Leader Guide
Optional Opening Game
- Two Character Card Pages
- Dr. DentaBot Page
- Cardstock
Make one copy of the two Character Card Pages (with 8 characters total) on cardstock in color or black and white. If there are more than 8 children in your class, make additional copies so each child can have one character card. However, only give out one card for Miss Tina to the class.
Make one copy of the Dr. DentaBot Page in color or black and white.
Have children sit in a large circle on the floor or in chairs.
Hold up the Dr. DentaBot card. Does anyone remember who this is? Children respond.
Doctor DentaBot is a robot dentist you may have seen before. It is very important that he speaks with Miss Tina, but he has to find her first!
Hold up each of the 8 character cards and ask the group to give the character’s name.
Choose a child volunteer to be Dr. DentaBot. Have the doctor stand a few feet away from the circle of children and turn his/her back to them. Have the children be as quiet as possible. Give one character card to each player in in the circle. Each player can sit on face-down card or hold the card face-down so it can’t be seen.
Have “Dr. DentaBot” turn around and tap the shoulder of a player who he/she thinks is hiding the Miss Tina Card. The chosen player stands up, shows the card, and says aloud the character’s name. If the player does not know who is on the card, the class may say the name aloud together.
If the card is not Miss Tina, the doctor gets a second turn to find her. After the second time, if Miss Tina isn’t found, the cards are gathered, shuffled and a different Dr. DentaBot is chosen to play.
The cards are given to each player in the circle again and play resumes.
Play until each child has a chance to be Dr. DentaBot or until it is time to move to the next activity.
Optional:
For smaller classes remove one or more character cards, except Miss Tina.
For larger classes, use two doctors instead of one.