Dental Health Preschool Activities

Dental Health Preschool Activities

February is National Dental Health Month which makes it a perfect time to learn about teeth, healthy choices, and community members like dentists. As preschoolers are becoming more aware of healthy choices and forming important habits, we can begin to explore the importance of Dental Health through engaging lessons and hands-on learning experiences. 

Free Dental Health Lesson Planning Ideas

Take a look at our free Dental Health Preschool Theme Planning page for more ideas and activities to include during your dental health unit. This page is packed with hands-on activities that fall into all different curriculum domains!

Counting Teeth Clip Cards

How many teeth are missing? Practice counting and clipping skills with this fun Counting Teeth activity that works on counting, number recognition all while building up those important fine-motor muscles.

What Color is Your Toothbrush Survey

Graphing is a great skill to help preschoolers learn about sorting, organizing data, recording, estimation and so many more. We can foster the development of this skill with simple and frequent practice. Your preschool class can share the color of their toothbrush and use this graph to organize the answers!

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Roll a Smile

Preschoolers love games and oftentimes they don't even realize all of the important skills they are working on during game play. Roll-A-Smile is an excellent game to introduce adding and subtracting but also helps preschoolers practice taking turns. 

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Tooth Fairy Teeth Counting Game

The tooth fairies are busy counting and collecting teeth! Preschoolers can practice like the fairies with a teeth counting game.

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Happy Teeth/Sad Teeth Sorting

Happy and Sad teeth sorting is a simple way for young children to begin to understand what kinds of foods are healthier for their teeth. This is also a good time to talk about the importance of brushing teeth as part of their daily routine.

Toothbrush Size Sorting

Encourage your preschoolers to work on sorting by size with this Toothbrush Size Sorting activity from our Dental Health Activity Pack.

​More Dental Health Activities for Preschoolers

Dental Health Books for Preschoolers

Take a peek at some of our favorite books and teeth, dentist, and dental health!

 Painting with aToothbrush 

Painting is a big part of the preschool classroom and we can extend this creativity by providing our preschoolers with unconventional items to explore art with. Check out this Painting with a Toothbrush process art tutorial. 

Dental Hygiene Science Experiment

We're big fans of science experiments and so are most preschoolers! This dental hygiene science experiment uses eggs and various liquids to explore what different food and drinks can do to our enamel. 

Dentist Dramatic Play

Most preschoolers don't have experience with the dentist until they are about three which means it can be a nerve-racking experience but by including a dental office in your dramatic play preschoolers can explore and familiarize themselves to make this experience easier. 

Self-Care Journals 

As preschoolers age they gain more and more independence and we can encourage this independence by providing preschoolers with opportunities to be in charge of their self-care. Grab these free self-care journals to help preschoolers keep track of important daily habits.

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Dental Health Preschool Activity Pack

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Dentist Dramatic Play Pack

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Why we go to the Dentist Book Companion

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Community Helpers Conversation Cards

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