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- conception to birth;
- a baby to a child;
- a child to a teenager;

- a teenager to an adult; and
- an adult to a senior citizen.

Ask the children what stage of development

do they think has the biggest change.

New Life Timeline

Talk with the children about a bird’s nest. (If possible show the children
pictures of a nest or bring in a real one). Look at the bird’s nest up close.
Ask the children what it’s made of and how the mother bird made it
comfortable for the eggs to hatch. Show how this experience is similar to
the experience they had before they were born. Explain to the children
that they spent about nine months cradled in their mother’s womb
(uterus). The womb prepared a soft lining to keep them comfortable. It did
this by becoming softer and thicker. This lining kept them safe and snug.
Tell the children that they needed around nine months to grow completely
and to be strong enough to live outside the womb.

Next, divide the children into small groups, and distribute a copy of
Resource M to each group. Ask each of the groups to read the cards,
highlight any new words, draw the measurements indicated and match
each with the corresponding picture card. Conclude by talking about the
sequence of development.

Child-to-Teenager Timeline

Focus on the changes that occur at the child-to-teenager stage of
development. Tell the children that this stage is called adolescence.

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