echoesof.science · Ages 6–7
From baby to grown-up
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Every person starts life as a tiny baby. A baby grows inside its mother for many months before it is born.
A newborn baby is only about 50 cm long. It can already hold on tight to your finger and suck milk.
Babies learn new things step by step. First they hold up their head, then they learn to sit, then to crawl, and then to walk.
Your brain grows fast too. By the time you are 6, your brain is almost as big as a grown-up's brain!
Experiment: How much have I grown?
- With your teacher, measure and cut a strip of paper 50 cm long. This is about how long a newborn baby is.
- Lie down on a big sheet of paper (or stand against a wall) and let a friend mark how tall you are. Cut a strip as long as you.
- Put the baby strip next to your strip. How much longer is yours?
- How many baby strips fit along your strip? Count them.
- Talk about it: what can you do now that a baby cannot do?
| What? | Length | How many baby strips? |
|---|---|---|
| A newborn baby | ||
| Me now |
Questions
Draw yourself as a baby and as you are now.
🍎Which is longer: a newborn baby or you?
a newborn baby / me
Put the stages in order: adult, baby, teenager, child.
Sources for every fact on this sheet: echoesof.science/school/growing-up/sources/