Lesson 147: How to keep our body clean

Objective

I can name and show simple clean habits like washing hands, brushing teeth, and bathing, and explain how they help keep my body healthy.

Materials

• Sink or bowl with clean water (for handwashing practice)
• Soap or pretend soap
• Towel or paper towel
• Toothbrush and toothpaste (or pictures)
• Notebook or worksheet for hygiene routines

Mini-lesson — How to keep our body clean

Guided Practice — Clean hands and daily routines

You will practice washing your hands carefully and talk about a daily clean routine.

1. Look at your hands: Open your fingers and look at the front and back. Imagine the tiny germs you cannot see.
2. Wet hands: Turn on the water and make your hands wet. Turn off the tap if you can.
3. Add soap: Put a small amount of soap on your hands.
4. Rub for 20 seconds: Rub your palms, between your fingers, the backs of your hands, and around your thumbs. Sing a short song while you rub.
5. Rinse and dry: Rinse the soap away with clean water. Dry your hands with a towel or paper towel.
6. Talk about when: Say out loud when you should wash your hands (before eating, after toilet, after playing outside).
7. Plan a clean day: With an adult, say what you do in the morning and night to keep clean (brush teeth, wash face, change clothes).
8. Use the tracing pad: Choose words like wash, soap, clean, teeth, or bath and trace them. Say a sentence such as "I wash my hands with soap."

Tracing Pad

Lines Primary lines Baseline only Grid Blank Trace (none) wash soap water clean germs hands bath shower teeth toothbrush towel hair nails clothes healthy

Pen Clear

Tip: As you trace each word, act it out: pretend to wash, brush, or dry, and say a full sentence like "Brushing my teeth keeps them strong and clean."

Practice 1 — When should I wash my hands?

Read each short situation. Say whether it is a good time to wash your hands and what you would do.

1. You have just finished using the toilet and are about to leave the bathroom. Is this a good time to wash your hands? What will you use?
2. You are going to eat lunch. Your hands feel a bit dusty from blocks and crayons. What should you do before eating?
3. You came back from playing outside in the park and touched the ground and railings. What clean habit should you follow?
4. You sneezed into your hands. What should you do before touching toys or friends?
5. You helped an adult feed a pet. What is a good clean step to do next?

Practice 2 — My clean body checklist

Make a simple daily clean checklist and tick the habits you do each day.

1. Fold a page in half. On one side write "Morning". On the other side write "Night".
2. Under Morning, draw or write clean habits like: brush teeth, wash face, change into clean clothes.
3. Under Night, add habits like: bath or shower, brush teeth again, put dirty clothes in the wash basket.
4. Add small boxes next to each habit. Each day, tick the box when you do the habit.
5. At the end of the week, count how many clean habits you did. Talk about one new habit you want to add.

Practice 3 — Clean or not clean?

Listen to each idea and decide if it is a clean habit or a not clean habit. Explain why.

1. A child washes their hands with soap after playing in the mud and before eating.
2. A child wears the same dirty socks for many days and never lets them dry.
3. A child brushes their teeth in the morning and before bed.
4. A child shares their toothbrush with a friend.
5. A child covers their mouth with their elbow when they cough and then washes their hands later.

Quick Check — How to keep our body clean

Answer each question about clean body habits. Think about what keeps you fresh and healthy.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)