Nonfiction Monday: Your Teeth

Talk about Dental Health Month with this easy-to-read fiction/nonfiction book pair and activities for K-2.

Facts First

Take Care of Your Teeth
by Don L. Curry

Reading level: K-2
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Scholastic

This easy reader gives practical advice about tooth care.

Pair With

My Tooth is About to Fall Out
by Grace Maccarone (Author)
and Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

Reading level: K-2
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Scholastic

A girl loses her first tooth in this easy reader.

Activities...

Find Dental Month coloring pages, crafts for kids, and word searches at Apples4theteacher.com.

Perform A Play: What Kind of Teeth?, a 2 person "easy to read" play from Scholastic Mini-Books.

Learn more about dental health with Colgate's coloring pages and online games.

Celebrate Dental Health Month with DLTK's crafts and coloring pages.

Print word jumbles, puzzles, coloring sheets and a smile calendar at the American Dental Association's National Children’s Dental Health Month page.

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Comments

[orange county cosmetic dentistry]

Teeth are small white structures found in the jaws of many vertebrates that are used to tear, scrape, milk and chew food. Some animals, particularly carnivores, also use teeth for hunting or defense. The roots of teeth are covered by gums. thanks for the post.

-heather-