Nursery World - One on the way

Help the children in your care to sort out their feelings about a new baby by making a growth chartand sharing picture books together, writes Johanna Burkett Babies and pregnant tummies hold a fascination for young children. The sight of a pregnant woman can spark all sorts of questions about how the baby grows, how the baby eats, and the infamous, how did baby get there in the first place?

Babies and pregnant tummies hold a fascination for young children. The sight of a pregnant woman can spark all sorts of questions about how the baby grows, how the baby eats, and the infamous, how did baby get there in the first place?

Once you have got over that hurdle, it can be a fun and informative process to involve a family's first child in the development and birth of a new sibling, if you work for a growing family, or to involve the children in your care if you are expecting a baby yourself.

If you feel that some of the pictures or images available in certain books are a little too graphic to show a young child, a better idea may be to sketch or photocopy from a book a simple and appropriate drawing of a baby in the womb, and to use this to create a 'baby growth chart'.

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