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As children head back to school and the world braces
for the flu, we are all teaching children the fundamentals of
good hygiene. Nothing works better than a song to instill these
habits! I suggest you download and play the recorded version, adding
the simple hand motions. Do this once a day for the first week or two
of school and you’ll have a good start! Of course you can also sing
the song without accompaniment, or with your own by using the sheet
music with guitar chords. Have a happy, healthy fall!
Keeping the
Germs Away
1.
Gonna wash my hands throughout the day
(pretend to wash hands)
Before I eat and after I play
(ASL sign
for eat, sign for play SEE BELOW)
I’m gonna scrub, dub, rub a dub dub
(pretend to wash hands)
Gonna wash my hands, scrub a dub, dub,
Scrub-a-dub-dub
Gonna keep those germs away
(push hands away)
Just doing these two things every day
(hold up 2 fingers)
2.
Gonna cover my mouth when I cough or sneeze
Right
into my elbow, right into my sleeve
(on word “cover” lean head to inside of bent arm
near elbow)
I’m gonna cover, cover, cover my mouth
(on word “cover” lean head to inside of bent arm
near elbow)
When I cough or sneeze
(cover, cover, cover it up)
Gonna keep those germs away
(push hands away)
Just doing these two things every day
(hold up 2 fingers)
(Repeat above motions
during lyrics below)
Scrub a dub,
dub, scrub a dub dub
Cover, cover, cover it up
Gonna keep those germs away
Gonna do these two things everyday
3. Gonna wash my hands throughout the day
Before
I eat and after I play
I’m gonna cover, cover, cover my mouth
When I cough or sneeze
(cover, cover, cover it up)
Gonna keep those germs away
Just doing these two things every day
I’m gonna keep those germs away
Just doing these two things every day
Cover, cover, cover it up
Scrub-a dub-dub, scrub-a-dub dub
Cover, cover, cover it up
Scrub-a dub-dub, scrub-a-dub dub
ASL sign for EAT:
Fingers of right hand together,
toward mouth as if eating
ASL sign for PLAY:
Both hands with 3 middle fingers
closed (Y hand), shaken back and forth, pivoted at wrist
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September
2009 Song of the Month