The Australian Dental Association is offering a free dental children's storybook Guardians of the Gums available to download. Created together with BeeHealthy Stories and SugarByHalf, the story tells the battle faced by the Guardians of the Gums as they protect the teeth from sugar and bacteria.
About The Story
The Sneaky Sugar Army leads its attacks on the Royal Teeth. The Guardians of the Gums, battle it out in the deep space of your mouth!
The ADA's main oral health messages and the four key messages of the DHW campaign aim to reinforce the importance of maintaining good oral health to keep your teeth for life.
Campaign messages include:
1) Brush your teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste.
2) Clean between your teeth daily using floss or interdental brushes.
3) Eat a healthy, balanced diet and limit added sugar intake.
4) Visit the dentist regularly for check-ups and preventive care.
Click the link to download for FREE: Guardians Of The Gums
Extension Of Learning Experiences
This story includes themes of cleaning routine, visiting the dentist and keeping teeth healthy. Experiences can include:
- Why Our Teeth Are Important
- How To Protect Our Teeth
- The effects drinks have on our teeth
For lesson plans of the above topics: Lesson Plans
Free Printables include:
Free Teeth Counting 1 to 10 Number Worksheets - Children can practice counting from 1 to 10 with these fun teeth counting worksheets. Children count the teeth on the worksheet and colour/paint/add counters/add cotton balls/add blocks etc. to the corresponding number of teeth in the mouth. These can also be used as play dough mats with children adding playdough to the mouth matching the number.
Toothbrush Colour Sort - This simple activity enables children to recognise colours by sorting each of the colour dots to the correct colour toothbrush. The colour dots are to be cut out for children to sort and match the colour dots for each toothbrush. Children can also use pom, playdough, coloured blocks and more. This activity will help children correctly identify different colours.
Reference:
Dental Health Week
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