DOCUMENTARY: “PERSONAL HYGIENE” by Brainpop.com. 2017. 5 minutes and 28 seconds long. Rated G. SUMMARY: This documentary started as the two main characters, Tim and Moby, get a question from a viewer. The question is about personal hygiene and why it is important to take showers and brush our teeth. It then goes into several … Continue reading Personal Hygiene with Brainpop.com
POPULAR FILM “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” directed by David Bowers in 2012; 94 minutes long and rated PG SUMMARY: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” is about the two main characters, Greg and Rowley, spending most of their summer at a country club pretending to work there. They are being exposed … Continue reading Personal Hygiene with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
APPLICATION: Even Monsters Get Sick by Busy Bee Studios. Published in 2015, version 1.7.1. It costs $0.99 and is only available on iPads. It can be found here. SUMMARY: This app is a story app that follows as they try to figure out what is wrong with his pet monster. They are navigated through … Continue reading 3-5th graders’ Personal Heath relating to Monster’s Health
General Information: Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition by Lizzy Rockwell; Published in 1999 by HarperCollinsPublisher. This book is a great choice for parents, educators, and children because it explains so much about how to keep your body healthy. Throughout this book it includes information about what your body does … Continue reading Personal Hygiene Non-Fiction Book for 3-5 Students
General Information: Hygiene…You Stink! By: Julia Cook. Published in 1964 by Boys Town Press. This book personifies different household items and follows their journey about how to keep personal hygiene. I like this book because even at 3rd grade, I think that the children will be able to sit long enough to read it (32 … Continue reading Personal Hygiene Fiction Book for 3-5 Students
General Information: We chose this website because it has a blog post about different ways to incorporate personal hygiene into children’s lives in an easy way. It has a few short bullet points about different things that can be incorporated into the child’s life to promote good personal hygiene habits, with examples. The post can … Continue reading Engaging Internet Resource for Parents: Ministry of Education, Guyana
General Information: Not only was this a great resource for students, but it has SO many resources for teachers. It focuses mainly on health education and will provide lesson plans on any content area while aligning themselves to the Washington (or state of your choosing) state standards. We were able to find SO many different … Continue reading Informative Internet Source for Teachers: Brainpop Educators
General Information: The Meaning of Beep We chose this website because it is an interactive game about personal hygiene that students can use. We chose it because it starts out with a video, and then dives into the activity. It even states at the bottom of the page that this activity is best suited for … Continue reading Interactive Internet Source for 3-5 Students: The Meaning of Beep