Teaching Material

Hi everyone, it’s me Ika. Here I would like to share a short-story for elementary school entitled Bye-bye Mr.Germs. I made it for my college project in 2016 and also for my teaching material. In this story, there is a young boy named James who felt sick after eating cookies — long story short, James forgot to wash his hands which caused his stomach feel hurt. In the other hand, there is a moral value that young student can learn from James’ experience — especially when in this pandemic breaks. Yup, it’s about the importance of keep your hygiene, so you can prevent yourself from having an illness.

I do really hope that it helps many teachers and students out there to learn. Enjoy!

Bye-bye Mr.Germs

James’ story about his stomachache

“Hello, My name is James and I like chocolate chips cookies very much”

“This morning, I see my mom cook some chocolate cookies in the kitchen”

“Hmm…. I love how its smells spread around in the kitchen and the smell of freshly baked cookies is so yummy”

“So, I can not wait to taste all of them. I feel so happy”

“Suddenly, I feel that my bloated stomach forces it through my mouth and I spit up all the food again and again.”

“I did not know what happen to my stomach”

“Mom said that I may have forgotten something before eat”

“I am thinking about whats wrong about it ?”

“Oh, I get it”

“Then I realize that I don’t wash my hands before eat. Mom told me that Mr. Germs, a bunch of bad germs, might enter my body because I did not wash my hands before eat”

“I know that it’s wrong”

“I should have washed my hands first”

“Then, I could have tasted a chocolate chips cookie without getting stomach ache”

“I think that washing hands before eating is right thing to do. So, for now and soon I always washing my hands before eating”