Leader Guide

Object to GO!

Show the tube of toothpaste or hold up the image. Lead a discussion with the comments and questions below:

· Optional: squeeze a small ribbon of toothpaste onto the plate. What is in this tube? Toothpaste, tube of toothpaste

· What do you put the toothpaste on? A toothbrush

· Why should we use toothpaste on our teeth? To clean them, to help you not get a cavity.

· Who do you go see to check if your teeth are healthy? A dentist.

· In today’s video, Miss Tina takes all of the bots to the dentist for a checkup, but the dentist only needs to see one person’s teeth. Do you think it is Gizmo, Rig, Gears, Widget or Miss Tina? Children respond.

· Let’s visit the Quantum Lab’s dentist office to see if anyone guessed correctly.

Leave the question unanswered until it is revealed in the video.

Play Video (Meet Dr. DentaBot)

Meet Dr. DentaBot

● Why were the robots afraid to go to the dentist? They had never been to a dentist.

● What did Gears want Gizmo to tell Miss Tina so they wouldn’t have to go to the dentist? That they were lost.

● Can you name one of the tools or objects Doctor DentaBot had on his hands instead of fingers? A toothbrush, floss, hook or pick, mirror, air or water hose (nozzle).

● Why didn’t the robots need a checkup? Robots don’t have teeth.

● Which robot got up from a chair and ran to the door? Gears.

● Who needed a checkup instead of the robots? Miss Tina.

● What did Widget sing to Miss Tina to help her? The Courage song.

● What did Miss Tina say as she walked to her checkup? The Lord is with me everywhere I go.

Miss Tina told the bots they needed to be courageous, then she was the one who needed it most!

Doctor DentaBot said it’s always scary to try something new for the first time. No matter what we do or where we go, God is always with us and gives us the strength to be courageous!