- Brushing. The most effective way of removing plaque from the exposed surface of your teeth is by brushing it using a flouride toothpaste. It is essential to brush every after eating especially before bedtime.
- Flossing. To clean in between your teeth, a dental floss is needed. It is a piece of waxy string that is inserted in between your teeth to remove food particles that brushing cannot reach. Basically, it removes plaque that get stuck in between your teeth.
- Dental Visit. The dentist and hygienist helps check whether your teeth are developing properly, and see if the gums have any problems. It is important to see the dentist every 6 months to make sure that your teeth are taken good care of.
Dental Unit for Kids
Sunday, August 2, 2015
The Tooth Cross Section
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Mavi just had his first visit to the dentist (he is cavity free!) and I’m going to have one of my molar tooth extracted. So there’s been some talks about teeth in the house and how to avoid tooth extraction like mine.
Fortunately, we have this dental learning set at home which I got from the local store, and we used this to learn more about the tooth anatomy. This is a closer look of the tooth model and its internal parts.
We used our Tooth Cross Section nomenclature cards to learn about the essential parts of the tooth.
The description cards that you see below is actually part of a booklet which I created.
The sole purpose of the definition cards for reading practise and vocabulary, the reason why I always integrate it in our activities.
Mavi is actually exploring this on his own. What I do is set up the learning table and have him work on the materials. He examines, compare, read and ask questions. For the presentation, I would place the nomenclature cards in this wooden box I purchased years ago in the Absorbent Minds UK.
Tooth cross section is part of our dental unit, which I will post later on. I hope this will inspire you for further exploration of dental study.
By the way, I have a free Teeth Developmental Cards which you can download from here.
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The Annelids: Earthworms and {Learn & Play Link Up}
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
You can download a copy of the Worm Life Cycle here.
And because I wanted to integrate Vito into our activities, we made some wormy meal (unhealthy!). I made Vito hammer a few Oreo cookies… and use it as soil.
Then we added some wormy jellies for everyone to feast on!
Galapagos Animals 3 Part Cards by In Our Pond
France 3 Part Cards by Welcome to Mommyhood
Ocean Animals Clip Card by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Planets Learning Pack by 3 Dinosaurs
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Guide to Space and Heavenly Bodies Study for Kids (with FREE Resources)
Friday, July 10, 2015
Space and Solar System
Solar System and Planets Part I
Solar System and Planets Part II
Planets and Solar System for Preschoolers
Moon Phases
The Moon
Phases of the Moon
A look at the Northern and Southern Sky
We looked into the star constellation maps seen in the northern and southern hemisphere. This is to make Mavi aware that there are stars that can be seen in the northern part of the world but not visible on the other side.
Stars and Constellations
For the details of our constellation study, click here or click the image below. The material we used here is the Fantacolor pegboard.
Space Exploration History
I made chronological cards of the space exploration history. The pictures and the fact cards were all taken and referenced from Wikipedia and Wiki Commons. Though Mavi can read this straight from the site, I wanted to have something tangible and something that we can work on, like arranging the timeline and matching it with objects.
The cards I created contains the year and a title of the major event that occurred in that year. The description is very much readable by kids though there were a few words that Mavi couldn’t pronounce well or he needed to ask me for the meaning. Such a good material to improve reading skills, spelling and vocabulary!
After which, I showed him how we can arrange the cards according to their timeline. This gives him a visual presentation of the order of events.
Aside from arranging the cards chronologically, you can also use them to match objects. Here we used Safari Toobs Space, Safari Toob Insects (fly) and Safari Toob Farm (dog).
So if you wanted to have a copy of the cards for Space History Timeline, click here for the link.
Parts of a Space Shuttle
The parts of a space shuttle is something that Mavi really looked forward to. Oh boy he was so happy that I made him another “flying object”. The first one was the Airplane Nomenclature Cards, and here’s the newest Space Shuttle Nomenclature Cards. This is based on the NASA’s space shuttle design. Using the cards, a child will learn the different parts of a space shuttle. I wrote the parts’ functions in a notebook because I was out of ink.
To get a copy of the Space Shuttle Nomenclature Cards, click here.
Sensory Tub
Now, this is something I prepared for both of the boys to play with. Xavi had his own Letter S: Star Unit study last week so it was timely that I prepared this Space Sensory Tub for the boys. Figures are from Safari Toob Space, homemade PlayDoh planets and homemade Earth felt.
Montessori-Inspired Parts of an Insect
Thursday, June 11, 2015
- The absence of these insects (except for ants and ladybird) during the time we have this study. No grasshoppers (tropical country) and no butterfly at all!
- We cannot dissect ladybird and ants. They’re just too tiny!
- FREE Insects and Spider Silhouette Cards.
- Insect cards from my Arthropods Pack
- FREE Butterfly Nomenclature Cards
- Grasshopper Nomenclature Cards
- Ants Nomenclature Cards
- Caterpillar Nomenclature Cards
- Dragonfly Nomenclature Cards
- Insect Nomenclature Cards
- Usborne Bugs Book
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Montessori Butterfly Puzzle
- Montessori Wasp Puzzle
- Safari Toob Insects
- They have segmented bodies: head, thorax and abdomen
- 6 legs
- Most have antennae
Montessori Puzzles
I purchased these puzzles before I had Vito. We used it to identify the different parts of an insect and worked on it
Mavi loves to trace the puzzles and made his own version of butterfly.
The puzzle was also enjoyed by Vito. He loves butterfly (even if he hasn’t seen one yet) and chose to work on the puzzle.
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