Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v3 - Nursery 2

Cleanliness: Dressing

Subject: Health Habits

Class: Nursery 2

Term: 2nd Term

Date:

Week 7
Theme of the Week: Personal Hygiene & Grooming
Topic of the Day: Cleanliness: Dressing
Age Group: 4–5 years
Period:
Duration: 1–2 hours (with breaks)

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:

  1. Explain why wearing clean clothes is important for health, appearance, and self-respect.
  2. Demonstrate daily clothing hygiene: wearing clean clothes, changing after bath, putting dirty clothes in laundry basket.
  3. Identify proper folding, hanging, and matching of clothes.
  4. Understand clothes protect and cover the body and how to keep them clean during the day.

 

Circle Time (5–10 minutes):

Discuss importance of clean clothes.

Show examples of neat vs dirty clothes.

 

Main Activity (Hands-On):

Demonstrate folding, hanging, and matching clothes properly.

Practice putting dirty clothes in laundry basket.

Discuss wearing school uniform neatly and keeping clothes clean throughout the day.

 

Materials Needed:

Clean and dirty clothes pictures, small laundry baskets, hangers, school uniform samples, storybooks about cleanliness, mirrors.

 

Movement Break:

Pretend putting on clean clothes, folding and hanging clothes neatly.

 

Creative Time:

Draw self wearing clean and neatly arranged clothes.

 

Language Development:

Words: “Clothes,” “Clean,” “Dirty,” “Fold,” “Uniform,” “Neat”
Children repeat words during demonstration, practice, and drawing.

 

Assessment (Observation-Based):

✔ Can the child put dirty clothes in laundry basket?
✔ Can the child fold and hang clothes neatly?
✔ Can the child explain why clean clothes are important?
✔ Can the child demonstrate proper dressing and matching?