Is hand washing becoming a hassle? Try these simple tactics…

• Make it easy to do. Use a step stool or a faucet extender.
• Your kids are going to learn from you. Make sure you are washing your hands too! 
• Sing a song as you scrub along.
 

Sung to the tone of: Wheels on the Bus

The soap on your hands goes sud, sud, sud.

Sud, sud, sud. Sud, sud, sud. 

The soap on your hands goes sud, sud, sud.

And the germs go down the drain.

Sung to the tune of: Are you Sleeping, Brother John?

Tops and Bottoms,

Tops and Bottoms,

In between, 

In between,

All around your hands, 

All around your hands,

Now they’re clean,

Now they’re clean.

Sung to the tune of: Row, Row, Row Your Boat 

Wash, wash, wash your hands,

Wash them nice and clean. 

Scrub them here (hand motion scrubbing together) 

Scrub them there (hand motion scrubbing tops of hands) 

And scrub them in between (hand motion scrubbing between fingers) 

Wash, wash, wash, your hands, 

Play our handy game 

Rub and scrub, scrub and rub, 

Germs go down the drain HEY! 

Wash, wash, wash, your hands 

Play our handy game

Looking for some other ideas of things to do with your little one(s)? 

See a list of the library’s upcoming events for young children (Birth to PreK). 

  Youth Services Assistant Librarian Venessa