Hand Washing Lesson Plan Kindergarten Objectives? By learning and practicing proper hand washing skills, children will understand that being clean is very important to good health.? Children will pledge to be in charge of their own health. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes. General Information? Germs are everywhere? Germs are so small that you cannot see them? Germs can make you sick? You can get rid of germs by washing your hands When To Wash Your Hands? After going to the bathroom? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After feeding or playing with animals? After playing outside? Before eating or touching food or drinks How To Wash Your Hands? Use soap and warm, running water? Make bubbles by rubbing your hands together? Scrub your hands and under your fingernails for 20 seconds (sing the Happy Birthday song two times)? Rinse your hands with running water? Always use a clean towel to dry your hands? If you use a paper towel, throw it away in the trash
Learning Activity Germ Prints Use a spray bottle filled with clean water. Spray water on children s hands. Explain that the water on their hands represents germs that come out of their mouths when they cough or sneeze. Now have the children touc h an object (table or chair). Ask them what happened to the object they touched (it became wet). Explain that this is what happens when we sneeze into our hands and then touch an object (the germs on our hands get on the object). Discuss what might happen if one of their friends touches the object while it is still wet (they might pick up the germs and get sick). Explain that if you wash your hands after coughing or sneezing in them, the germs will be washed away and there will be less of a chance for people to get sick. Option: water can be colored with a few drops of food coloring for effect. Assessment? Children will demonstrate proper hand washing skills.? Children will complete the pledge/coloring activity sheet. Additional Information? The hand washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Make copies of the attached pledge/coloring activity sheet for children to complete.? Ask students to write his/her own name on the bottom of the attached activity page to show that they pledge to wash their hands. Post one of the sheets in the classroom to serve as a reminder of the pledge.
Color me. I,, promise to always wash my hands.
Color me, cut out to make a puzzle I,, promise to always wash my hands.
Hand Washing Lesson Plan Grade 2 Objective? Explain why good hygiene and grooming are important.? Each student will understand that germs can be spread by not properly washing their hands. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes. General Information? Germs are everywhere? Germs are so small that you cannot see them? Germs can make you sick? You can get rid of germs by properly washing your hands How To Wash Your Hands? Use warm, running water.? Make bubbles by rubbing your hands together using soap and water? Scrub your hands and under your fingernails for 20 seconds (sing the Happy Birthday song two times)? Rinse your hands with running water? Always use a clean towel to dry your hands? Turn off the water with a clean paper towel and throw it away When To Wash Your Hands? Before eating or touching food or drinks? Before putting a band-aid on a cut or scrape? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After using the bathroom? After playing outside? After touching or feeding pets
Learning Activity Glitter Germs (Before conducting this activity, be sure to ask if any students have allergies to hand lotion.) Ask: What is a germ? How big is it? Why is it important to wash your hands? Put a small amount of hand lotion in each student s hands. Have them rub it all over their hands. Sprinkle, over a bucket, a sma ll amount of glitter into each student s hands. Have them rub their hands to spr ead the glitter evenly. Next, have a few students try to wipe the glitter off with a dry paper towel. Then, have a few students try to get the glitter off with plain cold water. After that, have a few students use warm water, with soap, to get the glitter germs off. Let everyone wash his/her hands with warm, soapy water. Bring everyone back together and ask, What does the glitter represent (GERMS)? What happened when you tried to get the glitter off with just a paper towel? Cold water? Warm, soapy wate r? Explain that if you wash your hands after coughing or sneezing into them, the germs will be washed away and there will be less of a chance for people to get sick. Tell students that germs are so tiny they can only be seen with the help of a microscope. Assessment? Children will demonstrate proper hand washing (warm, soapy water).? Children will understand that germs can only be seen with a microscope.? Children will complete the connect-the-dots/coloring activity sheet. Additional Information? The hand washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Make copies of the attached connect-the-dots/coloring activity sheet for children to complete.
Connect the dots, then color. I,, pledge to always wash my hands.
Hand Washing Lesson Plan Grade 3 Objective? Understand how daily health practices make a difference in their appearance, health and feelings of well being.? Understand the importance of washing your hands before eating or touching food. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes When To Wash Your Hands? Before preparing, eating or touching food or drink? Before putting a band-aid on a cut or scrape? After going to the bathroom? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After touching or playing with animals? After touching money How To Wash Your Hands? Use warm, running water and soap? Rub hands together to make bubbles for 20 seconds? Scrub underneath the fingernails? Rinse your hands with running water? Always use a clean towel or hand dryer to dry your hands? If you are using a paper towel, throw it away Importance of Hand Washing? Germs are so small that you cannot see them but they can be found almost everywhere.? Washing your hands can help to get rid of germs. Germs can make you sick.? There are many types of germs. Examples: bacteria, viruses.? Bacteria and viruses cause illness and disease.? Some illnesses and diseases that are caused by bacteria and viruses are very serious.? Some examples of illnesses and diseases caused by bacteria and viruses are: colds, flu, pneumonia, hepatitis and Shigellosis.
