Description
Are you searching for purposeful life skills and personal hygiene activities for your speech therapy or special education students? It’s a difficult and awkward topic, and you are at your wits end trying to find something appropriate for your speech and language sessions or check ins. Check out these hands-on activities to teach, generalize, and self-assess personal hygiene.
The perfect addition to your functional life skills curriculum!
Designed to be inclusive and adaptable, these life skills activities are perfect for a wide range of ages and abilities. Whether you’re teaching young children the basics of hygiene or guiding teens through more complex routines, this product is versatile enough to meet your needs.
This product works well with all ages:
- For children – teaching hygienic items and their uses.
- For teens – including teen hygienic items, sequences for older chores such as laundry, and checklists for hygiene self-assessment.
These life skills activities help introduce or teach personal hygiene an engaging mix of activities designed to make learning about hygiene routines accessible and enjoyable.
✅ WHAT’S INCLUDED:
What is Personal Hygiene? Social Story
• A social story to introduce the topic and explain the importance of hygiene. Instructions included on how to fold into a mini book.
Personal Hygiene Flipbook
• The flipbook defines hygiene, explains why it’s important, and discusses 3 main topics: teeth brushing, hand washing, and showering/clothing. The final page has 10 true/false questions as a review of the material.
Hygienic Items Flash Cards
• 12 hygiene item cards and 4 WH question cards
• Ideas: Print 2 sets to play a matching game.
Place item cards and question cards face down in respective piles. The student selects one of each and answers the question.
Hygiene Questions Dice Activity
• Use this activity to answer and discuss:
What are the hygienic items for?
How often do you use it?
Why do you use it?
Bathroom Interactive Scene
• A hands-on activity to teach or generalize personal hygiene concepts.
• Idea: You may consider laminating and placing Velcro behind individual pieces for long-term use.
Hand Washing Routine & Sequencing Match-Up
Brushing Teeth Routine & Sequencing Match-Up
Taking a Shower Routine & Sequencing Match-Up
Doing Laundry Routine & Sequencing Match-Up
Morning Personal Hygiene Checklist
• Checklist for teens to self-regulate daily personal hygiene.
• Empty space included for customization.
Self Assessment Page
• Use as an opportunity to have a student assess their hygiene and discuss what they can improve. Blank lines included for customization.
Black and white versions are found at the end of the document. Use as ink-saving or coloring options.
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SLPS AND EDUCATORS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Used this for my special education classroom in a Jr/Sr. High school and it worked well for the lesson that I was completing. The topic can be difficult for the students to understand, or want to talk about, so this was a great purchase for me!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A good way to tackle an uncomfortable subject. Thanks so much.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I bought this package for my high school special ed classroom. Personal hygiene is sometimes a difficult topic to discuss with teens, but something I needed to address as a life skill with my students. This package worked out perfectly! The activities were engaging, and lead to important discussions. I will be using the flashcards again to review! Great purchase :)”
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⭐ YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ⭐
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This is a digital product that will be available for download upon purchase. Due to the nature of this product, there are no returns.
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jobeth bocock –
so excited to use with my older kiddos
Love Speech Therapy by Betsy B. –
This is great for students to learn about hygiene. Thank you!
Tanya H. –
Very helpful!
Ann H. –
Great Info!
Jessica M. –
Great product. Excited to try it this fall.
Melanie G. –
Great visuals
Antonia L. –
The print outs are very useful and can be used in multiple age groups
Michelle S. –
Thanks!
Rachel Lubitz –
Amazing Resource!!!!
Dawn F. –
Great resource – In addition to the game you provide, I want to make a memory game with the flash cards. Thanks!
aimee ponton –
Awesome! Thanks
Colleen R. –
Super helpful!
Jamie Slowinski –
Thanks for this helpful resource!
Lauren P. –
Great resource!
Amy N. –
Thank you!
Rebecca S. –
So excited to use this in my high school moderate ID classroom this year!
Katie Jensen –
Great!
Teaching Special Ed –
Perfect for teaching students to identify items and learn routines for hygiene! Thanks so much!
Kathy W. –
Thanks!
Gina O’Rourke –
very thorough and helpful
Inspired SLP –
I really like this product but was disappointed that the bottom of the pages were cut off when I printed them, losing some information and/or artwork.
thebrewedteacher –
Great resource!
Samantha L. –
Good Resource
Buyer –
Very helpful. Great activity to help make things fun.
Desira N. –
worked great
Joey Kerby –
Love this!
Andrea B. –
awesome!
Cinnamon T. –
My Life Skills kiddos enjoy this product! I love the graphics/images; it is an overall great product!
Tiffany Reynolds –
Looking forward to using this with my students!
Joanne M. –
I bought this package for my high school special ed classroom. Personal hygiene is sometimes a difficult topic to discuss with teens, but something I needed to address as a life skill with my students. This package worked out perfectly! The activities were engaging, and lead to important discussions. I will be using the flashcards again to review! Great purchase 🙂
Lauren E. –
Awesome
eric S. –
Awesome
Traci Barnard –
Great resource!
Alyson M. –
Great Visuals, I really like the page where students place the items where they go in the bathroom.
jamie halye –
Love this!