Staying Clean and Healthy: Hygiene for Kids

Marvel the puppy and his friends learn about personal hygiene in this latest installment from the excellent series Marvel and Friends (formerly known as Skill-Building Buddies [VL-3/08]). Staying Clean and Healthy: Hygiene for Kids approaches the subject from a kid's perspective in segments—ranging from “What Is Dirty?” to “Let's Get Clean!”—that combine animation with live-action vignettes featuring an engaging multicultural cast, with Marvel making appearances to emphasize key ideas. Showering, brushing teeth, washing hair, and clipping nails are all demonstrated, and viewers also learn the importance of clean clothes and how to wash hands properly in this effective program that presents cleanliness as something that's fun, not a chore. Because this title was designed especially for children with developmental disorders (although it is appropriate for all), every skill is broken down into small steps that can be easily modeled. Recommended. Aud: K, E, P. (E. Gieschen)