? Washing your hands is the very best way to prevent these illnesses and diseases. Learning Activity Germy Counter Sheet This learning activity can be done at home and school. It is intended to show the importance of hand washing before eating or touching food. The Germy Counter Sheet is taped to the child s bathroom mirror or it can be placed on the refrigerator. Each and every time the child washes his/her hands before breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time - cross off a germ! This activity can be a weekly project to be given to the teacher/parent at the end of the week for recognition of being a champion hand washer! Assessment? Children will explain thei mportance of washing thei r hands before handling food.? Children will complete the Germy Counter Sheet satisfactorily.? Children will complete the word search activity sheet satisfactorily. Additional Information? The hand washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Make copies of the attached word search activity sheet for the children to complete. Answers to the activity are attached.? The attached classroom activity sheet asks students to write his/her own name on the bottom of the page pledging to wash their hands. Post one of the sheets in the classroom to serve as a reminder of the pledge.
Hand Washing Lesson Plan Grade 4 Objective? Discuss how daily practices can affect their appearance, health and acceptance by other people.? Students will be able to describe the four (4) ways germs can spread. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes General Principles? Germs are so small that you cannot see them and they are found almost everywhere.? There are many types of germs such as bacteria and viruses.? Bacteria and viruses can cause illnesses and diseases such as colds, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis A and Shigellosis.? Washing your hands is the best prevention against these illnesses and disease! How To Wash Your Hands? Use warm, running water and soap? Rub hands together to make bubbles for at least 20 seconds? Scrub underneath the fingernails? Rinse your hands with running water? Always use a clean towel or hand dryer to dry your hands? If you use a paper towel, throw it in the trash When To Wash Your Hands? Before preparing, eating or touching food or drink? After going to the bathroom? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After playing with animals or handling money
? After cleaning your room Importance of Hand Washing? Illnesses and diseases caused by bacteria and viruses can be very serious and can even cause death if not properly treated.? Germs can be spread 4 ways: 1) Fecal-oral contact (hepatitis A and Shigellosis) 2) Direct or close contact 3) Blood contact (HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B) 4) Respiratory/airborne contact (influenza and colds) Learning Activity Conduct a hand washing poster contest. Po sters should be fun, educational and motivational to inspire students to always wash their hands. The posters can be displayed in the classroom or school lobby to promote public health week in April or during colds and flu season. Assessment? Student will satisfactorily complete a poster on hand washing.? Student will correctly complete the word scramble activity sheet. Additional Information? The hand-washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Distribute the attached hand washing information sheet It s Up To You To Stop The Flu.? Make copies of the attached word scramble activity sheet for children to complete. Answers to the activity sheet are provided below. Answers to Word Scramble Activity MGSER germs SVURI virus DSNHA hands TRWAE water SAPO soap SEAIDSE disease CIBAEATR bacteria TLEHAHY healthy
Everyone has lots of germs on their hands. Most of them won't hurt you. But some of them can make you sick if you touch your eyes, mouth, nose or cuts on your body. When you forget to wash your hands, you can spread germs to other people. You can also pick up germs from things you touch. Think about all the things you touch each day. Now think about how many people may have touched these things before you. If they are not good hand washers, you may have picked up their germs. Yuck! Washing our hands is the best way to keep from getting germs from other people. Before you... After you...
HAND WASHING WORD SCRAMBLE
Hand Washing Lesson Plan Grade 5 Objective? Understand how proper hand washing can help prevent the spread of germs.? Make a list of several common infectious diseases and methods of prevention. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes General Principles? Germs are so small that you cannot see them but they are found almost everywhere.? There are many types of germs such as bacteria and viruses.? Bacteria and viruses can cause illnesses and diseases such as upper and lower respiratory tract infections, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis A & B and Shigellosis.? Washing your hands is the best prevention against these illnesses and disease! How To Wash Your Hands? Use warm, running water and soap? Rub hands together for 20 seconds until soapy? Pay special attention to clean underneath your fingernails? Rinse thoroughly with running water? Dry your hands with a dry, disposal paper towel or hand dryer. When To Wash Your Hands? After going to the bathroom.? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After playing or feeding animals? After touching money? Before preparing, eating or touching food or drink? Before and after taking care of someone who is sick
Importance of Hand Washing? Illnesses and diseases caused by bacteria and viruses can be very serious and can even cause death if not properly treated.? Germs can be spread 4 ways: 1) Fecal-oral contact (hepatitis A and Shigellosis) 2) Direct or close contact 3) Blood contact (HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B) 4) Respiratory/airborne contact (influenza and colds)? For a more information about hand washing, log on to www.hcphes.org or www.cdc.gov. Learning Activity There are millions of microbes on our hands. Hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infections. Conduc t a hand washing experiment to test the effectiveness of different hand washing times, techniques and materials. Log on to the website www.microbe.org/experiment/dirty-handed.asp for instructions. Discuss the results and how hand washing can affect your health. Assessment? Students will demonstrate correct hand washing technique.? Students will describe how germs can spread and cause illness.? Students will correctly complete the fill-in-the-blank activity sheet. Additional Information? The hand-washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Distribute the attached information sheet entitled, It s Up To You To Stop The Flu.? Make copies of the attached fill-in-the-blank activity sheet for children to complete. Answers to the activity sheet are provided below. Answers To Fill-In-The-Blank Activity Sheet 1. Hand washing 7. Fingernails 2. Warm 8. Mouth 3. Bathroom 9. Healthy 4. Twenty 10. Tissue 5. Virus 11. Germs/bacteria 6. Soap 12. Influenza
www.hcphes.org or www.cdc.gov.
