Teaching the toddlers the good health habits is a difficult task. Very important is making them understand the importance of health and habits is difficult like cleaning the teeth helps them become long lasting, washing hands keeps them away from germs and infections and many more things. They do not understand the meaning of germs and which can not be seen is still difficult to teach.

Children have a tendency to follow their parents or siblings. Therefore the parents should follow hygiene the children automatically learn health habits. Parents should make recognize the children that they wash their hands before handling food, after playing, after handling the animals or playing with them and after the restroom, coughing and sneezing. Brushing the teeth at least twice a day is also important. A quick wash after play time is a very good habit.

Another important thing is to explain the children the habits and reasons behind them. For children it is difficult to understand them at first but repeated explanations make it easy. Here the television adds play role in supporting parent’s explanations. Inspiring the children for health habits and giving incentives for good jobs is helpful. Making the children do these things along with parents is encouraging them for the job to be done.

Motivating the children to do follow the health habits on their own is a good idea to make them habitual to it. The habits should be taught to them before letting them do on their own. Here it is understood that the job won’t be up to the mark and parents need to do it again but still it should be followed. While teaching the habits all the related acts should be taught and care should be taken to avoid any accidents. Climbing on the stool to reach the basin and opening the tap are tricky things. They should be taught to the children. While taking bath possibility of falls due to soap is possible. Children should be asked to sit on a stool comfortably and then taught to take bath. While brushing the teeth the position should be such that the child can not run away. Brushing can be done in bath tub also. Here also it is difficult for the children to run away.

Apart from personal hygiene a well balanced diet, regular exercise and sound and adequate sleep are also good health habits and they also should be followed. Children should be made to eat food of all kinds. It can be done by understanding the nutrition concept and making variety of food preparations balancing the nutrients. Importance of balanced food and the ingredients of each food and their requirements for body should be explained to the children.

A little or even lot of fun can be added to these habits so that the children enjoy doing them and therefore want to do them. Thus the habit develops.