Formative Assessment 3.5 - Basic Cleaning Materials

This is used to remove dust off windows and other home furniture like electric equipment (computers, televisions, radio)

• Damp Newspaper

• Feather Duster or Cloth Duster

• Dustpan

This is made from corn husks, rice husks and grass or even this plastic. This is used to sweep cemented, wooden, or tiled floors.

• Soft Broom or Walis Tambo

• Hard Broom or Walis Tingting

• Long-handled Broom

This is a floor polisher used to clean dry, cemented, tiled and wooden floors after application of floor wax.

• Plastic Brush

• Coconut Husk or Bunot

• Mop

This is used wipe mirrors and glass doors. A glass cleaner is sometimes used with this.

• Cleaning Rags

• Plastic Brush

• Damp Newspaper

This is used for disposal or dust and dirt gathered after cleaning.

• Trash Can

• Dustpan

• Coconut Husk

This is used to scrub unpolished floors and make it shiny.

• Mop

• Damp Newspaper

• Plastic Brush

This has stiffer bristles that are made from the coconut sticks. This is used to sweep carpets, wet floors, corners, edges and dry leaves in the yard.

• Soft Broom or Walis Tambo

• Hard Broom or Walis Tingting

• Long-handled Broom

This is used to scoop or gather the dust and the dirt on the floor for disposal.

• Dustpan

• Trash Can

• Cleaning Rag

This used to wipe the cemented or tiled floors, and used to clean surface areas of furniture and other parts of the house

• Damp Newspaper

• Soft Broom or Walis Tambo

• Mop and Cleaning Rag

This can be a soft or hard broom but with a long handle. This is used to remove dust, cobwebs and dirts of high walls and ceilings.

• Hard Broom or Walis Tingting

• Long-handled Broom

• Mop