Is there a song that your students already know the melody to? For example, Bobby McFerrin�s - Don�t Worry Be Happy is well known and well liked here. You could write lyrics based on hygeine and health to that well known melody, and have the students act out (perform the actions of) and dance to what they are singing.
For example,
Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don �t worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you �re unhealthy you make it double
Don �t worry, be happy......
When I get up I wash my face
I brush my teeth before I take my place
To eat breakfast
That �s healthy
This is the way we comb our hair
Happy to say there �s no lice there
Cause I �m healthy
Let �s be happy
This is the way we wash our clothes
They �re fresh and nice
and smell good to the nose
Be happy. We �re healthy.
We have an awesome morning routine
We shower or bathe to keep us clean
We �re washing, dancing and splashing.
The soap kills germs
They wash away
We scrub them off day by day.
We �re healthy. And Happy.
And if you don �t wash
What do you think?
You will get sick
And start to stink.
Be happy. Be healthy.
We wash our hands
and clean the table
to kill the germs when we are able.
Be happy. Be healthy.
We clean our house
We mop and sweep
for we have a promise to keep
Stay healthy. to live a great life.
Go to the doctor
for preventive care
If any disease is lurking there
He �ll treat it and cure it.
And when you �re sick,
Stay home from school
You don �t want to be the fool
who speads germs around
And gets his friends sick.
Go to the dentist for preventive care.
There �s germs in your mouth
So please beware.
Brush your teeth
to avoid cavities.
Don �t eat a lot of sugar
or candy sweets.
They are not good for your teeth.
And be active
So you don �t put weight on.
Exercise your muscles and your mind.
Run around at recess
and plan a study time.
Eat healthy.
If you �re healthy, you �re wealthy.
This is just an idea of what you might want to try. I �m sure you and your students can come up with your own creative lyrics and actions, and maybe you can use a different song (from a popular movie?) as a basis. Here is the melody fo the McFerrin song. h
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