I wanted to produce an activity that was easy to carry out and would provide the children with an understanding into the importance of washing their hands.

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Date: 22/09/2011

Group: Squirrels

Equipment needed:

Glitter, aprons, towels, water

Where: wet room.

I had decided to create an activity that would help children understand the importance of their personal health. To do this I had to prepare an activity that would be suitable for the whole class to take part in. I wanted to produce an activity that was easy to carry out and would provide the children with an understanding into the importance of washing their hands.

Washing hands fits into the settings health and safety policy as we must all wash our hands before eating and drinking, and also after using the toilets.

This activity doesn't include any negative images, discrimination or offened any cultural factors as noone in our group have cultural differences. Though, changes would be made if needed. For example, Muslim's cant clean their hands in a bowl as it's considered dirty, therefore the child would be given running water from a tap to wash their hands.

Aim: The aim of this is to ensure that the children have an understanding into why it is important to have good hygiene.

Firstly, The children are