Some of the kids in Olivia's class have started losing their teeth, and she has been eager to join in. Last week one of her bottom teeth became loose, and she spent the rest of the week wiggling it. When she came into my classroom on Thursday, she was excited because it had come out at school (with some help from her teacher). That night we put the tooth in the "Tooth Fairy" pillow and waited to see what would happen. There was some discussion on the topic of the value of a tooth in our home. When I was young, I received a quarter per tooth. A quarter is no longer the going rate. In our one afternoon of tooth fairy research, Brian and I learned that teeth bring much more than a quarter these days. We also learned that the first tooth lost is worth more than the others. Olivia said that one boy at her school recently got $20 for his first tooth. Yeah- that's not happening here. She ended up with $5 for her first tooth and will be getting $1 for each tooth lost in the future. Although she was excited to find the money, she has been more excited by the fact that she lost the tooth. She has been eager to show it to anyone who will look.
Some of the kids in Olivia's class have started losing their teeth, and she has been eager to join in. Last week one of her bottom teeth became loose, and she spent the rest of the week wiggling it. When she came into my classroom on Thursday, she was excited because it had come out at school (with some help from her teacher). That night we put the tooth in the "Tooth Fairy" pillow and waited to see what would happen. There was some discussion on the topic of the value of a tooth in our home. When I was young, I received a quarter per tooth. A quarter is no longer the going rate. In our one afternoon of tooth fairy research, Brian and I learned that teeth bring much more than a quarter these days. We also learned that the first tooth lost is worth more than the others. Olivia said that one boy at her school recently got $20 for his first tooth. Yeah- that's not happening here. She ended up with $5 for her first tooth and will be getting $1 for each tooth lost in the future. Although she was excited to find the money, she has been more excited by the fact that she lost the tooth. She has been eager to show it to anyone who will look.
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