When Ann Dzwonchyk, Wellness Educator with Evangelical Community Health and Wellness, demonstrates hand hygiene to young kids, she asks how many sides their hands have.

“Remember, your hands have two sides,” she tells them. “You’ve got to get both sides.”

Handwashing is recommended by all healthcare providers as one of the best ways to keep germs like COVID-19 and other viruses from making us ill. Dzwonchyk teaches kids to be aware of the five times hand washing is needed:

– before eating or preparing food, and that includes handling utensils or setting the table

– when returning home after playing outside or visiting another place

– after touching or hugging a pet

– after using the bathroom

– after coughing or sneezing into your hand. (Of course, it’s better to use your elbow, but hands are better than releasing germs into the air.)

“Proper handwashing is typically done through a