20-Second Move-About
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Objective:Students will identify the length of time for proper hand washing as being
20 seconds and demonstrate the proper technique for hand washing.
Nutrition Notes: I t’s a misconception that if your hands look clean, they are clean. Germs
are too small to see, so it’s crucial for good health to wash hands properly,
every time, before eating.
Equipment/materials: Watch or clock with a second hand (optional)
A CT I V IT Y
1. T
ell students: Before you eat it’s important to
wash your hands for 20 seconds. You need to use
warm water and soap; it’s important to scrub
your hands, fingers and nails to get rid of dirt
and germs that you can’t see.
2. Demonstrate the correct way to wash hands
by pretending to:
●● Turn on the water and wet hands
●● Squirt soap onto wet hands
●● Scrub your hands, fingers, nails, and wrists on
both sides. This should take 20 seconds. If you
have a clock students can watch the second
hand for you, count aloud to twenty, say the
ABCs or sing the Happy Birthday song.
●● Rinse hands with water
●● Dry hands with a clean towel
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3. H
ave students stand by their seats. Tell
them you want them to learn how long
20 seconds is.
4. For twenty seconds students can count and…
●● March in place
●● Stretch for the sky using alternate arms
●● Do side bends
●● Wiggle or dance
●● Touch the floor 20 times, any way they want
●● Hop on one or two feet
●● Let students choose a move
5. A
sk the students: Did 20 seconds seem like a
long time? Remind them that they need to wash
their hands for 20 seconds to get rid of dirt and
germs. Ask students if they usually wash their
hands at home before they eat. When else is it
important to wash your hands? [After sneezing,
coughing, using the bathroom, touching a pet,
touching garbage, after changing a diaper and
before or after caring for someone who is sick.]
APPLE
CORE
Students practice counting to 20.
To practice sequencing, later in
the year, demonstrate the wrong
way to wash your hands.
Ask: Can you show me the correct
order to wash your hands?
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Stone Soup
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Objective: Students will name different vegetables.
Nutrition Notes: Vegetable soup can be made in a variety of different ways by adding foods
on hand to a cooking pot.
quipment/materials:Circular rug or other item to represent a cooking pot (optional), food model
E
cards or food pictures of vegetables.
A CT I V IT Y
1. A
sk students: Have you ever had vegetable soup?
What vegetables or other kinds of food were in it?
2. H
ave students form a circle and put something
in the middle of the circle to represent a
cooking pot (if available).
3. G
ive each student a food picture or food model
card. (It’s OK if there are duplicates.) Ask
students to raise their hands if they know the
name of the vegetable on their card. If they
don’t know, have them show their card and ask
others students to help them identify what’s
on their card.
4. T
ell students to start marching in place around
the soup pot.
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5. C
all out a color, e.g. orange and tell students
that everyone that has an orange food on
their card should get in the pot and cook (hop
or jump in place) for 10-15 seconds. While
they are doing this the other students should
continue marching.
6. A
sk all students to stop moving and together,
count the veggies in the pot.
11. As students go back to their seats at the end
of the activity, remind them to eat vegetables
every day.
EXTENSION
rior to the activity, have students draw a picture
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of a favorite vegetable. They can bring this to the
circle instead of a food model card or food picture.
7. T
ell the students in the pot, to drop their cards
and return to the circle.
8. R
epeat steps 4-7, calling out a different color
each time, so another set of students can get
in the pot.
9. C
ontinue naming colors until all students have
had a chance to be part of the soup.
APPLE
CORE
Ask students, “How many vegetables were there in
the orange group? The green group? The red group?”
10.Cool down by walking slowly around the circle
together twice.
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