Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v3 - Pre-Nursery

Personal Hygiene - Meaning and Importance

Subject: Health Habits

Class: Pre-Nursery

Term: 3rd Term

Date:
Week: 4
Theme of the Week: Personal Hygiene
Topic of the Day: Meaning and Importance
Age Group: 2–3 years
Period:
Duration: 1–2 hours (with breaks)

 

Learning Objectives:

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

  1. Identify what personal hygiene means (keeping body clean).
  2. Recognize well-groomed children in pictures.
  3. List hygiene practices with guidance.
  4. Participate in songs about being clean.

 

Circle Time (5–10 minutes):

Welcome song

Show pictures of clean, well-groomed children

Discuss meaning of personal hygiene

 

Main Activity (Hands-On):

Teacher reviews bathing, brushing, clean clothes, and other hygiene practices.

Pupils demonstrate actions on dolls or themselves.

Teacher emphasizes importance: healthy, look good, feel good, no germs.

 

Materials Needed:

Pictures of groomed children

Charts, posters

Video clips

Dolls

 

Movement Break

Act out brushing, bathing, and putting on clean clothes

 

Creative Time:

Colour pictures of clean children

Paste cut-outs of hygiene materials

 

Language Development:

“Personal hygiene,” “Clean body,” “Healthy,” “Neat”

Pupils repeat phrases and use actions

 

Assessment (Observation-Based):

✔ Can the child explain what personal hygiene means?
✔ Can the child demonstrate hygiene practices?
✔ Does the child recognize clean, neat children in pictures?