Mouth for Kids

Your mouth helps you eat, drink, talk, and taste yummy foods — like ice cream and pizza!

What’s Inside Your Mouth?

Your mouth has teeth (to chew), a tongue (to taste), and lips (to help you talk and smile).

Fun Facts About Mouths

• Your tongue has thousands of tiny taste buds — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.
• You swallow about 1,000 times a day — even while sleeping!
• Babies don’t have teeth when they’re born — they grow later.
• Your mouth makes saliva to help you digest food.

Let’s Learn More!

Taste something sweet, sour, salty, and bitter — can you guess which is which?