National Infection Prevention and Control Manual have a number of ideas and materials for you and your child to use to help with hand washing:

• Children's Pack - full of materials and ideas to encourage children to make hand washing part of their everyday routines.
• Reward Chart - A chart that can be filled out when your child washes their hands.
• Handy Hints for Teachers - Some ideas to help make hand washing part of the school day.

This cartoon animation helps to explain why, when and how hands should be washed. 

The Health Hub has created an animation with the 'Washy Washy Clean' song to help young children wash their hands.

Sensory Difficulties

Some people find hand washing difficult because of sensory differences.  They might not like the smell or feel of the soap, noisy hand driers or even just going from having dry hands to having wet hands.  Below is a link to some tips that might help.

Hand Washing Tips for People With Sensory Difficulties