

Lexile Measure: 360L (What's this?)
Series: Rookie Toddler
Board book: 12 pages
Publisher: Scholastic; Brdbk edition (March 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0531252361
ISBN-13: 978-0531252369
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.4 x 6.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (160 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #5,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Health > Personal Hygiene
Age Range: 1 - 3 years
Grade Level: Preschool and up

Very short. Words are meant to be sung (we don't). Probably best for an infant, not a toddler. My daughter is 3 and likes this book but it's not very informative for her. I'd like to see a book about why it's important to brush to avoid cavities. I'm going to keep looking.My daughter is the type to flip out over having her teeth brushed. A full on crazy tantrum complete with screaming and flailing arms and legs. The way we fixed this is to allow her to brush her teeth, and then mom or dad 'checks' to see if she missed some spots. Then we say, "oops you missed a piece of food back here, lemme get that for you..." and then we brush. We compliment her on how well she does and give her things to practice "next time".We don't sing the song to the tune in the book. We just read it like a poem. This helps remind my daughter that brushing is important, but one of the best things we have found is to show her pictures or videos of people brushing. We let her see us brush too. She has a video called Bedtime for Frances where a little badger brushes her teeth before bed and she sings a tooth brushing song. My daughter sings this to herself. If you can find a picture or video of your child's favorite character brushing their teeth it might just help!We also have our own silly family song we made up. It's to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. You might like to try it too. It goes like this:Brush, brush, brush your teeth. Brush them every day.If you do not brush your teeth, they will rot away.Brush, brush, brush your teeth, keep them nice and clean.If you do not brush your teeth, they'll turn brown and green.Brush, brush, brush your teeth. Keep them pearly white.If you do not brush your teeth, your breath will not smell nice.Maybe that will help someone lol. It helps us!
My daughter is 20 months old and every night was a struggle trying to brush her teeth. She would scream and cry at the top of her lungs! Since we got this book, not only does she let me brush her teeth without a fight at night, she chases me around the house during the day holding the book and her tooth brush! When we finish, she says, "Again!" Amazing!!!
At first I wasn't so sure about this book, but my 19 month old (who is picky about what books he'll listen to) really like it. Some times he wants me to read it back to back, which he does with very few books. The best part is that it's been getting easier to brush his teeth too. I took the advice of one reviewer and sing a song to the tune of "row, row, your boat". We sing "brush, brush, brush your teeth. Brush them twice a day. Up and down and left and right. Brush your teeth, hooray." He laughs every time we sing "hooray," which makes getting a tooth brush in his mouth possible. It helps that the book enforces our routine.
I have two boys and I am trying to find ways to encourage brushing. My 2 year old really loved seeing other children brushing. The illustrations are cute and since the book is so simple it makes it easy to read before brushing.
This book can be read straight through, or as suggested in the back cover, it can be sung to the tune of "do your ears hang low?". The pictures are cute and rhyming words are fun while reinforcing the importance & proper way to brush. This is not a step-by-step or how to book. It is not filled with facts or statistics. It is simply a cute book for toddlers that talks about brushing your teeth.
Cute sing-songy book was the key to getting our son to cooperate with teeth brushing. He used to FIGHT it, but after becoming familiar with this book, he actually opens his mouth to get his teeth brushed.
This book is very short with not much substance even for a toddler. I did like that my son was interested in looking at the pictures. I hope it will help him get more interested in brushing his teeth eventually. It's supposed to be sung to the tune of "do your ears hang low?" which makes it a little more interesting.
I heard about this book in a mother's forum. Its OK, but not fabulous. It should be sung to 'do your ears hang low' but it seems to miss a verse in the middle which makes it awkward to sing. If you want to get technical, you should brush your teeth in circular motion not 'up and down and left and right'. There is a missed opportunity to make it a bit more instructional for a toddler. Its cute though, and was good inspiration to make up some other lyrics to make it work for us.
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