Chore guide
Wash your hands before meals
Wash your hands with soap before you eat.
- 1 star
- Ages 2 to 12
- Daily
- Morning and bedtime
Handwashing is a habit children can learn from age 2 with a step stool and help with the tap. By 4 or 5 most kids can wash well on their own before every meal.
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Why it matters
Clean hands before eating is one of the simplest health habits there is. Linking it to mealtime makes it automatic, so you stop having to ask.
Steps for kids
- Wet your hands with water.
- Add soap and rub your palms together.
- Rub the backs, between your fingers and your thumbs.
- Rinse all the soap away.
- Dry your hands on your towel.
How to teach it by age
- Age 2
Wash together. You turn the tap, they rub the soap.
- Ages 3 to 4
They wash alone with a step stool. Sing a short song while they rub.
- Ages 5 to 6
They remember before every meal without a reminder.
- Ages 7 to 8
They also wash after the toilet, after playing outside and after touching pets.
