Germ Activities Pack

Description

Make hygiene fun with this Germ Activities Pack! Kids will love smashing germs, crafting, counting, and exploring with playful, hands-on activities perfect for centers or themed lessons.

What’s included in this Germ Activities Pack?

• Vocabulary Chart
  Includes color chart that can also be used as vocabulary cards, and a black and white printable to color and practice writing the words. 
• Wash Your Hands
  Posters showing the steps for washing hands plus cut and paste sequencing activities.
• Germ Smash Counting
  Count the germs, then find the matching number. Add a ball of playdough to the number then SMASH it!
• Mini Reader
  A little book about Health and Hygiene for students to read and color. Includes accompanying cut and paste sorting worksheet.
• Missing Alphabet Letter
  Use magnetic letters or letter tiles to add the missing letter in the alphabet sequence.
• Tissue Box Craft
  Read and color the tissues germ tips and glue them to the tissue box.
• Dirty and Healthy Hygiene Habits
  Read each habit and clip the happy or sad face to show if its a healthy habit or a dirty one.
• Riddles
  Read the riddle and match the correct vocabulary card.
• Germ Tracing Pages
  Trace the lines from the germs to the hand sanitizer.
• Germs I Spy
  Hide the germ cards around the classroom for the students to spy!
• Pattern Breakers
  Look closely at each pattern and mark the odd one out (pattern breaker) with an X. Activity cards can also be used to extend the patterns.
• CVC Words
  Clip the CVC word that matches the picture shown on the soap bottle.
• Pop the Bubbles
  Flip a soap card, identify the picture, and cover the letter that matches the beginning sound.
• Tens Frame Mats
  Trace the numeral and number word, place the correct number of pom pom germs on the hand, and then add the correct number of germ cards to the tens fram. 
• Addition & Subtraction Cards
  Use the germ cards and hand template to model the simple addition and subtraction equations and find the answer. 
• Hole Punch Activity
  Punch holes in the spots marked on each germ activity strip. 
• Germ Letters
  Hide the letter cards in a sensory bin and students trace the letter on the recording sheet as they find each one. Cards can also be used for alphabet sequencing and memory match games.
• Sight Words
  Activity mats for students to read, build and write sight words. Includes printable recording sheet to practice writing learned words. 
• Germ Name Craft
  A cut and paste craft where students write their names, count the letters, then build their names and stick them on.
• Germ Number Craft
  Cut out the germs, add them to the hands, count the total and record the number.
• Dish Soap & Pepper Science Experiment
  Includes procedures to do the experiment and recording pages for older students.
• Number Counting Activity Cards
  Count the germs on each activity card and write the number. Also includes blank template to draw germs with a dry erase marker then spray and wipe to clean away the germs!
• Number Counting Cards
  Count the germs and match with the correct number to complete each puzzle.

Plus:

Worksheets

Including counting, coloring, tracing, cutting, reading and comparing, identifying shapes, and more!

This Germ Activities Pack is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work 

⭐ As literacy or math center activities during a unit on health and hygiene

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. counting collections of object to 10

How to prepare this Germ Activities Pack?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired.

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Bingo chips

✏️ Pipecleaners

✏️ Beads

✏️ Hole punch

✏️ Poms poms

✏️ Magnetic letters and letter tiles

✏️ Dish soap

✏️ Pepper

✏️ Playdough

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Clothespins