Lesson Plan Hand Washing
Hand washing lesson plan 1 hour max
Lesson objective
To help the students to understand how and when to wash their hands and to help them understand why it is important.
What must we learn?
Everybody must learn how they should properly wash their hands?
What should we learn?
They should be able to learn WHY they need to wash their hands.
What could we learn?
They could be able to teach other people how to be hygienic.
Key words in the session:
Soap
Wash
Clean
Dirty
Illness
Sick
Healthy
Hands
Germs/bugs
Advanced key words
Infection
Bacteria
Hygiene(ic)
Activities
Activity 1 (
One possible activity to start the session could be to identify the images drawn on the board. This could be a drawing of a germ, a bar of soap or a pet. They could then try to identify what the topic of the lesson will be.
Secondly I could ask If they have returned inside after playing on play ground, have children look at their hands. Ask them questions about their hands (How do they smell, Can you see dirt, Is there dirt under nails, etc.) Then wash hands and ask them the same questions. Note the differences.
Activity 2
The second activity could be an opportunity to find out how much they already know by asking the students to reply to questions i ask them by either putting their thumbs up or down,
Such questions as: would you wash your hands before you had breakfast?
Would you wash your hands after playing outside?
You wouldn't wash your hands after playing with a pet?
Would you use your hands to wipe your nose?
Extension: give a brief explanation as to why you would/would not do that?
Activity 3
Ask the students to reply verbally the answers to the following question
Start with do you know when to wash your hands?
Then continue by asking would you wash your hands before and after eating, after playing with a pet, after playing in the garden, what would you do after going to the toilet, what do
Lesson objective
To help the students to understand how and when to wash their hands and to help them understand why it is important.
What must we learn?
Everybody must learn how they should properly wash their hands?
What should we learn?
They should be able to learn WHY they need to wash their hands.
What could we learn?
They could be able to teach other people how to be hygienic.
Key words in the session:
Soap
Wash
Clean
Dirty
Illness
Sick
Healthy
Hands
Germs/bugs
Advanced key words
Infection
Bacteria
Hygiene(ic)
Activities
Activity 1 (
One possible activity to start the session could be to identify the images drawn on the board. This could be a drawing of a germ, a bar of soap or a pet. They could then try to identify what the topic of the lesson will be.
Secondly I could ask If they have returned inside after playing on play ground, have children look at their hands. Ask them questions about their hands (How do they smell, Can you see dirt, Is there dirt under nails, etc.) Then wash hands and ask them the same questions. Note the differences.
Activity 2
The second activity could be an opportunity to find out how much they already know by asking the students to reply to questions i ask them by either putting their thumbs up or down,
Such questions as: would you wash your hands before you had breakfast?
Would you wash your hands after playing outside?
You wouldn't wash your hands after playing with a pet?
Would you use your hands to wipe your nose?
Extension: give a brief explanation as to why you would/would not do that?
Activity 3
Ask the students to reply verbally the answers to the following question
Start with do you know when to wash your hands?
Then continue by asking would you wash your hands before and after eating, after playing with a pet, after playing in the garden, what would you do after going to the toilet, what do