Healthy Appearance - Dental Hygiene
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Standard 2 / Indicator 2.1

• Demonstrate changes in home environment that support literacy and child development.
• Help child(ren) maintain a clean and healthy personal appearance.

Materials:

Pencil or pen
Family Literacy Journal (view instructions here)
Activity handout – Use this paper to complete the activity.

Lesson:  

Your child(ren)’s dental health is very important.  As soon as the first tooth comes in, you should begin to think about how to care for your child(ren)’s teeth and which dentist you will use.  Some general dentists will serve young children, but you might also consider a pediatric dentist.  These dentists specialize in children.

Activity:  

Below you will find four very important articles about dental health.  Go to the website below and read each of these articles.   As you read the articles, fill in the blanks on your activity handout.

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/health_safety/dental_information.shtml

• A Guide to Children's Dental Health (click here to read now)

• Frequently Asked Questions (click here to read now)

• Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (click here to read now)

• Diet and Snacking (click here to read now)

Assessment:

Print or email the assessment to your mentor

Dental Hygiene journal entry  [Word format to email] or [Adobe format to print] get adobe acrobat

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