Preschool/Primary Lesson Planning Form

Lesson Title: Glitter Germs - How to Wash Hands

Nutrition, Health, and Safety

Colorado Academic Standard Addressed: (Address a maximum of 3 standards.)

Physical and Personal Wellness - Develop self-management skills and personal hygiene skills to
promote healthy habits
Learning objectives: (Observable and measurable description of student learning linked to
standards addressedwhat the children will be able to say or do as a result of participating
in this lesson. List a maximum of 3 objectives.)
Students will be able to learn when to wash their hands when they are sick or get them dirty.
Students will be able to wash their hands to get rid of germs while singing the alphabet.
Setting: (Describe the situation in which the lesson will be taughtlocation, setup, and the
number of children and adults)
The activity will take place within a preschool center classroom with a low kid-friendly sink in
the room. The activity will be conducted with small groups at a time with four to five students
with one teacher.
Materials and preparation: (Identify the materials neededvisual aids and equipment for
teachers and materials used by children; tasks to complete prior to actual presentation of
lesson/activity)

Preschool classroom with a low sink

Prepare four to five different colors of glitter (as the germs)
Prepare hand soap for students to wash their hands
Prepare towels to wipe wet, clean hands

Activity procedureDescribe how the lesson/activity will be presented:

1) introductionmotivational question or statement intended to pique student interest
Ask students if/when they wash their hands and if they know how people get sick.

2) procedurestep-by-step sequence of how the lesson proceeds including how the teacher will
support and interact with children during the lesson [modeling, scaffolding, and verbal
interactions], how teacher will promote active engagement [and reduce or eliminate children
waiting], and how children will practice/apply skill or learning
1. The teacher should begin by asking children what germs are. The teacher should listen
to their answers and give them a chance to guess and then summarize briefly what germs
are in simple words, Germs are very, very small so we cannot see them, but germs are
what goes around and makes us sick. To make it more engaging and personal, ask
children how they feel when they are sick. Ask them if they feel good or bad when they
are sick and if they like being sick.
2. For a visual, engaging activity, take out the glitter to portray the germs. Explain that we
cannot see germs because they are smaller than the glitter, however, the glitter will
represent the germs so we can better understand how germs affect our health. Assign each
child to a different color of glitter which will be the color of their germs.
3. Ask each child to fake sneeze into their hands and pour the glitter onto the students
hands, the teacher should participate as well and pour glitter onto their own hands. Ask
students to pretend and act out a scene where they are greeting their friends and teacher.
Shake hands with the children around the room and let them discover the glitter (germs)
left on their hands by shaking hands with each other since no one washed their hands.
The teacher should explain that because everyone sneezed into their hands without
washing their hands after, everyone now has germs all over their hands. Let the children
observe their glitter filled hands and see how many different colored germs they received
from all the different people they interacted with, including their own germs.
4. Teacher will now model how to wash hands correctly while the children watch. Seeing
that washing hands for just a few seconds will not clean off the glitter, use the soap and
rub hands together and sing the alphabet the whole way through. Express to the children

that germs are hard to clean off so they have to wash their hands for a long time and
singing the alphabet is the correct amount of time enough to clean germs off their hands.
5. Have each child have a turn at washing their hands with soap and singing the alphabet.
3) cleanupdescribe procedures for cleanup
Children will wipe their hands with paper towels provided by the teacher and throw their used
towels in the trashcan. Children will also return their bottle of glitter back to the teacher and the
teacher will return all the materials used.
4) closurehow teacher will summarize what has been experienced and discovered in the
learning activity
The teacher summarizes the idea of germs and how they make people sick by spreading germs.
Explain that washing hands can reduce the amount of germs spread. Remind students that germs
are hard to wash off so they have to wash for a long time (singing the alphabet).
5) transitionstatement/activity to move children in an orderly fashion to the next activity
Have children wash hands in an orderly fashion before and after they eat their snack, lunch meal,
or come back from playing outside.
Adaptations for specific children: (Differentiated instructionvarying instructional
strategies to meet individual needs of learners. Describe variations in presentation,
materials used, or child responses based on individual needs of specific children, including
English language learners)
For English language learners, model out the actions of sneezing and the germs displayed on
hands more thoroughly. Use pictures to aid in the understanding of spreading germs and how to
wash hands with soap. Allow them to sing a short song they know in their language or let it be a
learning moment by teaching or reviewing the alphabet with them.
For visual impaired children, use different shaped glitters and other different textured paint or
kid-safe goo to be able to differentiate the different germs from others on their hands.

Assessment: (Describe methods/evidence used to assess whether children achieved the

learning objectivesneeds to align directly with learning objectives; describe how
assessment will be documentedhow you will record evidence to monitor progress and use
assessment for future planning)
Record on a table how many children washed their hands for the appropriate amount of time and
if they thoroughly cleaned their hands with no glitter left with a table or chart, each labeled
clean, semi-clean, dirty and put each child in the correct column. Observe the childrens
hands after they wash their hands and also continue to see if they wash their hands after learning
this lesson along with singing the alphabet each time they wash their hands.
Follow-up/ extensions: (Describe how you extend the lesson and maintain interest in the
topic by integrating into other subject areas, learning centers, future classroom activities,
or home activities)
To extend the lesson and maintain interest in the topic, have the children draw a picture of
someone they know washing their hands, have them remind their families and model to them or
teach them how to properly wash their hands at home. Integrating the washing hands activity into
an art class which the children use paint and get their hands dirty can also implement the
importance of keeping our hands clean and being healthy. To keep interest in the topic, give the
children rewards for washing their hands such as stickers or a class party if they continue to wash
their hands.