Today we took a break away from our fall theme to welcome a visitor from ERC. Ms. Debi came over and talk to us about the importance of washing our hands to avoid spreading germs.
This is always a fun way to show young kids how many germs are on your hands even after you wash them... kinda scary!
Debi started our morning with a book about Sam the Shark. He wouldn't wash his hands and he became sick... we don't want to be like Sam the Shark.
Then we put special lotion on our hands... we rubbed it in really well.
The next step was putting our hand into the black light. It revealed how many germs we had on our hands. It showed up looking like green specks all over our hands, between our fingers, and under our nails. Gross!
After we saw our germs, we went into the bathroom, talked about the correct way to wash our hands, practiced washing them, and reviewed our hand washing song (to help us make sure we are washing long enough).
Then we checked our hands under the light again... our germs were almost gone.
This experience is always an eye opening reminder on how many times we should be washing our hands. It is a great reminder to me and my little friends... Thanks Debi for coming out and spending the morning with us!
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