Name: Amanda Smith

Focus Area: Health and Nutrition

Title of Lesson: Teeth Puppet

Date: February 26, 2015h

Grade Level: Tweeny
Total Time: 30 minutes

I. Objectives:

The children will create teeth puppets with sparkling teeth by gluing on the teeth.
Domain: Creative Arts Expression
Element: Art

The children will engage in social skills by participating in music activities by singing the
finger play How I Brush My Teeth.
Domain: Creative Arts Expression
Element: Music

The children will enhance health skills by brushing their teeth.

Domain: Physical Development and Health

Element: Health Knowledge and Practice

The children will enhance fine motor skills by picking up the sparkling teeth and placing
them in the glue.
Domain: Physical Health and Development
Element: Fine Motor Skills

II. Materials:
10 paper plates
40 sparking teeth
10 big teeth puppet template
1 glue bottle
1 giant tooth brush
1 giant set of teeth

III. Procedure:
A. Motivation:
1. I will show the children the tooth brush.
2. I will show the children the teeth.
3. I will show the children how the brush the teeth.
B. Steps:
1. I will show the children the tooth brush.
2. I will show the children the teeth.
3. I will show the children how the brush the teeth.
4. Prior to the activity: I will glue the teeth template to the paper bag.
5. One at a time I will have the children come over to the table
6. I will put glue on each tooth.
7. I will show the child how to place the new sparkling tooth on the old tooth.
8. The children will put four new sparkling teeth on the old tooth.
9. I will show the children how to use the puppet.
10. I will demonstrate how to brush teeth again.
IV. Conclusion:
I will sing How I Brush My Teeth. I will show the children the hand motions. We will sing the
song again.
V. Transitions:
I will call each child up to brush their teeth.
Follow-Up:
1. We will make tooth brushes out of construction paper and yarn.
2. We will make cotton ball teeth.
3. We will make teeth out of marshmallows.

Evaluation/Assessment:
A.
1. Did the children create teeth puppets with sparkling teeth by gluing on the teeth?
2. Did the children engage in social skills by participating in music activities by
singing the finger play How I Brush My Teeth?
3. Did the children enhance health skills by brushing their teeth?
4. Did children enhance fine motor skills by picking up the sparkling teeth and
placing them in the glue?
B. Self-Reflection Assessment:
1. What did the children most enjoy?
2. What did the children least enjoy?
3. If I implemented this lesson again, what would I do differently?
VIII. Early Learning Standards Met:
Creative Arts expression: Art
Creative Arts Expression: Music
Physical Development and Health: Health Knowledge and Practice
Physical Development and Health: Fine Motor Skills
Supplemental Material/Resources:
How I Brush My Teeth:
Up and down and all around.
That's the way I brush my teeth.
I brush my gums and shining fronts
Then I reach up underneath
I rinse my brush and place it
In my space to dry
And put the cap on the toothpaste tube
At least I try!
Then I look into the mirror and I grin
To show myself how good a brusher I've been.