Art Activity: Toothbrush Painting

For this art activity, we gave the children toothbrushes, large paper, and various colors of paint.  The children painted beautiful pictures using the toothbrushes.

Health and Safety Activity: Brushing Teeth

For this activity, we wanted to give the kids a unique way to practice brushing their teeth.  We got out the oversized teeth and toothbrush for the kids to practice on.  To make it a little more interesting, we smeared some soggy graham crackers on the teeth to make them appear dirty.

Science Activity: Clean Teeth Experiment

A few days before this science experiment the teachers put a few hard boiled eggs in a container full of cola.  We asked the children to make predictions about what would happen to the eggs after they sat in the cola for a few days.  A few days later we opened the container to find out the eggs were stained brown from the cola.  We explained to the children that this is similar to the effect cola has on their teeth.  We gave them tooth brushes and let them practice washing away the stains from the eggs.

Story Book for February 12, 2009

Our story book for February 13th was Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch.  A boy named Andrew has a loose tooth that just won't come out.  He gets help from his parents, his friend, a dentist and finally the tooth fairy to help the tooth come out.

Art Activity: Ice Painting

For this activity we first filled a cup with water, placed a popsicle stick into the water, and then froze the water.  On the day of the activity we gave the children large pieces of paper and had them sprinkle powdered paint on their paper.  They then used the ice as a paintbrush.  As the children rubbed the ice across their paper, the ice melted and the resulting water mixed with the powdered paint allowing the kids to paint their picture.

Story Book for February 11, 2009

Our story book for February 11th was 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch.  A little boy named Jason has the problem of a sleepwalking father.  He finds his father sleeping on the refrigerator, in the bathtub, and in the garage on top of the car.  When his father sleepwalks outside on the coldest day of the year, Jason comes up with a solution to his father's sleepwalking.

Art Activity: Basket Weaving with Ribbons.

For this activity we placed several baskets and various colors and lengths of ribbons on the art table.  The children used the ribbons to weave through the holes of the baskets.  The kids always love this activity whenever we do it.