What an exciting adventure we had with Nurse Bev this week. Hand washing has never been so exciting!! Did you know that many major colds and flus can be prevented by regular hand washing and household disinfecting. The children practiced a washing routine including "palms round and round, top hands up and down/up and down, tickle tickle with our nails and up and down the wrists.
When we applied the secret glow in the dark lotion to find the bugs on our hands we found a LOT of bugs in the webs of our hands, under our nails and on our wrists. When we touched the door handles or each other we got to see how the germs were passed on to others or objects. Looking at these bugs in the dark helped us know where to scrub more with the soap and WARM water. After we washed we were able to see spots we missed on our hands and and try again in the sink. Goodbye Goodbye germs. We watched them flow down down down the sink.
After thoroughly drying our hands and arms we put the paper towel in the garbage where no one else would need to touch our germs.
Homework for the children consisted of 2 things: a) Teach someone in your family about how to properly wash your hands and b) help Mom or Dad wash your doorknobs at home.
When we applied the secret glow in the dark lotion to find the bugs on our hands we found a LOT of bugs in the webs of our hands, under our nails and on our wrists. When we touched the door handles or each other we got to see how the germs were passed on to others or objects. Looking at these bugs in the dark helped us know where to scrub more with the soap and WARM water. After we washed we were able to see spots we missed on our hands and and try again in the sink. Goodbye Goodbye germs. We watched them flow down down down the sink.
After thoroughly drying our hands and arms we put the paper towel in the garbage where no one else would need to touch our germs.
Homework for the children consisted of 2 things: a) Teach someone in your family about how to properly wash your hands and b) help Mom or Dad wash your doorknobs at home.