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Q: Why does my child sing the alphabet song/ask me to sing the alphabet song whenever they are washing their hands?
A: A few (slow news) weeks ago when a certain virus garnered a staggering amount of media attention, we teachers took current events as a cue to re-up our commitment to scaffolding good personal hygiene habits with the kids. Since we are in a group setting with a lot of young children, we are pretty adamant about enforcing frequent hand washing breaks. Time and time again, we have seen successful this simple act is at discouraging the spread of illness. We will admit, however, that it isn't always easy to get a child who just wants to get right back into playing to do a very thorough cleaning job at the sink. For the last few weeks, our hand washing ritual goes like this; soap + water + rubbing hands together, (including the backs of the hands and in between the fingers) while singing the ABC song from start to finish. The only difference is we have changed the last verse to "Now I know my ABC's, and my hands are clean which is totally awesome!"
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