1. The lesson plan teaches kindergarten students about the importance of hand washing through books, discussions, and a demonstration using glitter to represent germs. 2. Students learn what germs are, where they can be found, and how germs can make us sick if not washed away. 3. The lesson incorporates reading books, a glitter contamination activity, hand washing videos, and discussions to reinforce when and how to properly wash hands.

1. Lesson Plan
Name: Deborah Salomon
Lesson Title: Importance of Hand washing Duration: 45 minutes
– 1 hour
Concept: Keeping Hands Clean Group Age:
Kindergarten
Objectives:
1.The student will understand the importance of keeping their hands clean in relation to staying healthy.
2. Student will learn the appropriate times when hands should be washed.
3. Student will be able to identify what a germ is and where they can be found (everywhere).
Standards addressed:
NCTM: Sunshine State:
HE.K.C.1.1: Recognize healthy behaviors
HE.K.C.1.3: Recognize ways to prevent common
communicable diseases
HE.K.P.1.1: Identify healthy practices and behaviors
to maintain or improve personal health
Materials and Props Required: Areas to be integrated:
• Proper hand washing technique poster Dramatic play: Children will use their imagination
• When to wash my hands poster to “pass on germs”
• Sink with warm, running water
• Liquid or pump soap
• Paper towels
• Spray bottle
• Glitter
• Wash hands video:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feat
ure=fvwp&v=w_RwRoiwe6Q
• Following books:
-“Germs are not for sharing” by: Elizabeth
Verdick
-“Germs make me sick” by: Melvin Berger
-“Wash your hands!” by: Tony Ross
Lesson Steps:
1. Ask students if they know what germs are (by show of hands.)
2. Have open class discussion identifying what a germ is, where they can be found, and how they
can harm our bodies.
3. Read “Germs make me sick” by: Melvin Berger.
4. Demonstrate how to cover mouth when coughing/sneezing.
5. Explain how easily germs can be shared.
6. Students will then sit in a large circle.

2. 7. Teacher will have a spray bottle filled with water mixed with glitter.
8. Teacher will “sneeze” into his/her hands and spray the glitter water into their hands.
9. Teacher will explain to students that the glitter on her hands will be considered germs.
10. Next the teacher will shake hands with the student to right of him/her and ask the student to
look at their hands.
11. Student will identify that the germs (sparkles) from the teachers’ hands are now on their hands.
12. To allow all students to participate, the teacher will go around the circle and spray one hand of
every other student.
13. Teacher will explain that as a class we will count to three and then shake hands with the person
to the right of us.
14. Students will shake hands and then observe their own hands.
15. We will then have an open class discussion about what they observed.
16. Next we will read, “Germs are not for sharing” by: Elizabeth Verdick.
17. We will discuss things we can to individually to not share germs, wash our hands.
18. As a class we will then make a list of situations where we should wash our hands, creating our
own class poster.
19. Next the poster showing proper hand washing technique will be shown and displayed.]
20. As a class the teacher should have students practice the technique before actually going to wash
their hands.
21. Encourage students to sing a song while washing hands to make it more fun. (For example, sing
the ABC’s)
22. Students will then have a chance to go to the sink one by one and practice good hand washing.
23. End by reading, “Wash your hands!” by Tony Ross.
Safety Issues: Adaptations:
Make sure glitter is non-toxic. 1. The books being read will be picture books allowing
Make sure no student is allergic to glitter, ESOL students a better opportunity to make connections.
or soap being used to wash hands. 2. Posters being used will not be just words but instead will
contain many pictures.
3. All stories will be read aloud and discussed to help ESOL
students and students with learning disabilities.
Questions to Prompt Children’s Thinking Skills:
1. What is a germ? Where can they be found?
2. How can we get rid of germs?
3. When should one was their hands?
4. What should you do when coughing/sneezing?
Follow on Activities: Home Activities:
1. The students will be given a coloring sheet of a child 1. The student will be given a
washing their hands. Each child will color it to the worksheet to take home where
best of their ability. At the bottom of the worksheet they will have the opportunity to
the child will sing their name where it says “I pledge write down when they washed

3. to wash my hands.” The pictures will be hung up in their hands, and why they washed
the classroom around the sink area. their hands.
2. Play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fv
wp&v=w_RwRoiwe6Q
Encourage students to sing a long. Having a song to make a
connection with will allow them to have a fun reminder to
wash their hands.
Student Assessment: Self-Assessment:
Throughout the activity there will be many group discussions. As the teacher it is important that the lesson
The teacher should take in count what every child is saying and is fun for my students. I want to make sure
encourage every child to participate. Children should be able to they are enjoying the information, the
identify what a germ is, where they can be found, and how we activity, and the books that are being read. If
can prevent them. Each student should also be able to follow a student is having fun while learning they
proper hand washing techniques as well as know when are are more like to make a stronger connection.
appropriate times to was their hands. Washing hands is not only important for
children but it is also important for adults. As
their teacher and role model I think it is
important that I am constantly washing my
own hands while encouraging them to do
their own. If I am leading by example my
students will want to wash their hands as
well.
Resources:
• http://www.glogerm.com/sheets/kindergarten.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=w_RwRoiwe6Q
• http://www.washinghands.net/images/posters/hand-washing-poster-5.jpg