Parenting Awareness Elsa and Sulia
Parenting Awareness Elsa and Sulia
Parenting Awareness Elsa and Sulia
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Identify a baby’s basic needs. Discuss the impact of having a baby on
younger parents.
`We think the best age to become a parent is between 28-30 because at this
age you will be old enough and mature enough to raise a child. At this point in
your life you will most likely be done with all your schooling and have a stable job
which would allow you to provide finically for your child.
3. Make a list of objects that are essential for a newborn baby. How much would this
cost? Write the prices of the items and the total.
Your task is to take good care of your new our baby as if it was your own child.
It needs:
• To have a face
• To be clothed
1. Decide if your baby is a boy or a girl. Think of a name for the baby.
Boy
JiaoZi Dominic Santos junior
2. Make your flour baby. Personalizer your flower baby.
4. For a week you must take your baby everywhere you go. You must carry the
baby; you cannot carry the baby in a bag or leave it unattended. If you want to
do a sport activity or go out you must find a babysitter. You need to take photos
of you and your baby in different situations, at home, at college etc. If your
baby rips you can repair it with a sticking plaster
5. Discuss with a group and write down the difficulties you may face.
We may face difficulties with taking care of the baby because the baby will cry a
lot and probably keep us awake. We both have very busy lives so it may be
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difficult to take care of the baby all the time. We don’t have very much
experience with taking care of kids so it may be stressful and challenging.
Reflect on the week with the flour babies. Make a wall display
about the flour baby project.
1. When I was given the project to carry a flour baby, I thought that this would
be a fun challenge.
3. The experiences with my flour baby that felt like real life was when I had to
take my baby to every event of my day. This felt like real life because parents
always have to take care of their babies no matter where they are.
4. My favourite part of the flour baby week was taking pictures of my baby with
other people.
5. Now that it’s over, this is what I think about being a parent is really difficult
having to deal with the baby every second.
Identify financial, physical and emotional demands a baby makes
on parents.
1. Work in groups. Find out the cost for the following items:
Item Cost
A highchair $300
Total $1548
2. Which of the things in the chart would you need to buy every week? How
much would buying these things cost you in a month? In a year?
You need to buy milk, clothes, diapers. It would be $532 per month.
L.O. Identify a source of help for new parents. Identify a facility in the
local area which supports parents with young children.
New parents need support as they are unexperienced and new parents need
support because its a area of unknown.
2. Using the template below as an example make a poster showing where new
parents can get support.
Grandparents
5. Make a leaflet advertising a local source of support for new parents. Include
the facilities and services it offers. The address and contact numbers.
Lesson 7
1. Watch the slideshow and write down all the possible hazards in the home.
http://www.webmd.boots.com/children/baby/ss/slideshow-baby-proofing-
essentials
2. Look at all the points highlighted in red. What could happen to the baby?
In the toilet the baby could slip and hurt themselves in the bath.
The baby could get electrocuted by the charging outlets in the room.
The baby could touch the stove and get burn in the kitchen.
3. Use the baby catalogues and make a poster of you top 5 safety items. Give a
reason why you have chosen each one. Example: A stair gate stops the baby
falling down the stairs and hurting itself.
Lesson 8
L.O. Give an example of when a parent should seek medical advice about their
baby’s health.
1. Look in the dictionary and write down the meaning of the following words
• a temperature (n): Temperature is the measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of
any of several scales, including Fahrenheit and Celsius.
• a fit (n) :of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required
purpose.
2. Watch the video and write down when you should seek medical advice.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/spotting-signs-
serious-illness.aspx#close
3. Discuss as a class different situations and decide what to do. Put results in a
chart, like the one below