Overview
Discover strategies to help children stay safe and healthy by washing away germs. Children will learn how to wash their hands and see examples of when they should wash their hands.
Aanya and her pet cat, Neela, discover that their daily activities can leave hands sticky, dirty, or covered in germs. Aanya learns four simple steps to getting her hands clean:
- Wet my hands
- Use soap and scrub for 20 seconds.
- Rinse my hands.
- Dry my hands.
This story shows handwashing in home and public restrooms with liquid and solid soaps to demonstrate what handwashing might look like in different environments. I Can Wash My Hands includes activities and strategies which teach the importance of cleanliness, handwashing and helping children practice handwashing procedures.
This book showcases diversity in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world.
About the I Can Be an MVP series
The I Can Be an MVP series paperback books help children ages 2-6 practice social-emotional skills and self-help routines. These short stories are designed with simple, memorable scripts and illustrations focused on a singular behavior or process. Children will feel empowered as they begin to understand how to navigate new or unfamiliar situations or learn a new pattern of behavior. Each title includes teaching tips and practice strategies.
About MVP Kids
Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their
communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning.
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