Brushing a crocodile's teeth

Children practise brushing teeth properly on a big model jaw made from egg boxes.

Steps

1. Chat: why we go to the dentist and what is good and bad for our teeth.
2. Children paint egg box cups white (teeth) and stick them into a cardboard crocodile mouth.
3. They smear the teeth with brown paint or plasticine as dirt.
4. With a toothbrush and water they brush the crocodile's teeth, practising strokes from the gum to the tip of the tooth.
5. Finally, a toothbrushing song and timing two minutes with a sand timer.

Tip: A two-minute sand timer will be useful in the preschool bathroom every day.

Materials needed

• Children's toothbrushes (1 per 2 children)
• 2-minute sand timer (1 piece)
• Poster paints (1 set per group)