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Happy Faces
Supplies and Preparation
- Use pictures from magazines or photos of faces that emphasize smiling, eating, singing and talking.
- Use pictures of children in your classroom.
- Attach the pictures to card stock or heavy paper.
- Cut the pictures to make puzzles.
- For younger children, cut the pictures in half or into quarters. For older children, cut into more pieces and more complex patterns.
Print PDFs:
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Instructions
Prompt discussions about the important jobs for teeth while children put together the puzzles. Ask open-ended questions. For example: What do you notice about the children’s teeth in the pictures? In what ways are teeth helping them?