Making Washing Hands Fun

7/7/2020 (Permalink)

It is always important to regularly wash your hands. Now more than ever washing your hands is so very important. While it is easy for older kids and adults to remember to wash their hands properly, it may be harder for little kids to understand the importance of thorough hand washing. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has put together a list of steps and tips to help kids wash their hands.

• The five essentials of hand washing:
  • wet 
  • lather 
  • scrub
  • rinse 
  • dry
• Key times to wash hands:
  • After eating
  • before bed
  • after working out
• There are many short songs to sing that are not only fun but helpful in timing out the recommend time to hand-wash of 20 seconds.

For more information on hand washing tips visit www.CDC.gov