions: Glue your pictures of foods that can make teeth healthy on the left side of this sheet. Your pictures of foods that can hurt teeth should go on the right. Foods That CanKeep Teeth HealthyFoods That CanHurt Your Teeth Human Body Series Mouth and TeethMouth MirrorInstructions: Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Then, draw a picture of your mouth. Make sure to show the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look - pointy or flat, wide or narrow. Don’t forget to show your tongue and gums! Healthy Tooth FoodsObjectives:Students will: • Learn why sugary foods can be harmful to teeth • Identify foods that can cause cavities and tooth decayMaterials: • Supermarket advertisements and magazines with pictures of food • Scissors • Glue • “Healthy Tooth Foods” handoutClass Time: 40 minutesActivity:Brushing and flossing are great ways to take care of your teeth, but what else can you do? You can avoid eating sugaryfoods. Sugar can hurt your teeth, causing tooth decay and cavities. You can make a poster that shows foods that keepyour teeth healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that can hurt your teeth, like sugary drinks and candy. Lookthrough supermarket advertisements and magazines, and cut out pictures of foods. Sort your pictures into two groups: foods that help your teeth and foods that can hurt your teeth. Glue your pictures on the the correct side. Put your poster on your fridge at home to help you remember to eat foods that keep your mouth 1. Tell a friend about how you take care of your teeth. Then, with your friend’s help, think of one way that you coulddo a better job of taking care of your teeth. Record your idea in words or pictures. How are you going to meet yourgoal? Do you need an adult’s help to meet your goal? 2. Dentists are doctors who take care of your teeth. Invite a dentist to your class for a visit. Have him or her bring thetools that dentists use and describe what it’s like to go for a visit. After the dentist leaves, write a thank-you noteto him or her, including one new fact that you learned during the class visit.Reproducible MaterialsHandout: Mouth MirrorKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout1.pdfHandout: Healthy TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout2.pdfQuiz: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz.pdfAnswer Key: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz_answers.pdfPreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth Activities for StudentsNote: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.Mouth MirrorObjectives:Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gumsMaterials: • Mirror • “Mouth Mirror” handout • Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils)Class Time:40 minutesActivity:Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different?Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is thesmallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is thelargest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth domost of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had thecoolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it looklike? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and atoothbrush, explain the steps in brushing.PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth The following activities will help your students learn about teeth and the mouth o the importance of dental health.Articles for Kids: Discussion QuestionsNote: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have anyteeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take careof your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How doesit feel? Why is it important to go?Teacher’s GuideThis guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Reproducible MaterialsStandardsThis guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:Students will: • Comprehend concepts relatedto health promotion anddisease prevention to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability toaccess valid information andproducts and services toenhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to usegoal-setting skills to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability topractice health-enhancingbehaviors and avoid or reducehealth risks. • Demonstrate the ability toadvocate for personal, family,and community health. Education © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Activities for StudentsNote: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.Mouth MirrorObjectives:Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gumsMaterials: •“Mouth Mirror” handout•Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils) Class Time:40 minutesActivity:Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different?Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is thesmallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is thelargest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth domost of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had thecoolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it looklike? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and atoothbrush, explain the steps in brushing.PreK to Grade 2 • Human Body SeriesMouth and Teeth © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 rue or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called enamel.The four pointy teeth are called: c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 The four pointy teeth are called: c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 The four pointy teeth are called: c)Incisors d)Fangs 4. Underline the wrong answer. Saliva helps you: a)Make food easier to swallow b)Taste c)Sing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda © 201The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Date: Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 The four pointy teeth are called: c)Incisors d)Fangs Underline the answeSaliva helps you:Make food easier to swallowTSing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and TeethQuizInstructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day?rue or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is called The four pointy teeth are called:Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy:Carrots © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org is devoted to providing the latest children’s health information. The site, which is widely recommended by educators, libraries, and school associations, has received the “Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family” and the prestigious Pirelli Award for “Best Educational Media for Students.” KidsHealth comes from the nonprofit Nemours Foundation. Check out www.KidsHealth.org to see the latest additions! © 201The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. Name: Dat © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. © 201 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth.org/classroom Personal Health SeriesMouth and Teeth Quiz 1. 