The cold and flu season has arrived!
We have been working all week on a Handwashing Unit, and the kids have been introduced to Velma Virus, Jasper Germ, and Baxter Bacteria, a gang of germs on a mission to make kids sick. We learned that the germs hate the Mean Clean Handwashing Machine (soap), and we did several experiments to show that to kill germs on our hands, we need soap, warm water, and lots of scrubbing. If you hear the kids singing the ABC's while they are washing, they are just following Nurse Julie's suggestion to scrub for as long as it takes to sing the whole song.
We made sneeze pictures to remind everyone to use tissues and cover mouths when we cough.
We talked about lots of tips for staying healthy all winter.
The most important one is to wash, wash, wash!
Dressing warmly, getting lots of sleep, and using tissues are also essential.
I once heard first graders called "little glazed doughnuts" because of their drippy noses and difficulty with tissues, and on some days, that's a very good description! Please help your children practice healthy habits, and we will all have a much healthier winter!
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