Homeschool Health Curriculum: Tips To Teach Your Kids About Dental Care

When you're new to homeschooling, you may have a tough time finding the right curriculum for your children, especially when it pertains to their dental health. Your educational tools should allow your little ones to participate in their dental care and not just show them. You want to keep your kids interested in the curriculum as well. With the helpful tips below, you can make your dental care curriculum educational and fun. 

Keep It Simple

Most kids learn to brush and possibly floss their teeth around 8 years of age. But some kids have problems with their dental care because they have poor gag reflexes. Some children can't manipulate traditional floss thread around their teeth because they don't have the right hand coordination skills yet. Keep brushing and flossing simple by supplying your children with angled toothbrushes and single flossers.

Angled toothbrushes typically feature slim handles to make it easier for small hands to hold and angled heads to help reach difficult areas of the mouth. The angled heads allow your children to clean their back teeth without upsetting their gag reflexes.  

The flossers generally come with colorful characters, easy-to-hold handles, and one piece of floss string in the head. The single string allows your kids to clean between their teeth properly without having to tangle with long pieces of string. You can graduate to traditional floss as your kids' age.

If possible, take time in home school to practice using the angled toothbrushes and flossers. Every time a student brushes or flosses correctly, award them with a sticker. After your kids learn to brush and floss without gagging, invest in a dental care kit.

Invest in Dental Care Kits 

A dental care kit comes with every essential tool your children need for good dental health, including toothbrushes, floss containers, and timers. The kits usually feature a small tube of toothpaste in your kids' favorite flavors and designs, which may entice your children to want to brush and floss their teeth.

Many dental care kits have colorful stickers, pamphlets, and mini-books inside them to teach children about the proper way to brush. You can always remove the pamphlets or books from the kits and use them as a part of your written curriculum. After reading through the media, test your kids' knowledge about dental care with a quick quiz. Don't forget to add the quizzes to your children's portfolios as a part of their yearly evaluations.

To find the affordable dental kits and tools you need for your home school curriculum, contact a supplier today.