Hygiene

• Hygiene
• 6th Grade

What is Hygiene?

Hygiene

Healthy Habits that include bathing, keeping the mouth clean, and washing your hands often. Good Hygiene helps keep you protected from germs in your environment and you smell good!

Oral Hygiene

How many times a day should you brush your teeth?

Once a day

Never

At least twice a day

When I feel like it

Oral Hygiene

Keeping your mouth clean is good for you because it prevents..

Cavities (holes in your teeth)

Bad breath

Aaaaaand it prevents diseases later in life like heart disease. 

How to brush...

• At least two times a day (one time in the morning and one time at night)
• Consider brushing between meals too
• Floss at least one time a day (floss whenever you feel food stuck in teeth)

What causes Cavities?

1. Candy
2. Soda
3. Vegetables
4. Chips

Why do you think it is important to wash your hands?

Hand washing

Hand washing is important! it prevents the spread of germs and viruses! Viruses can live on surfaces from 20 minutes up to 2 hours. Surfaces like tables, doorknobs, park benches, basketballs and so on! 

How to wash your hands

• Use warm water 
• Use soap
• Scrub hands together, in between fingers, and under your nails for at least 15-20 seconds. 
• Dry your hands with a clean cloth or paper towel 

Ear cleaning 

Make sure to clean your ears! dont let wax build up because it affects your hearing and when you clean your ears you prevent ear infections!

What do you use to clean your ear?

1. Your finger
2. A pencil
3. Warm water
4. Ear drops

Cleaning ears...

• Use some warm water in ear and then tilt head to let it out (can do this every time you shower)
• Use some ear drops 
• Use q tip just for outside of ear not inside! 

Why do you think showering is important?

Shower

Showering is very... VERYYYY important. It helps remove dead skin cells on your body and helps detoxify. Keeps you smelling fresh/clean aaaaaand its relaxing! 

When you shower...

• Make sure you are scrubbing top to bottom! (arms, legs, body, alllll of it) 
• When washing feet, get in between your toes!
• Under your armpits! 
• Belly button!
• Perfect time to clean ears!
• Shower everyday! 

Clean clothes

• Make sure you are changing your undergarments regularly
• Wear clean clothes! (you could have just showered but if your clothes aren't clean, then you won't be either)

So after showering...

Put some lotion on, so your body wont be dried out! 

Put some deodorant on! 

Put on your clean clothes!

Hygiene is...

1. Somewhat important
2. Very important
3. It's eh..
4. I dont care for it