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day? a)2 b)24 c)100 The four pointy teeth are called: c)Incisors d)Fangs Underline the answeSaliva helps you:Make food easier to swallowTaSing d)Keep your teeth clean e)Fight off germs in your mouth 5. Underline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy: a)Apple b)Candy c)Carrots d)Soda Personal Health SeriesMouth and TeethQuizInstructions: Answer each question (questions can be dictated to preliterate kids and answers may be given orally). 1. You should brush your teeth at least how many times a day?rue or false: The hard, white shiny part of a tooth is calledThe four pointy teeth are called:Make food easier to swallowUnderline the foods that help keep your teeth healthy:Carrots Healthy Tooth FoodsObjectives:Students will: • Learn why sugary foods can be harmful to teeth • Identify foods that can cause cavities and tooth decayMaterials: • Supermarket advertisements and magazines with pictures of food • Scissors • Glue • “Healthy Tooth Foods” handoutClass Time: 40 minutesActivity:Brushing and flossing are great ways to take care of your teeth, but what else can you do? You can avoid eating sugaryfoods. Sugar can hurt your teeth, causing tooth decay and cavities. You can make a poster that shows foods that keepyour teeth healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that can hurt your teeth, like sugary drinks and candy. Lookthrough supermarket advertisements and magazines, and cut out pictures of foods. Sort your pictures into two groups: hat help your teeth and foods that can hurt your teeth. Glue your pictures on the the correct side. Put your poster on your fridge at home to help you remember to eat foods that keep your mouth 1. Tell a friend about how you take care of your teeth. Then, with your friend’s help, think of one way that you coulddo a better job of taking care of your teeth. Record your idea in words or pictures. How are you going to meet yourgoal? Do you need an adult’s help to meet your goal? 2. Dentists are doctors who take care of your teeth. Invite a dentist to your class for a visit. Have him or her bring thetools that dentists use and describe what it’s like to go for a visit. After the dentist leaves, write a thank-you noteto him or her, including one new fact that you learned during the class visit.Reproducible MaterialsHandout: Mouth MirrorKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout1.pdfHandout: Healthy TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_handout2.pdfQuiz: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz.pdfAnswer Key: Mouth and TeethKidsHealth.org/classroom/prekto2/body/parts/teeth_quiz_answers.pdf Mouthandeeth Activities for StudentsNote: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.Mouth MirrorObjectives:Students will: • Use a mirror to look inside their mouths • Draw a detailed picture of their teeth, tongue, and gumsMaterials: •“Mouth Mirror” handout•Art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils)Class Time:40 minutesActivity:Your mouth helps you talk with your friends, chew your foods, and sing along to tunes! Using a mirror, take a good look inside your mouth. Can you see your gums, your tongue, and your teeth? Great! Now you’re going to draw a picture of what you see in your mouth. Make sure to put in the correct number of teeth, and draw them as they really look. Are they pointy or flat? Wide or narrow? What shape is your tongue? What color is it? How do your gums look? What color are they? When you’re finished drawing, compare your picture with a friend’s picture. How are the pictures similar and different?Extensions: 1. As a class, make a bar graph showing how many teeth each person has. Describe your graph. What is thesmallest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the smallest number of teeth? What is thelargest number of teeth on your graph? How many people have the largest number of teeth? How many teeth domost of your classmates have? 2. You know that brushing your teeth is important, but sometimes you just don’t feel like it. Maybe if you had thecoolest toothbrush in the world you wouldn’t mind! If you could design your own toothbrush, what would it looklike? What would it be able to do? Tell about your toothbrush and how it works, using words and pictures. 3. If you had to teach someone how to brush his or her teeth, how would you do it? Using a stuffed animal and atoothbrush, explain the steps in brushing. Mouthandeeth Mouthandeeth The following activities will help your students learn about teeth and the mouth Articles for Kids: Discussion QuestionsNote: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students. 1. What do our teeth help us to do? What would happen if we didn’t have anyteeth? 2. How do you take care of your teeth? What could happen if you don’t take careof your teeth? 3. Describe what it’s like to go to the dentist. What does the dentist do? How doesit feel? Why is it important to go?Teacher’s GuideThis guide includes: • Standards • Related Links • Discussion Questions • Activities for Students • Reproducible MaterialsStandardsThis guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:Students will: • Comprehend concepts relatedto health promotion anddisease prevention to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability toaccess valid information andproducts and services toenhance health. • Demonstrate the ability to usegoal-setting skills to enhancehealth. • Demonstrate the ability topractice health-enhancingbehaviors and avoid or reducehealth risks. • Demonstrate the ability toadvocate for personal, family,and community health. Education