Help!!!! Handwashing worksheets

[DragonFaerie]

I need some worksheets about washing hands, germs, and/or illness prevention, preferably for young kids and preferably free. Any type of workbook, coloring book, little read-and-answer type thing would be great. Please help!

[Karen in CO]

I don't have a worksheet, but I do have a very memorable activity.

Mix some glitter and lotion to be germs, put it on a table and a doornob and other places kids touch - have them brainstorm where germs would be. When they touch it, the will get the glitter germs on their hands. Next everyone needs to wash hands - sing a little song that lasts 30 seconds and see if the germs are gone.

 

I did this with a group of K-3rd graders and they had fun. They all remembered the lesson more than a year later.

[DragonFaerie]

Thanks! I'm actually trying to make a point with my oldest son. LOL I'm thinking if we take it back to his early childhood training, he'll remember why it's important to wash his hands. I was able to find a couple of good ones on Ed Helper, though.

[wy_kid_wrangler04]

Here ya go :D

 

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/images/art/Germs.pdf

 

This link is LOADED with free printable worksheets :D

 

http://theleadercenter.com/gbxrsp/taqw.php?scwj=worksheets-on-germs&quot

[K&Rs Mom]

We've used these:

http://www.scrubclub.org/home.aspx

http://classroom.kidshealth.org/Search02.jsp

http://www.glogerm.com/

The last one has videos & worksheets for free, but if you can buy their glowing stuff it's really cool. We did an experiment to show how germs are transferred, even by the smallest contact like picking up the same toy. The smallest kit has enough gel for a bunch of uses, so you could even split it with another family or homeschool group or whatever.

Edited September 27, 2010 by K&Rs Mom

[DarlaS]

I saw this cute little rhyme on a sign today:

Wash your hands with soap,

Wash them every day!

Keeping clean by using soap

Will help keep germs away

 

 

Oh, and I saw it in a bathroom at the college! :lol::lol:

 

So, you can just never tell how long it might take some people to not need reminding anymore. :D

[DragonFaerie]

Ya'll are awesome!!! Thanks so much!

[sagira]

Great! Thank you! Even though my two are pretty good about washing their hands, I'm not sure the super quick washing is getting the job done well enough. These are very handy!

[stripe]

Oh, and I saw it in a bathroom at the college! :lol::lol:

 

So, you can just never tell how long it might take some people to not need reminding anymore. :D

Hospitals have massively reduced their infection rate after getting doctors and nurses to wash their hands, so ...

[*Jessica*]

I keep having these visions of you washing worksheets by hand. I'm afraid getting paper wet is generally not a good idea. :tongue_smilie:

[DragonFaerie]

I keep having these visions of you washing worksheets by hand. I'm afraid getting paper wet is generally not a good idea. :tongue_smilie:

 

Why do you think I needed instruction on how to do it? :lol:

[BatmansWife]

I thought the same thing. I thought....'well, now I've heard it all.....DragonFaerie wants to handwash her worksheets?!?' :lol:

http://www.henrythehand.com/pages/content/index.html[/url]

http://www.agls.uidaho.edu/germcity/poster.htm

 

http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home6&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=28909

 

http://www.earthskids.com/basic_handwashing_info.htm

 

http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8a95e64c5b470110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=f701addfadf64110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD

 

There's probably a lot more. I got these from googling "wash your hands coloring page". The first one is kinda neat....have your kids sign up for National Handwashing Week, December 5 - 11, 2010. They can keep track of how many times they wash their hands that week on a handwashing form, send it in, and be eligible for a prize.

 

[Quiver0f10]

I don't have a worksheet, but I do have a very memorable activity.

Mix some glitter and lotion to be germs, put it on a table and a doornob and other places kids touch - have them brainstorm where germs would be. When they touch it, the will get the glitter germs on their hands. Next everyone needs to wash hands - sing a little song that lasts 30 seconds and see if the germs are gone.

 

I did this with a group of K-3rd graders and they had fun. They all remembered the lesson more than a year later.

 

 

We did this too and the kids loved it.

[stripe]

From Time for Kids :

 

Wash Your Hands

 

Description: On this cut-and-paste activity, students review facts about hand washing.

 

Check out this website

http://www.handhygiene.org/

 

It linked to

http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/resources/posters/en/index.html

[rcom]

I don't have a worksheet, but I do have a very memorable activity.

Mix some glitter and lotion to be germs, put it on a table and a doornob and other places kids touch - have them brainstorm where germs would be. When they touch it, the will get the glitter germs on their hands. Next everyone needs to wash hands - sing a little song that lasts 30 seconds and see if the germs are gone.

 

I did this with a group of K-3rd graders and they had fun. They all remembered the lesson more than a year later.

 

 

I used cinnamon in oil. The boys thought it was cool to get their hands dirty (and then clean). The girls loved the smell :-)