Preschool Dental Health Activities and Lesson Planning Ideas
Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Dental Health Activities! Pick and choose the activities for your lesson or download a free copy of our Dental Health Preschool Lesson Plan to save you time!
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Dental Health Theme
Use the suggested learning objectives and vocabulary ideas found our our theme map, along with our carefully selected educational activities below to help you plan your lessons! Purchase our coordinating easy to assemble printable activities and games to save even more time planning your lessons!
Free Dental Health Preschool Lesson Plan
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Preschool Dental Health Art & Creativity
Painting with a ToothbrushInvite your preschooler to paint with a toothbrush
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Finger Paint Tooth Painting
Finger paint Tooth Painting- Reader Monica V. of Monica's Monsters had her kids paint the yellowed Teeth white using finger paints. She also suggested having the older children use a paintbrush for this activity.
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Painting a Stained Tooth
Reader Sheena W. of Building Blocks invited her preschoolers to use a toothbrush to paint yellow teeth white.
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Tic-Tac Teeth
This project was shared by our friends at Monica's Monsters. You can press tic tacs into colored modeling clay or dough to create your own teeth model. Once it hardens (after several days), you can use it to demonstrate proper flossing techniques. |
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Healthy Teeth Collage
Cut out images from magazines that are healthy for your teeth. Create a collage using these items, by gluing them onto a large tooth cutout.
More Ideas:
Dentist Office-Dramatic Play
Our Reader Liza D, set up this adorable Dentist Office Dramatic Play Space using our Dentist Office Dramatic Play Set.
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Member Liza D.
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Dentist Office Dramatic Play
Add a waiting area for your patients: Set it up with chairs and magazines. Use a Highchair for the Dolls/Stuffed Animals to get their "Teeth Examined"
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Community Member Brittney S.
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Consider adding the following items to your play space: Dental Tools, Toothbrushes, Pretend Play Medical Tools, Charts, Xrays, small flashlights. You can find quite a few of these items at the Dollar Store.
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Member Victoria S.
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Act out Dental Health Actions
Whisper an action to your student actor or show them a card depicting various dental health actions (Brushing Teeth, Rinsing, Flossing, getting an X-ray, etc). Have your student act out the action without talking, and the other students guess.
Building and Small World Play
Dentist Small World Play
Purchase a Dentist Small World Play Set to add to your Construction Space this week. Provide plenty of "Community Buildings" for your kids to explore this week. You can include the Dentist, a Hospital, Post Office, Stores and more.
Build a Mouth
After researching and discussing mouths and teeth, build a model of a mouth using various building materials.
Language & Literacy Dental Theme Activities
Teeth Flip and Brush Letter Matching
This game from the Dental Preschool Activity Pack is a great addition to this theme for preschoolers working on letter identification and case matching.
Slip the mat into a page protector or laminate, then color in the teeth with a dry erase marker. Your preschooler will flip over a tooth letter card, identify the letter, then find and brush the matching tooth on the mat. |
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Dental Health Pre-Writing Practice
Help preschoolers get an understanding that print flows from left to right and practice tracing with this activity page from the Dental Health Preschool Activity Pack
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Dentist Office Seek and Find
Learn new dental health vocabulary and build visual discrimination skills by playing this dental health seek and find activity.
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Sequence Tooth brushing
Set out images or props for children to sequence the events that take place when brushing their teeth.
Tooth Fairy Story Writing
Write a story about the tooth fairy. What does she do when she's not collecting teeth?
Practice Singing your ABC's while you brush your teeth
In order to make sure you are brushing your teeth long enough, sing your ABC's as you brush!
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Dentists by Mari Schuh
I Want to Be a Dentist by Dan Liebman
The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss and Joe Mathieu
Brush Your Teeth, Please: A Pop-Up Book by Jean Pidgeon
Dentists Help by Dee Ready
A Trip to the Dentist by Penny Smith
Curious George Visits the Dentist by H.A Rey
Math
Tooth Fairy Teeth Counting Game
Practice matching numerals to quantities as well as counting aloud while playing this Tooth Fairy Teeth Counting Game included in our Dental Health Activity Pack
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Brush My Smile Game
Practice math skills independently or with a friend with this Teeth Brushing Game Mat included in our Dental Health Activity Pack.
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Toothbrush Puzzle
Practice ordering numbers 1-10 with this toothbrush puzzle found inside our Dental Health Activity Pack.
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Toothbrush Size Sorting
Inside our Dental Health Activity pack you'll find this sorting activity designed to help young children practice sorting toothbrushes by size. You can also purchase a variety of child-sized and adult-sized toothbrushes from your local dollar store and practice sorting them by small and large.
