What this lesson teaches
This activity helps children understand the importance of dental hygiene. By crafting their shields, they visualize how to protect their teeth from decay and become more aware of their dental care habits.
Can you finish diy dental defense shields in about 30 min?
You will understand the importance of dental hygiene.
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This activity helps children understand the importance of dental hygiene. By crafting their shields, they visualize how to protect their teeth from decay and become more aware of their dental care habits.
Engaging in a creative process, like crafting, reinforces learning through embodied cognition. By making their dental defense shields, children connect the concept of oral hygiene to tangible actions, enhancing retention of the importance of brushing and flossing.
1. Gather materials: cardboard, colors, glitter, and scissors. 2. Cut the cardboard into shield shapes. 3. Decorate the shields with colors and glitter to make them eye-catching. 4. Write 'Cavity Fighters' on the shields. 5. Discuss with family why dental care is essential. 6. Place the shields on bathroom walls as reminders to brush and floss!