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The children at Cockfield Primary School nursery class enjoyed bringing their 'babies' to be measured and weighed at the role-play baby clinic they set up in their classroom.

PLANNED LEARNING INTENTIONS

To show care and concern for others

To use writing as a means of recording and communicating

To order two or three items by length or weight

To show an awareness of change

To engage in role play based on their own first-hand experiences

RESOURCES

- Two low tables

- four small chairs

- dolls

- baby clothes

- buggies

- baby accessories such as feeding bowls, bottles and toys

- books about babies

- measuring tape

- large scales

- card

- camera

STEP BY STEP

- Before the activity, contact a local health visitor to come to weigh and measure the children's dolls in the proposed role-play baby clinic. Send home a letter inviting parents to volunteer to have their babies weighed and measured. Collect a range of books and objects related to babies.

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