Success StoryLearning When to Wash Our Hands



Learning When to Wash Our Hands

Author: Brenda Williamson

Planning Unit: Pulaski County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

School was back in session in Pulaski County of Somerset Ky. Some of the teachers in the Primary grades were concerned about the children spreading germs among  themselves, due to not washing their hands. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program Assistant for the Pulaski County Cooperative Extension Service collaborated with one of the first grades in Pulaski Elementary School.  The Assistant offered to come into the classroom and present a program that would hopefully help with the problem of the students potentially spreading germs.

 The Assistant gave the students a pre-test to determine what the students knew about washing their hands. Twenty students participated in the testing. The results of the pre-test showed that the students did not know when they needed to wash their hands before eating. The Assistant choose to read to the students the book "Germs, Germs, Germs" from the Literacy, Eating and Activity for Preschool/Primary Program, to address the importance of when to wash their hands. After the story the Assistant used the Glo Germ Hand Washing Activity to show the students how to remove germs from their hands. Following the program a post-test was given to the twenty students and the results were amazing! Over half (80%) of the students showed an improvement in knowing when to wash their hands.







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