The importance of hand washing explained for primary school children

1. Today is
Global Handwashing Day

2. "Did you wash your hands?"
• How many times did you hear that today?
• But why are adults so hung up on hand
washing?

3. WHY WASH OUR HANDS??
• Washing your hands is the best way to stop
GERMS from spreading.

4. What Do Germs Look Like Under
The Microscope?

6. Think about all the things that you
touched today. Things like....

7. DOOR HANDLES

8. TELEPHONE

9. REMOTE CONTROL

10. MONEY

11. SHOPPING TROLLEYS

12. COMPUTER KEYBOARDS

13. TOYS

14. IN SHORT, GERMS ARE
EVERYWHERE!

15. WHEN ARE THE BEST TIMES TO
WASH OUR HANDS?
• When your hands are dirty
• Before eating or touching food
• After going to the toilet
• After blowing your nose or coughing
• After touching animals
• After playing outside

16. IF YOU NEED TO COUGH OR
SNEEZE, DO IT IN YOUR SLEEVE!

17. Children all over the world wash hands with
soap to stay healthy

18. WASH YOUR HANDS FOR AT LEAST
20 SECONDS OR SING THE ‘HAPPY
BIRTHDAY SONG TWICE’

19. Children in Bolivia celebrate Global
Handwashing Day

20. Photo used with the kind permission of ‘Fit for School Inc’
Children in the Philippines wash their hands with
soap before eating lunch

21. School boys in Bangladesh learn how
to wash their hands properly

22. STAY HEALTHY, WASH YOUR
HANDS!

23. Why wash your hands??
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