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Hygiene Habits: Your Personal Routine

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Lesson Plan

Hygiene Habits: Your Personal Routine

Students will understand the significance of personal hygiene and develop their own personalized hygiene routine.

Good hygiene boosts health, confidence, and social interactions, providing students with essential lifelong habits.

Audience

7th Grade Students

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Interactive and personalized activities.

Materials

Personal Hygiene Checklist Worksheet

Prep

Review and Prepare Materials

5 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Discussion

5 minutes

  • Introduce the concept of personal hygiene and its importance.
  • Ask students how they think hygiene impacts health and daily interactions.
  • Highlight key hygiene practices relevant to their age group.

Step 2

Activity: Checklist Completion

15 minutes

  • Distribute the Personal Hygiene Checklist Worksheet.
  • Instruct students to review and mark their current hygiene habits.
  • Encourage self-reflection by asking them to think of improvements to their routine.

Step 3

Personalization & Sharing

5 minutes

  • Guide each student to create a personalized hygiene routine.
  • Allow a few volunteers to share their routines and suggestions.
  • Summarize the session and reinforce the importance of regular hygiene practices.
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Slide Deck

Welcome to Hygiene Habits!

Today we'll explore why hygiene is key and how to create a routine that works for you.

Introduce the lesson and highlight why personal hygiene is important. Emphasize that their routines will help boost health, confidence, and social interactions.

What is Personal Hygiene?

Let's define personal hygiene and why it matters. Think about what you do every day to stay clean and healthy.

Discuss with students what personal hygiene means and ask interactive questions about their current routines.

Activity: Hygiene Checklist

Complete the Personal Hygiene Checklist Worksheet to reflect on your daily hygiene habits.

Guide the students to complete the Personal Hygiene Checklist Worksheet. Ask them to mark current practices and areas for improvement.

Create Your Personal Routine

Using your reflections, develop a personalized hygiene routine that suits your lifestyle. Share your ideas if you’d like!

Allow students to personalize their routine. Encourage a few volunteers to share their ideas with the class.

Recap & Why It Matters

Good hygiene boosts your health, confidence, and social interactions. Keep your routine regular and tweak it as needed.

Summarize key points and reinforce why maintaining good hygiene is beneficial.

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Worksheet

Personal Hygiene Checklist

Below is a checklist of common hygiene practices. Read each item and check if it is part of your daily or regular routine. For each item, mark 'Yes' if you do it regularly, or 'No' if you occasionally or never do it. Then, reflect on what you might improve or change about your habits.

Instructions:

  1. For each hygiene practice, circle or write 'Yes' or 'No'.


  2. Next to each item, write a short note on why you do or don't do this practice, or what could help improve it in your daily routine.


  3. At the end, write a brief reflection on one new healthy habit you want to incorporate into your routine.


Hygiene Practices

  1. Brushing your teeth at least twice a day

    • Do you brush your teeth regularly? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  2. Washing your hands before meals and after using the restroom

    • Do you wash your hands regularly? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  3. Showering or bathing regularly

    • Do you shower or bathe on a regular basis? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  4. Using deodorant or antiperspirant daily

    • Do you apply deodorant daily? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  5. Washing your face every day

    • Do you clean your face daily? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  6. Keeping your hair clean by washing it regularly

    • Do you wash your hair as needed? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


  7. Changing clothes (especially underwear) daily

    • Do you change into clean clothes daily? (Yes/No): ______________


    • Note: __________________________________________________________________


Personal Reflection

Think about your current hygiene routine. Write one new healthy habit you want to start practicing and explain how it might improve your daily routine:

______________________________










Great work on reflecting about your personal hygiene habits! Remember, practicing good hygiene boosts your health, confidence, and overall well-being.

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