Elementary Health Lesson Plans | Germs and how they spread exercise

Neat idea

Fun activity for young children.

I have done a lesson plan about germs and how they spread with glitter and I found it to be way to messy for my liking. Another suggestion would be to use small stickers. Have one person start as a person who is sick (they start with the stickers). Have them go around and whatever or who ever they touch gets a some sticker and both people go around sticking stickers to whatever they touch. This could be an introduction activity to the idea of how quickly germs can spread and can lead into discussions about preventing the spread of germs (hand washing, coughing into a Kleenex, washing door handles, etc)