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Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com Vicki Whiting June/July 2020
The way a movie vampire covers his face
with his cape is a good way to stop the
spread of germs. It's called the
Vampire Cough. Next time you
cough or sneeze, cough into the
inside bend of your elbow. If you
cough into your hands, the
germs from your mouth get
spread around.
Think about it—what was the last
thing you touched with the inside
of your elbow?
Use whatever soap gets you scrubbing.
Regular soap works well!
YOU can stop the spread of germs that cause
illness. But you'll need two important pieces
of equipment to get the job done—SOAP and
WARM, RUNNING WATER.
Germs that cause colds and flu are called
viruses and bacteria.
When a virus germ gets inside your
body, it finds a healthy cell and digs its
way inside.
Then it begins to multiply. One virus
germ becomes two. Two become four.
Four become eight.
Soon the cell is full of hundreds of
virus germs.
The germs break out of the healthy cell.
Each germ finds another healthy cell
and begins multiplying. Soon there are
millions of virus germs in your body.
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roper hand washing
requires vigorous
lathering for at least
20 seconds—about
as long as it takes
Lather up both sides of your hands, around your
wrist, between your fingers and around your nails.
Rinse well to remove all the soap.
Dry hands with paper towels. Tip: use a paper
towel to turn off the faucet after washing hands.
At the library, I talk with kids about washing
their hands both before and after they read
our books. They should wash before to help
keep the books nice and clean. That helps the
library. Then they should wash after they're
done reading to remove germs they picked up from the books.
And that helps kids stay healthy.
Standards Link: Health: Students recognize behaviors that promote healthy living.
Standards
Link:
Health:
Students
understand
the
causes
and
recognize
symptoms
of
common
diseases.
to sing the ABC song.
Disgusting germs don't stand
a chance against my powerful
SECRET WEAPON!
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