12A | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
© 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Special Edition
Now that your hands are nice
and clean, they could use a
little exercise. Try these:
Spread your fingers out
as far as possible. Feel that
s-t-r-e-t-c-h? Now squeeze
them into two tight fists.
Repeat 10 times.
Remember the last time
you had a cold or the flu?
It was pretty
miserable. You
sneezed, coughed
and had no energy.
But there’s an easy
way to avoid all
that: Just join
Kid Scoop’s
SCRUB SQUAD.
HOW TO JOIN: You join automatically
every time you wash your hands!
Stand with your feet slightly
apart. Reach your hands up,
up, UP as high as you can.
Now bend and reach for your
toes. Repeat 10 times.
Using hand sanitizer shouldn’t be a
_________________ for washing your
hands with soap and _________. While
sanitizer does kill _________, it doesn’t
do a very good job of getting rid of
__________ dirt. Think of hand sanitizer
as just a little “touch-up” ____________
hand washings with good ol’ soap
and water.
Extend your arms straight out,
level with your shoulders.
Slowly start twirling your
arms in a circular motion.
Spin them faster and faster
for 60 seconds.
Hold your hands out in front
of you. Reach over your
shoulders and pat your back
for 30 seconds. Cross your
arms and try again. Do this
for 30 seconds. You deserve
a pat on the back!
Rub your hands together under
warm running water. Make sure
to get wet up to your wrists.
Use a generous amount of soap.
Liquid soap, powdered soap or
bar soap are all great.
SCRUB: Get the palms, back
of your hands, wrists, under
your nails and between your
fingers for at least 20 seconds.
Rinse your hands to get rid of
the soap (and dirt and germs).
Air dry your hands or use
a clean towel, either cloth
or paper.
When should I wash my hands?
• after playing DISTOUE
• after using the STROMORE
• before eating or KONCOGI
• after petting SANIMLA
• before and after visiting a sick DRFNEI
• after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing
• after taking out the RATHS
Healthy fun! Get a set of FREE hand washing
activity pages for your classroom at
kidscoop.com/scrub-squad/
Select three paragraphs in a newspaper article.
Can you scrub away some of the words to
make shorter sentences without losing
important details?
How many hands
and bubbles can you
find on this page?
SANITIZER
BATHROOM
COUGHING
MEMORIZE
BUBBLES
SQUAD
ELBOW
SCRUB
DIRTY
AVOID
GERMS
TOWEL
PALMS
NOSE
SOAP
A synonym is a
word that means the
same or nearly the
same thing as
another word. Search
the newspaper for
synonyms for the
word CLEAN.
Then, look for
synonyms for the
word DIRTY.
Which were easier
to find?
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
S T H G P A O S D B
M O S N A E L C A U
R W C I L A N T U B
This week’s word:
SQUAD
The noun squad means
a team or crew that work
together.
My squad was in charge of
cleaning the playground.
Try to use the word squad
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word SQUAD in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
E E R H M Y H O Q B
G L U G S R T N S L
D W B U O A S R H E
M E M O R I Z E I S
I N M C W A V O I D
G R E Z I T I N A S
Someone put too much
detergent in the washing
machine, and now your town
is getting covered in soapsuds!
Write a news article describing
the scene.
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