February is National Children's Dental Health Month
This is a great time to help kids build healthy habits that last a lifetime. At First Impressions, we believe that learning about dental health should be fun, engaging, and age-appropriate.
That's why we've created four weeks of FREE classroom activities designed to teach kids about:
- How to protect their teeth from cavities
- Why brushing and flossing matter
- What foods keep smiles healthy
- The importance of visiting a pediatric dentist
Each week focuses on a different topic, with hands-on activities, printables, and educational games that teachers can use in the classroom or parents can do at home. These activities are perfect for elementary students and align with health education standards.
Download all four weeks below and make dental health education engaging, interactive, and fun!
Classroom resources
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Week 1 Activity: What Happens When We Don't Protect Our Teeth?
Kids build "tooth castles" out of sugar cubes and watch what happens when exposed to sugary liquids—a visual demonstration of how sugar weakens tooth enamel and causes cavities.
Week 2 Activity: How Brushing & Flossing Protect Our Smiles
Two hands-on activities teach proper brushing and flossing techniques. Kids practice "brushing" printable silly teeth clean with markers and toothbrushes, then create DIY flossing models using egg cartons and Play-Doh to understand why flossing matters.
Week 3 Activity: Which Foods Are Good (and Bad) for Our Teeth?
Kids learn which foods strengthen teeth and which cause cavities by cutting out food images and sorting them onto "happy tooth fairy" and "sad tooth fairy" sheets.
Week 4 Activity: Why Regular Dental Visits Matter
A fun search-and-find activity where kids hunt for 10 hidden tooth fairies around an illustrated dental office, then color the page. Teaches why dental checkups are important and what pediatric dentists do.
Classroom resources
Please click the button to download.
Week 1 Activity: What Happens When We Don't Protect Our Teeth?
Kids build "tooth castles" out of sugar cubes and watch what happens when exposed to sugary liquids—a visual demonstration of how sugar weakens tooth enamel and causes cavities.
Week 2 Activity: How Brushing & Flossing Protect Our Smiles
Two hands-on activities teach proper brushing and flossing techniques. Kids practice "brushing" printable silly teeth clean with markers and toothbrushes, then create DIY flossing models using egg cartons and Play-Doh to understand why flossing matters.
Week 3 Activity: Which Foods Are Good (and Bad) for Our Teeth?
Kids learn which foods strengthen teeth and which cause cavities by cutting out food images and sorting them onto "happy tooth fairy" and "sad tooth fairy" sheets.
Week 4 Activity: Why Regular Dental Visits Matter
A fun search-and-find activity where kids hunt for 10 hidden tooth fairies around an illustrated dental office, then color the page. Teaches why dental checkups are important and what pediatric dentists do.
SHARE YOUR CLASSROOM FUN!
We'd love to see how your students engage with these activities! Share photos on social media and tag us:
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Use hashtag: #FIDDentalHealthMonth
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