3. Brushing Your Teeth!
Dentists recommend that adults and children
brush their teeth at least twice a day, floss
everyday, and go see the dentist regularly!
You must brush your teeth to remove all the food
and sticky bacteria, called plaque, from your teeth!
While brushing your teeth, you must always be
sure to use toothpaste, and toothpaste with
fluoride is what helps to prevent cavities. (Goss, &
Inga, 2008)
4. Brushing Your Teeth!
Step One: Get out your toothbrush and toothpaste (with
flouride!)
Step Two: Wet your toothbrush, and add a pea-sized
amount of toothpaste to it.
Step Three: Hold your brush at a 45 degree angle to the
gumline (Goss, & Inga, 2008).
Step Four: Gently brush in short, little circular motions.
Step Five: Continue step four for two minutes.
Step Six: Spit out toothpaste and rinse your mouth!
Step Seven: Repeat process again at least once more
throughout the day (Goss, & Inga, 2008).
5. Brushing Your Teeth!
1. Why must you brush your . What is the ideal way
teeth?
to brush your teeth?
To remove plaque
To keep teeth healthy Back and Forth
All of the Above Up and Down
2. How often does the dentist In short, circular
recommend you brush?
motions
Once a day
Twice a day
Once a week
6. Wrong!
This is not the correct way that you
should brush your teeth!
11. Wrong!
Once a week is most definitely not as often as you
should brush! Try Again!
12. Close!
While this is one of the main reasons, there is also a
better answer!
13. Close!
This answer is a very close one! Keeping your mouth
healthy is a great choice! But there is one that is even
better!
14. CORRECT!
This is the best answer! We brush our teeth so that we
can remove plaque, but also so that we can keep
ourselves and our mouths happy and healthy!
15. Washing Your Hands!
Washing your hands is a very important part of staying
clean and healthy. This is how we try to prevent the
spread of disease and germs to others!
Clean water and soap is the best way to keep your
hands clean. However, if clean water is not available,
use soap and whatever available water. If soap is not
an option, use an alcohol based sanitizer. (Center for
Disease, 2010)
We will learn the best times and ways to wash your
hands to keep yourself and others around you healthy!
16. Washing Your Hands!
Hands should be washed before: Steps to properly washing hands:
1: Wet hands
Preparing food
2: Apply soap
Eating food
Caring for someone who is sick 3: Rub hands together
Dealing with an open wound 4: Lather soap and scrub hands
Hands should be washed after: thoroughly
5: Continue washing hands for
Using the bathroom 20 seconds or longer
Changing a child’s diaper 6: Rinse hands
Blowing your nose/sneezing 7: Dry hands
Touching an animal
Touching garbage
(Center for Disease, 2010)
Dealing with an open wound
17. Washing Your Hands!
Why must your wash your How long should you
hands? continue washing your
To waste water and soap hands?
To keep hands clean and For at least 20 seconds
prevent spread of germs For at least 20 minutes
To make the CDC happy For 10 seconds only
When is a good time to wash
your hands?
After using the bathroom
After touching garbage
All of the above
20. Wrong!
This is not the recommended length of washing your
hands as advised by the CDC.
21. This is Correct!
Washing your hands is a great way to keep your own
body healthy and it’s also a great way to prevent the
spread of germs and disease!
25. Close!
This is another great answer, but there is a better one!
26. Right!
This is the best choice for when hands should be
washed!
27. Taking A Bath!
Taking a bath or a shower is a very important part of
being hygienic!
Reasons for bathing are very similar to the reasons to
wash your hands. You need to bathe to be able to get
rid of germs that can cause illnesses. Bathing is also
important for us to keep all parts of our body clean.
Bathing can be quick, or it can be relaxing! You can
bathe by taking a shower, or by taking a bath in a tub!
Bathing also helps you not be so stinky! ("Bathing,"
2011)
28. Taking A Bath!
Healthy bathing Safety Tips/Hazards
techniques: Be sure if taking a bath
Bathe regularly that you or the child you
(every few days) are bathing doesn’t
Be sure to use soap submerge their head
Use Shampoo (and under the water.
conditioner if Swimmer’s Ear can result
desired!) from water in the ears.
Be sure water is not Infections can occur if
too hot water is not clean enough
Falling can happen due to
wet feet and wet floors; be
sure to step out very
carefully! ("Bathing," 2011)
29. Taking A Bath!
What is a good reason for What is one safety tip?
bathing? Be sure to step out
To get rid of germs carefully to prevent falling
To make your parents Use expensive shampoo
happy Use extra body wash
To keep away odors
What is a correct healthy
bathing technique?
Bathe only once a month
Use extra hot water
Use soap and shampoo
39. Conclusion
This was a very informative project! I never thought I
would be able to figure this out but it was much easier
than I thought. I realized how useful this can be for
kids in a classroom setting! I also realized that this is a
great way to keep children’s attention in a very creative
way. Kids attention spans aren’t as long as sometimes
we’d like, but this was a great way for using creativity
to keep their attention. I also realized that this is
much simpler to put together than I originally
thought! It’s a great tool to use for a classroom!
40. References
Bathing. (2011, January 7). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing#Reasons_for_bathin
g
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (2010).
Handwashing: clean hands save lives Atlanta, GA: Retrieved
from http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/
Goss, L, & Inga, C. (2008, October). Taking care of your
teeth. Retrieved from
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/teeth
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