“Lave-Toi les Mains” — Wash Your Hands Song in French for Kids
In “Lave-Toi les Mains” (Wash Your Hands), kids sing key French words like lave-toi les mains, l'eau, le savon and les bulles, going back and forth between English and French, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a early-learner (A1) song from Unit 25: Healthy Habits, 2:31 long, made for ages 2–8.
- 🇫🇷 French
- Level: A1
- Unit 25 · Bonnes Habitudes
- ⏱ 2:31
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“Lave-Toi les Mains” lyrics with English translation
Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. French is shown in teal.
| Sung | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Turn on the water! | Ouvre l’eau ! |
| Ouvre l’eau, tout doucement ! | Turn on the water, gently! |
| Water! | L’eau ! |
| L’eau ! | Water! |
| Wet your hands, front and back. | Mouille tes mains, devant et derrière. |
| Mouille tes mains, paumes et dos ! | Wet your hands, palms and backs! |
| Add some soap! | Ajoute le savon ! |
| Ajoute le savon ! | Add some soap! |
| Soap! | Le savon ! |
| Le savon ! | Soap! |
| Rub, rub, make bubbles rise! | Frotte, frotte, fais des bulles ! |
| Frotte, frotte, les bulles ! | Rub, rub, the bubbles! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands! | Des mains propres ! |
| Des mains propres ! | Clean hands! |
| Before eating, every time! | Avant de manger, à chaque fois ! |
| Avant de manger, c’est bien ! | Before eating, that’s good! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands, feeling fine! | Des mains propres, tout va bien ! |
| Palms together! | Paume contre paume ! |
| Frotte les paumes ! | Rub your palms! |
| Back of each hand! | Le dos de chaque main ! |
| Frotte le dos des mains ! | Rub the backs of your hands! |
| Between the fingers! | Entre les doigts ! |
| Entre les doigts ! | Between the fingers! |
| And both thumbs! | Et les deux pouces ! |
| Et les pouces, tourne bien ! | And your thumbs, turn them well! |
| Twenty seconds, count with me! | Vingt secondes, compte avec moi ! |
| One, two, three, four, five! | Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq ! |
| Six, seven, eight, nine, ten! | Six, sept, huit, neuf, dix ! |
| Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen! | Onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze ! |
| Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty! | Seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt ! |
| Now rinse, rinse, rinse! | Rince, rince, rince ! |
| Rince, rince, rince ! | Now rinse, rinse, rinse! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands! | Des mains propres ! |
| Des mains propres ! | Clean hands! |
| Before eating, every time! | Avant de manger, à chaque fois ! |
| Avant de manger, c’est bien ! | Before eating, that’s good! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands, feeling fine! | Des mains propres, tout va bien ! |
| After playing outside? | Après avoir joué dehors ? |
| Après avoir joué dehors ! | After playing outside! |
| Rinse the soap away. | Rince le savon. |
| Rince, rince, voilà ! | Rinse, rinse, there you go! |
| Get your towel! | Prends la serviette ! |
| Prends la serviette ! | Get your towel! |
| Towel! | La serviette ! |
| La serviette ! | Towel! |
| Dry your hands, sèche tes mains ! | |
| Nice and clean, we’re ready again! | Bien propres, on est prêts à nouveau ! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands! | Des mains propres ! |
| Des mains propres ! | Clean hands! |
| Before eating, every time! | Avant de manger, à chaque fois ! |
| Avant de manger, c’est bien ! | Before eating, that’s good! |
| Wash your hands! | Lave-toi les mains ! |
| Lave-toi les mains ! | Wash your hands! |
| Clean hands, feeling fine! | Des mains propres, tout va bien ! |
| L’eau, le savon, les bulles aussi! | Water, soap and bubbles too! |
| Rince et sèche — bravo, merci ! | Rinse and dry — well done, thank you! |
Key French words in this song
The 11 words and phrases this song is built around.
| French | English |
|---|---|
| lave-toi les mains | wash your hands |
| l'eau | water |
| le savon | soap |
| les bulles | bubbles |
| frotte | scrub |
| les doigts | fingers |
| rince | rinse |
| la serviette | towel |
| sèche | dry |
| des mains propres | clean hands |
| avant de manger | before eating |
How to use this song with your child
- 1
Count the “lave-toi les mains”s
“lave-toi les mains” means “wash your hands” and comes up on 7 lines. Keep count on your fingers together; older kids can try to predict when it's coming next.
- 2
Split the parts
Once the song is familiar, you sing the English lines and your child sings the French ones, then swap. It turns listening into speaking.
- 3
Make it a routine
At 2:31, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Name each food on the plate in French at dinner.
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