George Washington’s Teeth
by Deborah Chandra & Madeleine Comora
Brock Cole (Illustrator)
Bring in small jars of baby food and share with students, having them taste with plastic spoons. Remind them this is the type of food one has to eat when one has no teeth to chew with! Eeewww! Then read aloud this humorous “tongue-in-cheek” poetic dental history of our first president.
Poor George had two teeth in his mouth
The day the votes came in.
The people had a President,
But one afraid to grin.
Since you will probably have plenty of baby food left over, have children mix the food with bird seed and spread the resulting paste on bread slices. Place the slices outside where the birds can find them and within sight of a window, if possible, so the children can watch other creatures without teeth eat!
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Chandra, Deborah & Madeleine Comora. 2003. George Washington’s Teeth. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
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