The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist ~ Baby Tooth Math Game and Smiling Mouth Craft

The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Summary: Brother Bear gets a cavity filled and Sister Bear watches. When it’s her turn she climbs in the chair to have a baby tooth removed.

Baby Tooth Math Game

Supplies:

• Cards from Making Learning Fun (print several of the number cards)
• mini marshmallows or lima beans (something to serve as teeth)
• Laminator (optional)

1. Print off enough cards for your children. Laminate for durability.

2. First player pulls a card and places the corresponding number of “teeth” into their baby’s mouth.

3. First to fill up the mouth wins!

Such a simple but fun game to practice counting and math skills with your little one. Have fun playing the game together!

 

Smiling Mouth Craft

Supplies:

• construction paper (red, white, and pink)
• glue

1. Cut out a mouth shape from the red construction paper and a tongue shape from the pink paper

2. Glue the pink on top of the red mouth

3. Cut teeth from some white paper and let your child glue the teeth into the mouth. Depending on your child’s abilities, you can count out 10 teeth for the top and ten for the bottom.

4. Admire your finished product.

 

Bob the Builder: Bob’s Birthday ~ Dress Up Ideas

 

Bob the Builder: Bob’s Birthday by Diane Redmond

Summary: Bob’s friends all work together to plan a surprise party for their friend Bob.

My boys LOVE to dress up!! To go along with the community helpers theme, we pulled out several of our community helper sets: construction worker, fire fighter, police officer, and doctor. 

You don’t have to have these sets to play dress up! Check out the Dollar Store, because it is a great place to find dress up items very cheap!

This little builder used Alphabet blocks and a few tools and went straight to work!

This doctor takes very good care of his patients, even performs surgery when necessary!

What are your child’s favorite dress up games? Where have you found fun dress up sets for your child? Leave a comment and share.

I Want to Be a Firefighter ~ Create a Fire Safety Plan

Sesame Street: I Want To Be A Fire Fighter by Linda Lee Maifair

Summary:  Grover learns all about being a fire fighter when his Uncle Grady takes him on a tour of the fire department.

Fire Safety Plan

I took the time to walk through a fire plan with my boys. Here’s a peek at what we did together.

1. I showed them where the fire detectors are, and what they sound like.

 

2. Showed them where the fire extinguisher is in the pantry

3. We practiced how to check the doors before opening them

4. Crawling underneath the smoke to get out of the room

5. Stop, drop and roll

6. Two ways to get out of the house

7. Meet up location in front of the house

If you’d like some great helps, the NFPA has a great site full of information for family fire safety! Be sure to come back next week and see some more fun to go along with the community helpers theme this month at Totally Tots.

Mommy Made Printables ~ Community Helpers

We are excited to share some COMMUNITY HELPERS printables for you to use with your tots as you explore together!

Community Helper Printables {from Homeschool Creations}

Community Helper Units {from 2 Teaching mommies}

Unit Studies {from Lawteedah}

Firefighter Tot Pack {from Our Little Monkeys}

Do you have any free COMMUNITY HELPERS printables {free} YOU have created {and share}? If so, leave a link to your blog post in the comments below!

I Want To Be A Fire Fighter ~ Five Little Firefighters Craft

Sesame Street: I Want To Be A Fire Fighter by Linda Lee Maifair

Summary:  Grover learns all about being a fire fighter when his Uncle Grady takes him on a tour of the fire department.

This week we’ll be making a fun craft using your child’s handprint along with a few other simple supplies.

Five Little Firefighters Craft

Supplies:

• paint
• construction paper
• do a dot markers
• glue
• glitter
• yarn (optional) 

1. Using red paint make a red handprint with your child (make sure to leave room at the top of the page)

2. Using Do a Dot Markers, place a dot (a head) at the top of each finger

3. Add fire hats from construction paper

4. Add faces to the heads and use a marker (or yarn) to create a water hose. Use glitter to make water coming out of the hose

Next week we’ll be doing more to go along with the community helpers theme. For some more firefighter fun, be sure to check out one of our past posts: Fire Engine Man.

Community Helpers Sensory Tub ~ What's in the Tub?

Here are a few Community Helper ideas for you and your tot to explore:

 

What's inside:

 

Mail Carrier dress up clothes and Melissa & Doug mailbox

Police man dress up cloths and police tools of the trade

Fireman hat and fireman tools of the trade

Doctor coat and doctor tools of the trade

Construction dress up clothes and construction tools of the trade

 

 

This month we went a little different route and added dress up clothes to the mix! Believe it or not these are our first official dress up clothes!! My 4 year old was a much bigger fan of trying things on than my 2 year old! She was all about the hats though!

 

 

After I let them explore the contents of the bin for awhile we started looking at each item and trying to decide which community helper would need that tool.

 

 

A few of the doctor items had them tricked but they were surprisingly good at identify all the tools! These are only 5 of the many, many community helpers in our community. I hope this gives you a good start to your sensory bin! Maybe you already own other items to add other Community Helpers to your bin?

 

What's in the Tub? is a monthly feature that focuses on a fun sensory tub ideas to go along with the monthly theme at Totally Tots. Click here to see the past sensory tub ideas.