Large Group Activity
Date: November Week 2
Title: Teeth
Phoneme: /t/
Pre-Literacy: Trace
the Letter T. “Top to Bottom. Now Back to the Top. Left to Right and now we STOP.” Talk about words that have the /t/
sound. Tongue, Teeth, Toes, Turkey,
Tomato. Tickle, Two. Does anyone have a name with the /t/ sound?
Materials required: Laminated
Letter T, Gobble Gobble Picture Binder
Concepts: tongues,
oral motor skills, mirror, Who/What/Where questions
Transition activity: Song: Gobble Gobble (What Does The Turkey Say) by
Nooshi.
Discussion: Let’s talk about Teeth! Who has teeth? How many teeth do you have? Use your tongue to count your teeth. Can you put your tongue in front of your teeth? Can you put your tongue in back of your teeth? That is where we make the t-t-t sound.
We use teeth to chew our food. Chewing food makes food easier to
swallow. Some foods are crunchy and need
a lot of chewing. Some foods are soft
and don’t need a lot of chewing.
Look in the mirror at your teeth. What color are they? Let’s practice brushing our teeth. Pretend with your finger. What color is your toothbrush? Who brushed their teeth this morning?
Song: Signing Time’s
Brushing Teeth. Raffi's Brushing Teeth. Jim Gill's Hands Are For Clapping (it has a verse "Teeth are for brushing....".
