‘Global Handwashing Day’ (Oct 15) is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases.
Teaching children about hand washing early in life is important. Most children develop the ability to wash their hands independently by about three years of age. But even when they know how to do it, they’ll almost certainly need to be given lots of encouragement and reminders.
At Provo Primary, teaching about hand washing and reinforcing its practice is an everyday part of school learning. On ‘Global Handwashing Day’ we will be highlighting and reinforcing this even more, with our younger children participating in a variety of focused activities.
How do you teach and encourage you child’s hand washing skills at home? Here is a link to a website with some useful information about encouraging children to wash their hands. Scrub Club (aimed at 3-8 year olds) is an interactive websites that you may like to explore and share with your child.
‘Global Handwashing Day’ is an opportunity to learn, design, test, replicate, and share creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times. Learn more about the aims of ‘Global Handwashing Day’ and take a look at some creative idea community ideas on www.globalhandwashing.org