#Brushing Games

[capturelifedental]

5 Fun Ways to Teach Your Kid to Brush Their Teeth

5 Fun Ways To Teach Your Kid To Brush Their Teeth

Teaching your kids to brush their teeth can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be! 

At Capture Life Dental Care, we believe that making oral hygiene fun and engaging is key to developing good habits that will last a lifetime. 

In this blog, we'll share our top 5 fun ways to teach your kid to brush their teeth, from silly songs to interactive games.

1. The Brushing Boogie

Who says brushing teeth has to be boring? Create a fun and catchy song to sing while your kid brushes their teeth! You can make up your own lyrics or use a popular tune and adapt it to fit the theme. 

For example: "Brush, brush, brush your teeth, get those cavities to retreat!" Singing and dancing while brushing will make the experience more enjoyable and create a positive association with oral hygiene.

2. The Toothbrush Treasure Hunt

Turn brushing teeth into a treasure hunt! Hide your kid's toothbrush in a different spot each day, and give them clues to find it. 

This game not only makes brushing teeth more exciting but also encourages problem-solving and critical thinking. You can even create a treasure map to lead them to the hidden toothbrush!

3. The Brushing Buddy System

Assign a brushing buddy to your kid, such as a stuffed animal or favorite toy. This buddy will "brush" their teeth alongside your kid, making the experience more enjoyable and interactive. You can even create a backstory for the buddy, such as "Mr. Whiskers loves to brush his teeth to keep them strong and healthy!"

4. The Timer Challenge

Make brushing teeth a challenge! Set a timer for the recommended 2 minutes, and challenge your kid to brush every tooth before the timer goes off. 

You can even offer rewards for completing the challenge, such as stickers or small treats. This game teaches your kid the importance of brushing for the full 2 minutes and makes the experience more engaging.

5. The Storytelling Session

Create a story while your kid brushes their teeth, using their imagination to explore different scenarios. 

For example, "You're a brave knight, and your toothbrush is your trusty sword. You must defeat the evil Plaque Dragon and save the kingdom of Healthy Teeth!" This game encourages creativity and makes the brushing experience more enjoyable.

Conclusion

In conclusion, teaching your kid to brush their teeth doesn't have to be a chore. By incorporating fun and interactive elements, you can make oral hygiene a positive and enjoyable experience. 

At Capture Life Dental Care, we're dedicated to helping your kid develop good oral hygiene habits that will last a lifetime. 

Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about our pediatric dental services!

[skalety]

what could have been for the children of zaun

[ramonn90]

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[roe-oo]

ethogirl?

[serafisolaris]

just some sketches

[codenamethebird]

God I have so much to say about Melinoe's characterization, and the fasinating implications about her future arc/the overarching plot of hades 2. I want to make a larger think piece with pictures but for the moment I'm just going to focus on this one specific thread.

In the wake of the Prometheus reveal, she has a slew of convos about his motivations for siding with Chronos, and the gods basically all go: this is his vengeance for us punishing him a tad cruelly. And Nemesis is like, yeah the gods 100% deserve it. But Meli's responds that he must have more motivation than just vengeance, it can't just be that. But when Prometheus explicitly goes, 'I'm doing this because the gods are horrible to humanity and I love humans,' she basically goes, no he must be lying. That motivation is both too pure, but also humans kind of suck why would you care about them?

Mel's humanity hot takes deserve it's own essay (Ms I think Humans should have never gotten fire and are better when they are dead), and I just want to focus on the former for now. She can not comprehend that Prometheus is fighting the gods for noble reasons. It just does not make sense to her. Mel's world is so black and white. She doesn't understand the nuance of the situation, and the thought that the gods might be actually in the wrong doesn't even get close to crossing her mind.

It's a fascinating (and horrifying) result of her upbringing. Of the constant state of war and the very convenient big bad that is Chronos, the evil monster who stole her family. If she accepts that his side isn't completely evil, that they might even be right in some (even many) respects, she would have to grapple with her whole life. Everything she believes would be thrown into question, the literal thing she was training her whole life for.

She can't have Prometheus fighting for a noble cause, because he fights for Chronos whose the Bad Guy tm. But he also can't be fighting for something as simple as vengeance, because that would also mean she would need to really think about what he's angry about. If the punishment was truly so unnecessary cruel.

