What does this look like to you? If you said “egg cartons”, you are thinking like a mom, but if you said “T-rex teeth”, you are thinking like a toddler. Next quiz, what does this look like to you? If you said “Tadoodles paints”, you are definitely a mom of toddlers, but if you said “T-rex toothbrushes with the toothpaste inside already” then you’re in the right mindset for today’s activity. Today the family and I are talking about oral hygiene. I think that it is hard for the kids to understand the somewhat intangible concept of cleaning every tooth sufficiently, so for the past couple of weeks I’ve had in the back of my mind to keep an eye out for teeth cleaning things for the kids. Ironically…yeah probably in an Alanis Morrisette kind-of way…I was saving some egg cartons for a different craft and I opened the drawer where I was keeping them to put a Bounty paper roll in the drawer and Briana saw me and said “Roooooaaaarr! Dinosaur teeth in there.” ...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.