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Teeth Counting Activity by Land Once Upon a Time
Toothpaste Slime (What a fun addition to the sensory table) from Still Playing School
Cavity Experiment from Fun Fabulous First
Teeth Flossing Activity from The Nature of Grace
Race to lose a tooth counting game from Toddler Approved
Teeth Snack from Getting Messy with Ms. Jessi
Teeth Flossing and other ideas for Dental Health week from Sense of Wonder Play School
Dental Health Sensory Bin from Still Playing School
Toothpaste Slime (What a fun addition to the sensory table) from Still Playing School
Cavity Experiment from Fun Fabulous First
Teeth Flossing Activity from The Nature of Grace
Race to lose a tooth counting game from Toddler Approved
Teeth Snack from Getting Messy with Ms. Jessi
Teeth Flossing and other ideas for Dental Health week from Sense of Wonder Play School
Dental Health Sensory Bin from Still Playing School
Physical Development Preschool Ideas for your Dental Health Theme
Practice Flossing
Member Sheena W. put play dough in Mega Bloks for kids to practice using floss! Fantastic for hand strength and control, and a great lesson for oral hygiene.
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Play Dough Dental Play
Add this Doctor Drill-n-Fill set to your dough center for children to explore!
Children can create teeth and braces and pretend to give their patient a filling and clean their teeth. |
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Teeth Hammering & Pulling
Use golf tees to create teeth by cutting off the ends. Create "gums" using pink play dough. Provide your student with a hammer, tweezers, and teeth to practice hammering and pulling teeth.
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Dentist Tray Relay
Using photos, or dental health word wall cards from our activity pack, create a dentist tray relay game.
Students flip over a card and find and remove the item from dental tray.
Students flip over a card and find and remove the item from dental tray.
Do the Floss Dance
Watch your favorite video tutorial for how to do the floss dance. Can you make up your own dental health dance?
Science & Discovery
Free Happy Teeth Sad Teeth Sorting Activity
Explore what types of foods contribute more often to developing cavities with this free Happy Teeth/Sad Teeth Sorting Game from Pre-K Printable Fun
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Elephant Toothpaste Experiment
This experiment is an explosion of fun for preschoolers. Get all the details for how to make elephant toothpaste on the blog.
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Dental Hygiene Experiment
Soda and juice contain sugar & acid that is harsh on the enamel of our teeth. This experiment demonstrates what sugary and acidic drinks can do to your teeth.
You’ll need:
You’ll need:
- 3 fresh eggs (make sure there aren’t any cracks!)
- 1 can of soda
- White vinegar
- 3 small, clear plastic cups (large enough to hold your egg)
Talk about Fears surrounding the Dentist
Dental Health is an important topic for preschoolers. They are learning how to take care of themselves and learning about important people in the community. Talking about Dental Health gives children an opportunity to learn more about taking care of themselves, about the work dentist do, and it also helps alleviate Children's fears around trips to the Dentist.
Be sure to check with your local Pediatric Dentist, sometimes they can arrange a visit with your preschoolers, or give you free resources and "Goody Bags" for the children in your care.
Be sure to check with your local Pediatric Dentist, sometimes they can arrange a visit with your preschoolers, or give you free resources and "Goody Bags" for the children in your care.
Class Survey
Ask friends and family what color their toothbrush is, track the results and count up the totals.
These printables are included in my Dental Health Preschool Pack |
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Guess the Smile
Create a classroom display full of smiles and invite children to guess which smile belongs to which friend.
Member Karen J. created this great Smile Display! |
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Learn How to Properly Brush Your Teeth
Practice Brushing Teeth this week. Provide toothbrushes, water, Toothpaste, and Fake Teeth (*Shopping tip: You can usually find them in the Toy aisle at the Dollar Tree).
You can also use the bottom of Foam Egg Containers, White Ice Cube Trays flipped over, or the Bottoms of Soda Bottles (that you paint white) to re-create the look of large teeth.
You can also use the bottom of Foam Egg Containers, White Ice Cube Trays flipped over, or the Bottoms of Soda Bottles (that you paint white) to re-create the look of large teeth.
Take a Field Trip
Take a field trip to the dentist or have one visit.
Free Resources from Dental Companies
Download Some Dental Resources like these "Make Brushing Amazing" Printables
offered by Crest and Oral-B
offered by Crest and Oral-B
Educator Resources
Dental Health Sign-in ActivityWelcome your students to class with this engaging name recognition activity.
Includes a variety of themes and available in the shop! |
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