My favorite part of Delta Delta Sigma is our weekly Spread the Smile campaigns at local elementary schools. As much as I hate to admit it, I love little kids. Sure they have the attention span of a goldfish but at such a young age, everything in the world is still fresh and exciting to them. I miss such youthful exuberance.
This semester our target school is Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center School, located right across the street from Tuscany.
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| Spread the Smile Campaign |
Armed with our giant toothbrush, typodonts, and a handful of laminated posters, we were prepared to educate Kindergarteners about oral hygiene and good nutrition.
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| Our giant toothbrush |
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| Posters on dental caries for the kids |
We broke the volunteers into four groups - brushing & flossing, cavities, oral anatomy, and nutrition. Kindergarteners are cute because what they lack in attention span they make up for with pure enthusiasm.
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| Flossing activity on a typodont |
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| Teaching dental anatomy to elementary school children. "This is the crown of the tooth" |
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| Teaching the children about nutrition |
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| Teaching the kids about the "plaque" and "sugar bugs" that cause cavities. |
And a group photo before we departed (sans me, the photographer). I can't wait to return next week!
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| Delta Delta Sigma Spread the Smile volunteers |
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