Brush Your Teeth Every Day Song and Activities

Discuss with children the importance of brushing teeth daily after each meal, or at least in the morning and at night. Brushing teeth every day helps them to stay healthy and cavity-free.

Explain that the daily cleaning of teeth prevents bacteria (have children say: bak-teer-ee-uh) from forming a sticky film on teeth called plaque (have children say: plak). 

Tell children that after they eat, bacteria go crazy over the sugar on their teeth, like ants at a picnic. The bacteria break down the sugar into acids which eat away tooth enamel, causing holes called cavities. Plaque also causes gingivitis (have children say: jin-juh-vi-tis), which is a gum disease that can make gums red, swollen, and sore. Explain that gums are the soft pink tissues in their mouths that hold their teeth in place. (Source: kidshealth.org)

Brush Your Teeth Every Day

Display the Tooth Brushing Chart Cards on the board. (KidsSoup members please click on the link to access the resource inside our KidsSoup member site.)

Look at each card with children and let them make the matching movements with their index fingers, pretending to brush their teeth.

Sing the song Brush Your Teeth Every Day of the Week. Make the tooth brushing movement for each day and place the weekday cards on the board.

Monday: up and down
Tuesday: back and forth
Wednesday: in front
Thursday: in back
Friday:  bottom teeth
Saturday: upper teeth
Sunday: floss

Brush Your Teeth Every Day of the Week
Adapted by Jolanda Garcia, KidsSoup, Inc.
Tune: Mulberry Bush

(Movement: Brushing teeth up and down)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Monday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing teeth back and forth)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Tuesday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing teeth in front)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Wednesday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing teeth in the back)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Thursday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing bottom teeth)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Friday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing upper teeth)
This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every Saturday morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Flossing)
This is the way you floss your teeth, floss your teeth, floss your teeth
this is the way you floss your teeth, every Sunday morning.

floss, floss, floss your teeth (repeat)

(Movement: Brushing teeth)
This is the way to healthy teeth, healthy teeth, healthy teeth
this is the way to healthy teeth, every night and morning.

brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)

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