Wash Your Hand s... Stay Health y! Read the sentence and fill in the blank with the word (or words) that best completes the sentence. Are you feeling up to the challenge? Good luck! 1.The best prevention against disease is. (two words) 2.When washing hands, use water. 3. It is important to wash your hands after using the. 4.Wash your hands for at LEAST seconds. 5.A germ that causes a common cold is a. 6.It is important to use and water when you wash your hands. 7.Don't forget to scrub under your. 8.Cover your when you cough. 9.Get lots of sleep, eat nutritious foods, and exercise to stay. 10.Use a when you sneeze or cough. 11.There are millions of on your hands that you cannot see. 12. is another name for flu.
Hand Washing Lesson Plan Grade 6 Objective? Identify and discuss health practices associated with less illness and longer life expectancy.? Students will be able to describe ways in which germs are spread. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes General Principles? Germs are so small that you cannot see them but they are found almost everywhere.? There are many types of germs such as bacteria and viruses.? Bacteria and viruses can cause illnesses and diseases such as upper and lower respiratory tract infections, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis A & B and Shigellosis.? Washing your hands is the best prevention against these illnesses and disease! How To Wash Your Hands? Use warm, running water and soap? Rub hands together for 20 seconds until soapy? Pay special attention to clean underneath your fingernails? Rinse thoroughly with running water? Dry your hands with a dry, disposal paper towel or hand dryer. When To Wash Your Hands? After using the bathroom? After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose? After touching or feeding animals? After handling money? Before preparing, eating or touching food or drink? Before and after taking care of someone who is sick
Importance of Hand Washing? Illnesses and diseases caused by bacteria and viruses can be very serious and can even cause death if not properly treated.? Germs can be spread 4 ways: 1) Fecal-oral contact (hepatitis A and Shigellosis) 2) Direct or close contact 3) Blood contact (HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B), 4) Respiratory/airborne contact (influenza and colds)? For more information on hand washing and how germs are spread, log on to www.hcphes.org or www.cdc.gov. Learning Activity Provide disposable cameras for the students (or they can bring one of their own). Their take home assignment is to take pictures of people washing their hands or situations when people should wash their hands. Collect the cameras, develop the film, and select the best pictures to make a collage, classroom bulletin board or community calendar. Assessment? Students will be able to identify situations when hand washing is very important.? Students will demonstrate correct hand washing technique.? Students will correctly complete the secret code game activity sheet. Additional Information? The hand-washing message needs to be reinforced several times throughout the day, especially before lunch and after going to the bathroom. Teach by example!? Make copies of the attached secret code game activity sheet for students to complete. Answers to the activity sheet are provided below. Answers to Secret Code Game Activity 1. Virus 5. Hand washing 2. Twenty 6. Bacteria 3. Warm 7. Bathroom 4. Fingernails 8. Coughing
Secre t Code Han d Washing Game Actual Letter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Secret Code Letter Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Secret code letters are in parenthesis below. Match the code letters to the actual letters to spell a word relating to the topic of proper hygiene. 1. Type of germ that causes hepatitis A is a. (E R I F H) 2. Wash your hands for at least seconds. (G D V M G B) 3. When washing your hands use water. (D Z I N) 4. During hand washing, don t forget to wash under your. (U R N T V I M Z R O H) 5. The best prevention against infectious disease is. (S Z M W D Z H S R M T) 6. The type of germ that causes Shigella is a. (Y Z X G V I R Z) 7. It is important to wash your hands after using the. (Y Z G S I L L N) 8. Always wash your hands after blowing your nose, sneezing and. (X L F T S R M T)