Keeping clean and healthy
Explain and practise hygiene habits that stop germs spreading and keep the body healthy: washing hands properly, brushing teeth, covering coughs and sneezes, and bathing
Lesson
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“Keeping clean and healthy means practising hygiene habits that stop germs spreading: washing hands, brushing teeth, covering coughs, and bathing. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Hygiene habit cards: hands, teeth, cough/sneeze, bath
- Soap/water reminder card
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Wash hands with soap. Brush teeth. Cover coughs and sneezes. Bathe to keep clean. These habits help stop germs.
Optional challenge. For Keeping clean and healthy, add covering a cough or sneeze.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: habits named; germ-stop idea; support used. This session samples hygiene, not mastery of health science.
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Keeping clean and healthy means practising hygiene habits that stop germs spreading: washing hands, brushing teeth, covering coughs, and bathing. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes matching hygiene habits to why they help, then checking one fresh habit card.
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Your Teeth
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Your Teeth supports Keeping clean and healthy. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public KidsHealth page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
KidsHealth. “Your Teeth.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Demonstrate washing hands with soap for about 20 seconds and explain when to do it (after the toilet, before eating)
- Describe how to brush teeth twice a day and why it helps prevent tooth decay
- Explain how covering a cough or sneeze with an elbow or tissue stops germs spreading to others
“Does your child wash their hands properly with soap after the toilet and before eating, and brush their teeth twice a day without reminders?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 6–8
Standards