When talking to Odysseus about Prometheus, when Ody's saying how much he respected him for stealing the fire despite knowing the consequences, Mel says that it was the price to be paid for breaking Olympus's decree. To her, Olympus's rules are sacred and ultimately good. Unquestionably. Prometheus broke the rules with intent, so to her, why would he be so angry at the consequences? Especially if he knew because of his power they were going to happen.

So he must have another reason, some secret machiavellian plan that drives him. Except as I already said, it brings her right back to him doing it for humanity, which she also can't accept. Because that would be admiting that the gods did something wrong to humans. She twists herself into knots to justify her worldview, and it's fascinating! She's so messy I adore her.

Please Supergiant please the final surface boss has to be a human pleeeaaasse (preferably a living one). Or at least have one (or more) show up in some other capacity. Mel needs to come face to face with the other side and have it utterly destroy her worldview.

And/or have (Pan)Dora betray her for Prometheus, that would also be very fun haha.

[monobmp]

Break time

[cardo-de-comer]

few more sketches with Indika and I think I'm done until I'll actually replay it

[lilyshear]

soooo i started playing hades 1 :)

[ethosiab]

proper PPE is reccommended for all redstone work, especially if you are tangotek, master of flinging his arms around forgetting he's holding a lit redstone torch.

[twisted-deal]

you know it's bad when even Ace has to cut back on his mischief

[leons-art-pit]

god i love sky cotl scenery so much

in order they appear: - Realm Gates in Aviary Village - Hidden Forest Entrance - Golden Wasteland Vortex - Starlight Desert (Vault - Little Prince Area) - Campfire Spot in Starlight Desert side area, toward Eden (next to memorial spot)

[sleepy-pigeonn]

two mimir

[ramonn90]

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[vaguely-concerned]

on the one hand I think inner demons could stand to have a bit more romanced rook specific content, but on the other hand the underlying in-built implication that 'yours is the one true voice of comfort and safety in my inner world' is a sentiment and intimacy so way beyond the romantic or the platonic or any secret third thing you could care to name that it makes me lose my entire poor little mind a bit. it's so big and fundamental — near-existential — that in that exact moment at least the distinctions kind of seem irrelevant.

all the people lucanis' mind conjures up along the way are relationships he has that are unavoidably mixed and fraught in some ways even when they're also full of love (they are fraught BECAUSE they're full of love) — the good in them inseparable from things that hurt him at the same time. (it's about: the basic disorganized attachment patterns this poor guy is dragging around with him. careful with those, they're dellamorte heirlooms. what you love also inevitably hurts you and you won't be allowed to have one without the other, you have to surrender parts of your soul to hold on to what little you have left: this is the story up until now.) and the idea that rook isn't that to him — that beneath the fear of wanting them when romanced (which is more its own separate thing because within this psychology, actively wanting something and not just clinging on for dear life to even a meager status quo lest you lose it is in itself dangerous bordering on catastrophic), this is a relationship where there isn't resentment, or guilt, or shame, or dread, or rage, or self-hate, or any of the other emotions that keep him paralyzed, unable to move this way or that. no debts, nothing owed of yourself and your soul's substance except what you can freely and safely and happily give. love and freedom don't coexist — but, I mean, you're almost starting to make me think........... unless...👀👀👀. the unconditional and undramatic 'you are here and I am here with you, you can be exactly how you are right now with me and it's safe for us both even though you're afraid it won't be, I'm not going anywhere' acceptance rook shows him here that he returns to them in the big romance scene, when it's rook who needs it. the way he's just. standing there in the center of it all, like a child desperately helplessly waiting to be found, hiding in the place he hopes you'll know to look first. (rook does know. it's one of the first things they say in there.)

in short the most important room in his little mind palace for the romance is the very first room — the one where rook isn't. where, in fact, rook cannot be, because they disprove the entire structure of the place with their existence and presence in his life. with everyone else he's putting words in their mouths about what they think of him, and rook is the one who actually gets to come in to speak their own words to him — and have him listen. ('he'll listen to you, he always listens to you', 'your voice is a comfort'.) of course rook isn't present anywhere else in there — at the risk of stating the obvious to a tedious degree, they aren't one of the locks, they're bringing the key. in the very finest 'the messenger and the message' sort of way.

[chownkiies]

Mouthwashing