**Lesson Plan: Health Habits for Toddlers - Sanitation II**
**Objective:**
Students will learn basic sanitation habits, including handwashing, face washing, and keeping their personal space clean through interactive activities and songs.
**Duration:**
30 minutes
**Materials Needed:**
- Storybook about cleanliness (e.g., "Germs Are Not for Sharing" by Elizabeth Verdick)
- Handwashing poster/chart
- Hand sanitizer
- Soap and water (if possible)
- Sink or small water basin
- Soft towels or paper towels
- Pictures of clean spaces and dirty spaces
- Fun stickers
- Small toys for demonstration
- Large paper and markers for drawing
- Music for handwashing song
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**Lesson Plan Schedule:**
1. **Introduction (5 minutes)**
- Greet the children warmly and have them sit in a circle.
- Briefly talk about what they learned in the previous sanitation lesson, praising their effort to remember.
2. **Story Time (5 minutes)**
- Read a storybook about cleanliness ("Germs Are Not for Sharing" by Elizabeth Verdick or a similar book).
- Pause occasionally to ask questions and engage the children, e.g., "What should we do if we sneeze?"
3. **Handwashing Demonstration (5 minutes)**
- Show them the handwashing poster/chart and explain each step.
- Demonstrate proper handwashing using water, soap, and a sink/basin. Steps include:
1. Wet hands with water.
2. Apply soap.
3. Rub hands together for at least 20 seconds (sing the ABC song or another handwashing song).
4. Rinse hands thoroughly with water.
5. Dry hands with a clean towel or paper towel.
- Allow a few volunteers to practice handwashing under supervision.
4. **Interactive Activity - Clean or Not Clean? (5 minutes)**
- Show pictures of clean and dirty spaces (e.g., a tidy room vs. a messy room).
- Discuss why it is important to keep our spaces clean.
- Encourage students to point out what makes the space clean or dirty and what actions can be taken to maintain cleanliness.
5. **Song and Movement (5 minutes)**
- Teach the children a fun handwashing song. An example could be:
```
(Tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")
Wash, wash, wash your hands,
Soap will make them clean.
Wash the germs away,
So they don't spread and cause a scene.
Wash, wash, wash your hands,
Don't forget the tips.
When you're done, dry them well,
And give a little flip!
```
- Encourage them to sing and act out the steps as they wash their hands.
6. **Drawing and Sticker Time (5 minutes)**
- Provide large sheets of paper and markers for children to draw pictures of clean spaces, clean hands, or personal drawings related to sanitation.
- Give them fun stickers to decorate their drawings.
7. **Review and Sharing (5 minutes)**
- Gather the group to share their drawings and discuss what they learned today.
- Ask questions to reinforce the lesson, such as “Why should we wash our hands?”
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**Closing:**
- Praise the children for their participation and learning.
- Remind them to practice what they’ve learned at home.
- Hand out a small reward (like a "Clean Hands" sticker) to each student.
**Extension Activity:**
- Send a note home to parents detailing the sanitation lesson and suggesting ways they can reinforce these habits at home (e.g., singing the handwashing song together).
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This lesson plan is designed to be interactive, engaging, and informative for toddlers to foster good sanitation habits early on.