Handwashing & Educational Resources

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Download the 3 posters in English or the following languages: 

11" x 8.5"
8.5" x 11"
8.5" x 11"

School Resources

Kindergarten to Grade 3

Day Care & Day Home Resources

Do Bugs Need Drugs Daycare Program

The Do Bugs Need Drugs? (DBND) daycare program is for early childhood educators and children age two to five years. It emphasizes the importance of teaching young children about handwashing and introduces the concept of germs and illness.

Out-Of-School Care Program

8.5" x 11", 36 pages

Keep Germs Away – Resources for Out-of-School-Care Programs provides information and tools for promoting handwashing and preventing the spread of infections in out-of-school-care programs. The activities are intended to be a learning experience for both students and caregivers. 

Used and modified in part with permission from Germs Away, a program for grades four to six, developed by the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (NARP) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). 

8.5" x 11", 29 pages