How to Teach Kids How to Blow Their Nose

There are myriad life skills we have the privilege of teaching our children, but few can be messier or more frustrating than helping them learn to blow their noses. Likewise, it can become just as frustrating for them and, in fact, inhibit them from learning as fast as they should.

Things You'll Need

  • Cotton Balls
  • Micro machines

Instructions

    • 1

      Talk to him about blowing his nose and why it is important. When he is sick, nothing can be more problematic than putting up with that runny nose.

    • 2

      Make sure he knows when you blow your nose. Show him how you do it.

    • 3

      Have her feel the air coming out of your nose when you breathe out, then have her feel it coming out of her own nose without doing anything at all. It is so natural, it will be exciting to learn she is already doing it and now needs to learn to control it.

    • 4

      Make up a superhero, maybe Super Schnoz or The Green Beaker or something, whose super powers lie in the recesses of their nose. In order to blow away the bad guys inside their nose, she has to blow them out into the tissue of power.

    • 5

      Set a cotton ball, piece of paper, or even a Micro Machine car on the table and have him try to blow it across the table with his nose. When it is a game, he will more easily let go of the pressure to blow and just do it. As he gets the hang of it, race him.

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