Health Lesson Ideas

The colored glitter or confetti will represent the germs and will be in separate boxes labelled as follows: a friends house, the playground, a captured frog, etc. The students lightly moisten their hands by simply running them under water and dip them into each of these boxes representing their travels throughout the day. Now they can see all the germs they picked up along the way which they must get rid of before dinner. The large sponge is the soap and it is used to wipe away all of the germs. You will need to explain proper hand washing procedure before doing this activity. Once they rid themselves of the different colored germs, they should rinse the remainder of the germs off which can lag behind if not rinsed thoroughly. Explain how this is important to do especially before you eat so they don't transfer these germs into their mouths!