Singing with kids when they wash hands makes it good fun. It also makes sure that they are washing their hands for long enough to kill germs.
What are the benefits of children singing?
- Better concentration – singing helps a child learn to concentrate on a task.
- Improving memory – children singing cause the brain to perform multiple tasks at once. This helps to develop memory.
- Deeper breathing – children singing encourages deep breathing, getting more oxygen to the brain.
- Feeling happy – children singing gets the endorphins flowing in the brain. This causes the body to feel good and increases the brains activity.
- Imagination – one of our favourite benefits of children singing is that it can help to develop a child’s imagination and creativity.
5 hand washing songs that kids will love to sing
Please feel free to print out this poster and put it up in your service bathroom.
If you feel like you want to go another level, here is a longer list of songs with the lyrics. Enjoy!
1. Tune: Twinkle, twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Look how clean my two hands are,
Soap and water, wash and scrub,
Get those germs off rub-a-dub,
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Look how clean my two hands are.
2. Tune: 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.
3. This is the way we wash our hands
This is the way we wash our hands
Wash our hands
Wash our hands
This is the way we wash our hands
Before we eat our food.
4. Tune: Frere Jaque
Tops and Bottoms, Tops and Bottoms, (Rub top and bottom of hands)
In between, In between, (Rub fingers inside on both hands)
All around our hands, All around our hands, (Just like it says)
Then we wash. Bam, Bam, Bam.
5. If You’re happy and you know it wash your hands
If you’re happy and you know it,
Wash your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it,
Wash your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it,
then your face will surely show it,
If you’re happy and you know it,
Wash your hands!
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