Yucky! Colds! Tips to Stay Healthy!

We have had several children absent due to colds and flu during our first week of school.  Although this is often unavoidable in preschool, I want to remind families to practice safe techniques at home that will help keep you and your child from getting sick.  Here are a couple of practices our pre-k class uses:

1) Coughing and/or sneezing into your elbow. This avoids germs from being spread onto hands and then onto other items.

2) Washing hands after blowing noses.

3) Washing hands after using the restroom. 

In fact, we have practiced a hand-washing song that you can ask your child to sing and show you next time he/she washes hands.  Here are the words so you can help sing along (actions are written next to the words):

Tops and bottoms (rub hands together on the top and the bottom)

Tops and bottoms

In between, in between (interlock fingers to ensure scrubbing between fingers)

Rub them all together (rub hands together all over)

Rub them all together

Wash them clean (now child can put hands under the water to wash away the soap)

Wash them clean  

Here’s to hoping we can all stay healthy and happy! J