• Look through magazines, and have your child point to pictures of people who keep you healthy (doctors, dentists, etc.). Count out the pictures, and glue them to a piece of paper to make a healthy helpers’ collage.
• Show your child the proper way to brush his or her teeth:
  • Move the brush back and forth gently across the teeth.
  • Brush all parts of the teeth using the end of the toothbrush to brush the front teeth in an up-and-down motion.

In the kitchen …
This delicious fruit smoothy is a healthy alternative. Don’t forget to brush your teeth after!

• What you’ll need:
  28-oz. carton low-fat peach yogurt
  16-oz. can frozen apple juice concentrate
  1/2 tsp. almond extract (optional)
  4 ice cubes

Around town …

• When you are at the store, make a game finding items that keep your teeth shiny, white and healthy.
• Plan a trip to the dentist just to visit and learn. Talk with dentists and hygienists about what they do every day.

At the library …
While reading, ask your child if he or she can guess what will happen on the next page. If you are reading a picture book, ask your child to explain what the pictures mean. After the reading the book, have your child retell the story in his or her own words.

• “Brush Your Teeth Please” by Leslie McGuire
• “Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth” by Lucy Bate
• “Open Wide: Tooth School Inside” by Laurie Keller
• “Andrew’s Loose Tooth” by Robert N. Munsch
• “A Visit to the Dentist” by Eleanor Fremont
• “Just Going to the Dentist” by Mercer Mayer
• “How Many Teeth?” by Paul Showers
• “Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World” by Selby Beeler