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Contact_FullName: Jen

Contact_Email: j.hohman@scidaho.org

date:: 11/28/06

Area: Germs

Idea:

Contact_FullName: Veronica

Contact_Email: veronicaashton@hotmail.com

date:: 110506

Area: Germs

Idea:

Read Wash Your Hands by Tony Ross.

Practice sneezing and coughing into your elbow/shoulder if a tissue is not at hand.

Sing: This is the way we wash our hands to illustrate proper hand washing time.

Contact_FullName: Lisa

Contact_Email: MI_girlie@yahoo.com

date:: 01/12/06

Area: Germs-Books

Idea:

Two books, which are printed in Spanish and English together.

1. Those Icky Sticky Smelly Cavity-Causing but...Invisible Germs Author: Judith Anne Rice Illustrator: Julie Ann Stricklin

It's a great book to teach good toothbrushing habits. I really exaggerate how nasty the germs are and my students love it!

Contact_FullName: Eileen

Contact_Email: Moorehaven@aol.com

date:: 11/01.05

Area: Germs - Books

Idea:

The best book I have ever read to preschool or kindergarten children about germs is now available in a bilingual version. It is titled: "Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgusting but...Invisible Germs" by Judith Anne Rice. The story is great, how germs get on our hands through everyday activity, and how hand washing gets rid of them. The illustrations and pictures and very good. the ISBN number is 1-884834-31-0. It had been unavailable for some time, but I got another copy a few years ago and guard it!

Contact_FullName: helen

Contact_Email: h.crain@bigpond.net.au

date:: 12/10/05

Area: health and nutrition

Idea:

after sending some of the children to the bathroom for hand washing, i noticed that a lot of these children would just run their hands under the water and then wipe their hands.

activity

take a non toxic washable marker and draw germs on the children's hands top and bottom and tell the children they have lots of germs on their hands and need to wash their hands correctly. after returning from bathroom the marker has disappeared and the children's hands are wash correctly.

Contact_FullName: Danielle

Contact_Email: dani_luv@hotmail.com

date:: 07/07/05

Area: Germs

Idea:

At circle time while talking about germs, have a spray bottle with some water in it. Show the children the difference between when you cover your sneeze or cough (spray your hand) and when you don't cover them up (spray them) let each child try it and them have them go wash their hands

Contact_FullName: Stacey

Contact_Email: goldilocks326@hotmail.com

date:: 03/06/05

Area: Germs-Books

Idea:

"Germs Make Me Sick" by Melvin Berger

"The Germ Patrol" by Neil Shulman, MD, Todd Stolp, MD, and Robin Voss

Contact_FullName: Megan

Contact_Email: megan@geotopia.com

date:: 1/3/05

Area: Germs activities

Idea:

We used a week to talk to the children about cleanliness. First we talked about keeping our bodies clean. We filled our discovery table with sudsy water an d let the children wash the dolls in our classroom. We have little sample size shampoos and conditioners and lots of towels!

Later that week, we talked about keeping our homes clean. We talked about chores the children did at their homes and chores that they see their parents do. We then had squirt bottles with water and towels out for them to "clean" the school. The children loved it!

Contact_FullName: Amy

Contact_Email: amy.sebern@k12.sd.us

date:: 9-9-04

Area: Germs-misc./Circle time

Idea:

I read the story Those Mean and Nasty, Dirty, Downright Disgusting but Invisible Germs and discuss the importance of washing hands. Then I secretly put vaseline on one of my hands and coat it with either glitter or coffee grounds and then shake hands with all the kids and they shake each others hands, etc. It is a great way for them to SEE how the germs get spread around.

Contact_FullName: Cindy

Contact_Email: cleer@shaw.ca

date:: 03/06/04

Area: health

Idea:

An idea to help children understand how germs can spread is to apply hand cream to each child (I like to give hand cream to one child and let them give it to the next child. The last child gets to squeeze the hand cream on my hand) sneeze or cough (just pretending) into your hand using glitter. Shake one child’s hand have them go around the circle shaking the next person’s hand. Shows how germs spread. Makes it easier for them to understand why we want them to sneeze or cough into their elbows. (sharing, gross motor, spreading of germs, color.)

Contact_FullName: Kathy

Contact_Email: Bitya98@yahoo.com

date:: 11/16/04

Area: Health

Idea:

This is a spin on using glitter to represent germs on your hands. I learned this from a co-worker.

In circle I first take out a bottle of bubbles and pretend to cough. The bubbles represent the germs flying around the air from not covering your mouth.

Then I will sneeze covering my mouth with my hand. When I remove my hand I will have a glob of green glitter in the palm of my hand. I will touch the children putting my "germs" on their hand or arm. Then I will take out a bowl of warm water that I had waiting and "wash" my hands in a common manner that I tend to see the class doing. (quickly passing hands through the water or applying soap & rinsing without making bubbles) The germs are still there. Then I wash my hands well with soap and explain that you need to dry your hands too to remove any germs that are still hanging on.

I usually encourage the children to sing their "abc's" or the song "Happy Birthday" but I like the songs that I have seen posted.