Wash Your Hands Before You Eat
Clean hands help keep germs away from your food. Wash them each time before you eat.
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Get ready. Go to a sink. Push up your sleeves so they stay dry.
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Wet your hands. Turn on the tap. Hold both hands under clean, running water.
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Add soap. Turn off the tap. Put soap on your wet hands.
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Rub and scrub. Rub your palms together. Scrub the backs of your hands, too.
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Wash all over. Rub between your fingers. Scrub your thumbs and under your nails.
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Keep scrubbing. Scrub for at least 20 seconds. You can sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice while you scrub.
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Rinse. Turn on the tap. Hold your hands under clean, running water until the soap is gone.
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Dry. Turn off the tap. Dry your hands with a clean towel or let them air-dry.
Now your hands are clean. It is time to eat!
- germs:
- Tiny things that can make you sick.
- sleeves:
- The parts of a shirt that cover your arms.
- tap:
- The part of a sink where water comes out.
- scrub:
- To rub something well to clean it.
- palms:
- The inside parts of your hands.
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“Wash Your Hands Before You Eat” is a instructions reading passage about Handwashing, written for 1st Grade. It takes about 1 minute to read (154 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.