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Activity 19
Look at the pictures on the next page.
What needs cleaning
at home?
What needs cleaning at school?
Why?
Activity 20
Who cleans things at home?
What do YOU clean?
Show how
you clean things.
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READING
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We clean food. |
ASK YOURSELF
What things do I clean?
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THINGS I CLEAN MYSELF What things do I
clean? |
REMEMBER
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Many things need cleaning. |
HOMEWORK
Ask your family how to clean something.
OR
Ask your family why we clean things.
Activity 21
Look at Picture 1.
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Where has Muke been?
Are his hands clean or dirty?
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What is Muke doing now?
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Are his hands clean or dirty now?
READING
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Dirt is everywhere.
Sometimes we can see the dirt. |

Activity 22
Dirt can make you sick.
How can it get in your
mouth?
ASK YOURSELF
Am I afraid of dirt? Why? Why not?
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HOW I FEEL ABOUT DIRT I am afraid of dirt because......................... |
REMEMBER
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Dirt makes you sick. |
HOMEWORK
Ask your family how dirt makes you sick.
Activity 23
Show what you do with your hands in the day.
What are the
danger points?
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HOMEWORK
Draw a picture of yourself and your home.
First draw
yourself. Show
your hands and nails
your feet
your hair
your mouth and teeth
Draw some of your clothes.
Draw some food.
Draw the
water in the house.
Draw the toilet.
Draw the rubbish pit.
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MY HOME
This is your house. Draw yourself in the house. Then draw clothes, food, water, toilet, rubbish pit. |
Show the picture to your family.
Activity 24
Muke and Mule are going to eat.
They are washing their
hands.
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How is Muke washing his hands?
How is Mule washing her
hands?
Are they the same?
Which way do you like to wash your
hands?
Why?
READING
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There is always dirt on our hands.
Use soap.
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ASK YOURSELF
When do I wash my hands?
How do I wash my hands?
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WASHING MY HANDS I must wash my
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REMEMBER
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Always use soap to wash your hands. |
HOMEWORK
Ask your family about when you should wash your hands.

Activity 25
How many times do you wash your hands in a day?
How many
times do you wash your body?
How many times do you clean your teeth?
How
many times do you wash your clothes in a week?
How often do you wash your
hair?
Why do you do these things?
Activity 26
Name the parts of the body. skin armpit hair hands teeth nails feet

Why is it important to clean these parts?
Tell the class
why.
READING
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If you eat with dirty hands... |
you will get sick. |
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If you keep yourself clean... |
you will not get sick. |
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If your armpits are clean... |
you will smell nice. |
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If you wash your hair... |
you will look nice. |
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If you clean your teeth... |
your teeth will be strong. |
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If you cut your nails short... |
your hands will be clean. |
Activity 27
Sing this song. The monitor will check your cleanliness.
Have you washed?
- Yes, come and see, we have washed!
If you have not washed you should go and wash.
- Yes, come and see, we have washed!
ASK YOURSELF
Have I bathed today?
Have I cleaned my teeth?
Have I
washed my hands?
Have I combed my hair?
Are my clothes clean?
Are my
nails short and clean?
Do I look clean? Do I feel clean?
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BEING CLEAN I feel clean today. |
REMEMBER
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Keep yourself clean! |
HOMEWORK
Teach the song to your brothers and sisters at home.
What
are the washing rules in your house? Ask your family.
Activity 28
Talk about the picture.

Chilo and Kalwe are hungry. They want to eat this food.
Is
the food safe?
READING
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Flies carry dirt. They leave dirt on our food. |
Activity 29
How can we keep food safe from flies?
What do you do in
your house?

ASK YOURSELF

Do flies walk on my food?
Do I always cover food?
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COVERING FOOD In my house we cover food
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REMEMBER

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Always cover food. |
HOMEWORK

Ask your family:
Where do we find flies?
How can we keep
away flies?
Tell the class what they said.
We need water for drinking, cooking and washing.
We need
CLEAN water.

Activity 30
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Is the water in the glasses clean or dirty?
How do you
know?
Activity 31
Talk about the pictures.
They show what makes water
dirty.
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What can you see in the pictures?
How does water get
dirty?
READING
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Dirty water is not safe to drink.
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ASK YOURSELF
Do I always drink clean water?
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MY WATER My water is always safe because........................ |
REMEMBER
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Drink safe clean water! |
HOMEWORK
Ask your family how to make water clean.
Activity 32
Go outside and walk around the school.
Pick up some
rubbish.
Put it in a box or sack.
Throw it in the pit.
Wash your hands
with soap and running water.
Go back to the classroom.
Talk about the
rubbish you found.
Why is it good to throw away rubbish in the pit?
Why
did you wash your hands?
READING
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Rubbish is bad. It brings flies and other animals. They eat the rubbish and pick up dirt. Then they come to eat our food. They bring dirt on their feet. They put the dirt on our food. The dirt can make us sick. Throw rubbish in the pit. Then the flies will have nothing to eat. They will not put dirt on our food.
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ASK YOURSELF
Do I always pick up rubbish?
Do I always put rubbish in a
pit or bin?
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HOW CAN I HELP WITH RUBBISH? I can |
REMEMBER
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Rubbish is dirty. |
HOMEWORK
Pick up rubbish at home and throw it in a pit.
Tell your
family what you have done and why.