OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaWashing your hands before you eat is a super important rule for staying healthy! Our hands touch toys, dirt, and pets all day, picking up tiny, invisible germs along the way. Clean hands help keep those germs out of your food and your body.
All you need is warm water and plenty of bubbly soap to scrub them clean! Make sure to wash the backs of your hands and between your fingers while you sing a short song. Scrub for about 20 seconds — that is about as long as singing the ABCs!
If you don’t wash your hands, those tricky germs can get on your food and into your tummy. Washing your hands is one of the best ways to keep from getting sick. Starting every meal with sparkling clean hands makes your food safe and yummy!
- There can be millions of germs hiding on your hands, but soap washes them all away!
- Doctors and nurses wash their hands dozens of times every day to keep their patients safe.
- The simple act of hand washing prevents more sickness than almost anything else you can do!
