Singing to help young kids remember to wash their hands

Teaching the steps of proper handwashing through a modified nursery song might help young children maintain better hand hygiene. — Filepic

A musical mnemonic based on a popular nursery rhyme, can help young children learn and remember the proper hand hygiene technique and prevent the spread of common infections, suggests an article published in the 2019 Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Using a song, where the instructions are stated before each step, may help children to learn the proper hand-washing technique, by making it more fun and easier to remember.