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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Angela Brooks Lesson Title: Teeth health dramatic play

Date: Grade Level: prek Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):
Cognition and General Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Memory: Recreate complex ideas, events/situations with personal adaptations.

Physical Well-Being and Motor Development, Physical Well-Being, Self Help: Follow basic health practices.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge:
Before reading the book with the students, the teacher will talk to them about what they see on the cover, what they think they will hear about, and what they
remember from their learning of teeth so far.

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed
Instructional Objective(s): The
student will be able to...
Using props, TSWBAT recreate
procedures for keeping their teeth
healthy.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
TWSBAT demonstrate self-help
skills by modeling the health care
procedure of brushing teeth.
Safety Considerations:
The teacher will have to ensure
that the students are using the
materials/props safely and not
trying to harm one another with
them.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
The teacher will take observational notes about how the
children interact with the materials and model the behaviors
and will take pictures of them throughout as well.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
The teacher can display the pictures of the students around
the classroom and include a summary of the observational
notes given.
Academic Language:
Teeth, toothbrush, floss, clean, healthy, toothpaste
Procedural steps:
1. The teacher will hook the students by reading the
book “Brush Your Teeth Please” by Leslie McGuire.
The teacher will talk to the students about the book
and ask questions before, throughout, and after.
2. The dramatic play will be set up for students to visit
as a center, so there will have to be other centers set
up as well for the children to move around to. These
could include other teeth investigations.
3. The dramatic play area will be set up with authentic
materials like toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, mirrors,
cups, and different play foods and drinks.
4. The students will be able to visit the center to explore
the procedures of brushing the teeth and flossing. In
the beginning, the teacher will have to be present to
facilitate the students a lot by asking them questions
and modeling it herself. The center can stay up for
the span of the investigation and the teacher can
slowly decrease her presence as the investigation
continues and let them explore independently.

The toothpaste will have to be

sealed shut so that the students
cannot open it.
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The teacher would have to set Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on
expectations that students need to materials.)
pretend to rush their teeth and not
really put the toothbrush in their Book: “Brush your teeth please” by Leslie McGuire;
mouth or would need to throw toothbrushes, toothpaste (sealed), mirrors, cups, floss, play
away/sanitize them after each child food and drinks
uses it.
Adult Roles:
The teacher will have to facilitate discussion with the students
about the book they read as a class and then will be present
in the center to ask questions and model how the can interact
with eh materials in the center.

Resources & References:

Book: “brush your teeth please” by Leslie McGuire

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)
I chose this experience I thought that it would be a way to engage all the students in the room because it is a diverse group who has varying levels of

needs. I also felt that the experience would be meaningful for students because it would allow them to practice real life procedures that are meaningful to their daily

lives. This is something that not all students would be able to get at home, so it is important for them to be exposed to it in the classroom. I chose the materials in

the center based on the investigation topic of teeth. A toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss are materials that children should be exposed to and use in their daily lives.

I also included mirrors for children to look at themselves as they brush their teeth and cups for students to demonstrate rinsing out their teeth after brushing their

teeth. Lastly, I would include the play food and drink for students to be able to talk about what foods can make their teeth stronger and which foods are bad for our

teeth and overall health. In our class, there are a few students on IEPS and a student with spina bifida who is in a wheel chair. This activity is very open ended so

students who are on IEPS can be scaffolded through questioning so that their needs are met and students who are at a higher development level can be asked

more difficult questions. For our student in the wheel chair, there needed to be an open space in the dramatic play enter so that he can move around easily. This

activity engaged the students because they liked exploring with the different materials. The students need a lot of guidance and reminders about how to use these

materials safely. One challenge about this lesson, however, was that students did not stay engaged as long as I had hoped for. In my own classroom, I would have

planned to leave this center out for the duration of the investigation. If this was to be done the center would always need to have new materials coming in and out.
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Some things that could be added could be things that students might see in a dentist office like a mask or a bib. Something else that I would have liked to include if

I was teaching this lesson in my own classroom would be a guest speaker to hook the students that is a dentist or a dental technician who could go through the

teeth brushing procedures with the class an answer any questions that the students might have had.