Our Teeth

Monday (13/07/2009)

Song: Laugh With Me
A song to describe how important a “smile” to us! Laughing even makes our days wonderful!

Storybook: The Toothbook
The kids had so much to say about their fallen tooth and what they did with it. Eugene said that his sister’s friend threw the rotten tooth under the bed and the next day, she found a coin…wow! Jin Shan agreed it will be true. Shu Wei just smiled puzzledly!
Song Chuan said he still has all his Primary 20 teeth. Shi Jie said her some of her sister’s teeth had fallen. Yun Zhe said he was worried that his 2 milk teeth at the top row would not grow. They had been away for quite a while. I said they will definitely be out. Meanwhile, just take lots of Calcium and healthy food. Furthermore, these food will help their teeth grow beautifully.
The book shared with us the teeth structure of different animals. Example: a duck has no teeth, a cat has 30 teeth and a walrus’s teeth are called small tusks. The tusks would help them hold to ice glaciers when they sleep.
About 6 months old, a baby would have its first 2 Milk teeth at the bottom row. By the agae of 6, they would have 20 teeth. At the age of 6 or 7, their Primary teeth would fall off and be replaced by

Permanent Teeth.
We learnt the structure of a tooth. Enamel, the white and outer layer is as hard as a rock. The roots will hold the tooth to our gum. Blood vessels within the teeth would help us sense our food. Thus, especially when one has a rotten tooth; it hurts when they drink cold drinks or eat ice-cream.
Some kids from China and Italy believe there are Tooth Fairy. Thus, the kid will place their tooth under the pillow and the next morning, they are suppose to find some treasure…wow!
As half of the class didn’t bring toothbrushes and toothpaste, we shall do the brushing activity tomorrow.

Worksheet: Body parts
A revision to the words learnt earlier. Kids read a few times, then labelled the parts correctly. Then, they coloured the picture.
Meanwhile, the kids practised their Cheerleading and basketball Performance separately in their groups.