Its time to explore the world around us and learn how to keep from spreading germs.
It seems like someone in our house has had a cold for the past month, so I decided it was time for a little reminder on some healthy habits like not sneezing on your siblings and washing hands (with soap).
- Cocoa powder or glitter
- white bread or paper towels
- spray bottle
- soap and water
We started out talking about why we sneeze into a tissue or or our arm. First I “sneezed” (sprayed water) on Aiden and we talked about how this action spread germs. Then I “sneezed” on Aiden’s hands
and had him shake my hand to show that my hand were now wet, which meant he shared his germs.
Then I had him “sneeze” into a tissue and shake my hand.
Both our hands were dry ~ no germs spread! We also talked sneezing into your arm if you don’t have a tissue.
To demonstrate how important is to wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, he rubbed cocoa powder on his hands. I had him wash his hand with just water and then wipe his hand on a piece of white bread. Hum ~ there was still a lot of “dirt and germs” on his hand.
Then he washed his hand with soap (making sure he wash in between his fingers).
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