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Innsome cultures around the world, there is a Tooth Mouse who scampersnaround town and steals children’s teeth in the middle of the night.nSometimes the Tooth Mouse leaves money in exchange for the tooth.n(Sound familiar?) In El Salvador, the creeping creature who makesnthose nighttime exchanges of money for teeth is a rabbit, and innAmerica, it’s the Tooth Fairy.
Innsome cultures around the world, there is a Tooth Mouse who scampersnaround town and steals children’s teeth in the middle of the night.nSometimes the Tooth Mouse leaves money in exchange for the tooth.n(Sound familiar?) In El Salvador, the creeping creature who makesnthose nighttime exchanges of money for teeth is a rabbit, and innAmerica, it’s the Tooth Fairy.n
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nSomencultures have other traditions. In Costa Rica, lost teeth are madeninto charms for the children to wear. In many places, they are burnednor buried in the ground. In the Dominican Republic, they are thrownnonto the roof. A Yupix Amerindian would wrap a lost tooth in food andnthen feed it to a female dog!
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nChecknout Throw Your Tooth on the Roof, by Selby Beeler, for morenabout these worldwide traditions.
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Celebratenthe Tooth Fairy!
Celebratenthe Tooth Fairy!n
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nMake a special pillow with a pocket to use for the lost-tooth exchange.
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nHerenare some stories about the Tooth Fairy:
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nThe Legend of the Tooth Fairy
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nTooth Fairy, a poem
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Mynfavorite book about losing teeth is Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth,nby Lucy Bates.
Mynfavorite book about losing teeth is Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth,nby Lucy Bates. n
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nMakena Tooth Fairy box or tote.
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nTeaching Heart provides an entire website on Dental Health.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAndalusia Day in Spain
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nFrench Scientist Day
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