Let’s Stay Healthy! Lesson Plan

Academic Standards

Children will identify ways to keep germs away and practice healthy habits.

Germs, healthy habits

SL.1.2 Discuss a video; RI.1.1 Key details; RI.1.4 Vocabulary; RI.1.5 Text features; RI.1.10 Read and discuss first-grade texts

Before watching No More Germs, ask children to look at their hands. Do they think there are germs on them?
After watching, ask kids if it’s possible to tell whether they have germs on their hands or not. No! You can’t see germs, but they can make you sick. It’s important to cover coughs and sneezes, wash their hands often, and keep their hands away from their faces! (SKILL: SL.1.2 Discuss a video)

Read the issue together.
Then project and discuss the reading checkpoint skill sheet. Later, children can fill in their own copies. (SKILL: RI.1.1 Key details)

Kids practice letter-sound associations by popping soap bubbles in this fun game.

With this skill sheet, kids find and circle words related to staying healthy. (SKILL: RI.1.4 Vocabulary)

Have kids track their handwashing at school or at home. This skill sheet will help them remember to wash before each meal. (SKILL: RI.1.5 Text features)

Objective: Children wash toys with soap and water to fight germs.

Materials: plastic tub or sink, warm water, dish or hand soap, plastic or rubber toys, sponges and brushes

This activity can be done at school in small groups or at home. It’s simple, sensory, soapy fun—and it fi ghts germs too!
Invite kids to look for toys that can be safely washed, such as rubber bath toys, plastic animal figures or vehicles, and so on.
Add soap to a plastic tub or a sink of warm water. Invite kids to mix the soap with a whisk or brush until they see bubbles! Then they can wash their toys with brushes and sponges.
If you like, have children dry the toys with a clean cloth. Otherwise, let the toys air-dry. SKILL: Healthy habits)