Ages 4+ · Life Skills · A healthy body
Brushing teeth
🪥toothbrush🧴tiny dot of paste🪞mirror💦spit it out
Brush your teeth.The big ideaBrush morning and night, on every side. Spit, do not swallow.
How it works
We brush our teeth in the morning and at night.
Food can stick to teeth, so we brush every side: the fronts, the backs and the tops.
We spit the toothpaste out. We do not swallow it.
Example 1: A tiny dot
- Squeeze a tiny dot of toothpaste on a small, soft brush.
- It is no bigger than a pea.
- Brush, brush, brush!
Example 2: Every side
- Start with the fronts.
- Then the backs, and then the tops.
- Brush in slow circles, so every tooth gets a turn.
😁fronts🦷backs🪥tops
Three places.Example 3: Spit it out
- Spit the foam into the sink: spit, spit, spit!
- Do not swallow the toothpaste.
- Look in the mirror and smile at your sparkly clean teeth.
Example 4: A friendly dentist
- A dentist is a helper who looks after teeth.
- Open wide and say aah.
- The dentist looks with a tiny mirror, and the visit is friendly.
Words to know
- toothbrush
- A small brush for cleaning teeth.
- toothpaste
- A tiny dot goes on the brush.
- spit
- To let the foam out into the sink.
- dentist
- A friendly helper who looks after teeth.
Watch out
- Do not swallow toothpaste. Spit it out.
- Do not skip brushing. Brush morning and night.
- Do not share a toothbrush. Everyone has their own.
Try it
- When do we brush our teeth?
- Do we swallow the toothpaste?
- How much toothpaste do we use?
- Who is a friendly helper for our teeth?
Answers: 1. in the morning and at night · 2. no · 3. a tiny dot, no bigger than a pea · 4. the dentist
Try at homeWith a grown-up, brush your teeth tonight. Brush the front, the back and the tops, and spit it out.
For grown-upsBrush together tonight. Let your child do the fronts, the backs and the tops while you check,.