This document provides information on personal hygiene and why it is important. It discusses maintaining cleanliness and grooming of areas like the mouth, hands, body, hair and feet. Specific hygiene activities that are recommended include brushing teeth twice daily, flossing once daily, regular dental checkups, handwashing especially after touching common surfaces, showering daily with soap, washing sweat prone and odor prone areas, using deodorant, and changing clothes regularly.

1. A fancy way of saying keeping yourself nice and clean!!!

2. • What is personal hygiene?
• Why is it important?
• What activities are involved in keeping yourself
clean and well groomed?
• What are some other ways to keep yourself
healthy?

3. Keeping your teeth, gums
and mouth healthy!
Why is it important?
• Need teeth to chew
• Need teeth to speak
• Don’t want bad breath
• Make you look nice- nice smile!

4. Brush your teeth-
Twice per day with toothpaste
 in the morning and before bed
 For 2 minutes
Floss!!!
 Once per day- between teeth
 to keep gums healthy.
Go to Dentist
 Every 6 months (2x/year)
Does everyone have a dentist? Anyone need one?
Dental Clinic Available at Briscoe

5. Why do we need to keep our hands clean?
• Cause colds, the flu, stomach bugs…
They can also make us stinky…
Germs are bacteria and
viruses that can make
us sick.

6. Where do the germs hide?
Everywhere on you… in your nose, eyes, mouth, feet,
armpits, privates, and especially your hands!!!
Everywhere in the environment… doorknobs, railings,
elevator buttons, other peoples hands (when you
shake.)
Some germs are good for us… but many are not.

7. Sing Happy Birthday when scrubbing to make sure that
you are scrubbing long enough!

8. Fingernails
Keep them clean, trim and filed. If
long and dirty, they hold a lot of
germs! (and look gross.)
Girls may grow them out longer so
they can file them to keep them
from getting jagged. You can use
polish or have manicures and
pedicures as a fun way of keeping
nails clean and pretty!

9. Head
Face
Ears
Underarms
Privates
Feet
• Not just getting in,
getting wet, and
getting out!!!
• In order to get
clean- you have to
pay attention to the
following… think
Head to Toe!
Shower Everyday!!!

10. Head- Shampoo hair well-
scrub scalp and hair to the
ends then rinse thoroughly.
Condition if needed and rinse.
Face- wash with gentle soap
and water and rinse well to
prevent breakouts.
Apply moisturizer and sunblock
after you get out.

11. Wash with SOAP and water- make sure you
wash all areas that sweat and can cause body
odor (underarms and privates) and rinse well.
Wash your feet well- between
toes and behind your ankles!

12. When you get out of the shower…
• Dry yourself off well! Between the toes,
under your arms, etc!
• Apply deodorant- so you don’t get smelly
again. You can also use powders, lotions or
body sprays.
• Apply sunblock to protect against
the sun
PUT ON CLEAN CLOTHING!!!

13. BOYS: Face- use razor with shaving cream
or an electric razor. Some need to shave
more often than others.
GIRLS: Underarms, legs-usually shave to
remove hair
Other places girls have hair that they may
want to remove- eyebrows, lip, chin-
waxing, plucking, creams, laser- personal
preference and what you and your family
are comfortable with.

14. • Wash Feet Daily!!!
• Wear Clean Socks Daily
• Trim Toenails When They Get Too Long
• If Nails Get Red Or Swollen- See the Doctor (it
may be ingrown and need medicine to heal)
• IF FEET SMELL-consider Using Powder,
Cushion Pads, Airing Shoes Out Or Rotating
Shoes To Give Time To Air Out

15. WASH YOUR CLOTHS OFTEN!
• UNDERWEAR, SOCKS, T-SHIRTS-
AFTER 1 DAY
• JEANS, SWEATSHIRTS/SWEATERS-
AFTER A 2-3 WEARS OR WHEN THEY
LOOK DIRTY OR ARE SMELLY.
USE LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND WARM
WATER IF AVAILABLE. (COLD WATER IS
OK TOO.)

16. Eat well
Sleep well
Exercise
Protect from sun- use sunblock, no tanning.

17. Demonstrations:
Teeth brushing
Hand washing
Thank you for listening!