--- title: Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Many small habits keep the body safe and healthy: cleaning between the teeth with floss, short showers, safety glas --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee… # Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food Lesson 289 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/0/) — Many small habits keep the body safe and healthy: cleaning between the teeth with floss, short showers, safety glasses, getting dressed in the right order, a calm bedtime and clean, safe food. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/1/) — Some dangers are hidden. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/2/) — A small child can drown in just a few centimetres of bath water in seconds, and a whole round grape can block a small child's airway like a cork in a bottle. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/3/) — Example: a boy in Florida is asked to watch his little sister in the bath while his mum answers the door. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/4/) — He does not leave her alone for a moment: he calls his mum to come back instead. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/5/) — Sleep is also a habit. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/6/) — The bright light and excitement of a tablet or phone tell the brain to stay awake, so screens go away about an hour before bed, and a dark, quiet, cool room helps deep sleep. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/7/) — Use dental floss to clean between your teeth; never use a fork, pin or other sharp object, which can cut the gums and chip teeth. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/8/) — Never leave a small child alone in a bath; call an adult instead. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/9/) — Small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in a few seconds. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/10/) — Keep showers short, around five minutes, to save water and energy. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/11/) — Wear safety glasses when told to during experiments, because chemicals can hurt eyes for life. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/12/) — Get dressed in order: underwear first, then clothes, then socks and shoes; it is quicker and clothes fit right. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/13/) — Put screens away about an hour before sleep and keep them out of the bedroom, because their light and excitement make it harder to fall asleep. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/14/) — A dark, quiet and cool bedroom helps deep sleep. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/15/) — Wash fruit and vegetables before eating, because they may have dirt or chemicals on them. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/16/) — Share food with a friend only if neither of you has allergies and adults agree, because some foods are dangerous for people with allergies. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/17/) — Between meals, a healthy snack like fruit, yoghurt or nuts (if you are not allergic) keeps your energy steady. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/18/) — Cut grapes lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small child's airway. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/19/) — A mum in England left her toddler in the bath for a moment to answer the door; when she came back he was face-down in the water, and only her fast first aid saved him. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/20/) — A boy in Arizona used a pin to pick food from his teeth; he cut his gum, it got infected and his face swelled up. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/21/) — Drowning is quick and silent: a small child in the bath may make no splash or sound at all. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/22/) — Food left out in the heat can grow germs that cause bad stomach illness. - ← previous: [Being gentle with small animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/) - next →: [Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)