By now, you’ve heard plenty of advice on songs to sing to make sure that you are adequately washing your hands. This site, called Wash Your Lyrics, allows you to create a hand washing poster with any popular song you like.
If you can’t find your song, or have another idea, there is even an option to create a poster using any words you want.
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This awesome video from a teacher explains how to use pepper to combat coronavirus. With simple ingredients like black pepper and some dish soap to demonstrate the importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of diseases (like coronavirus). It is a simple and dramatic illustration of the importance of soap and washing your hands. Hopefully after seeing this video, and doing the experiment, your kids will never look at hand washing the same.
Instructions
The good folks at Sesame Street have some great resources on hand washing, or as I like to call it “Hand Washing Sesame Street Style.”
These resources pre-date the current Covid-19 pandemic, but they are great for teaching kids about the importance of hand washing. The resources include a video:
The video includes the following description:
Together, enjoy Bebe’s handwashing song. Then, ask kids to describe each of Bebe’s steps. Remind kids: first comes water, then the soap. Then you scrub, rinse, and dry! You might also ask, “Why do you think this family is called the Feelingwells?” “Why and when is it important to wash your hands?”
This awesome graphic from the Orange County Public Libraries offers kids helpful tips with engaging graphics to help in preventing the spread of Covid-19. Click here, or on the graphic above, for a full page pdf version that can be printed.
Use this graphic to talk to your child about the virus, prevention and any feelings they may be experiencing as their world changes in response to the pandemic.
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This great graphic from Lucy Knisley combined the popular song Frere Jacques with proper hand washing technique. Frere Jacques Hand Washing is a fun way to remind kids the importance of washing properly and for the proper amount of time in prevention of the Covid-19 virus.
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It seems the whole world is fascinated with the proper way to wash your hands. As the single biggest preventative factor in curbing the spread of Covid-19, there are few topics more important. This free video from BrainPop explains to kids the proper way to wash your hands.
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