Reproduction

Tuesday (21/07/2009)

a) Where did I come from?
* Mother’s stomach was everyone’s answer!
* To be correct, it’s from a mother’s uterus. It stays there for 9 months and during this time, it is called a fetus.

b) Stages
* For the first month, it is as big as a pea. By second month, its spine, heart and brain starts to develop. By the third month, some facial features appear together with arms, legs and obvious genitals. From 4th to 6th month, the fetus’s hair, eyebrows and eyelashes develop and a heartbeat can be heards by a stethoscope. The skin is covered by fine hair and mother feels the kicks! The 7th to 9th month is the crucial period for rapid body and brain growth. The fetus wakes up easily and sucks its thumb.
* All the while, the fetus is being protected by a special fluid called the fluid-filled amniotic sac. It protects from bumps and bacteria. The fetus gets its nutrition from the umbilical cord which would be cut off once the baby is delivered. That would be our belly button.

c) Heredity
* Because the baby shares his / her parents’ genes, thus, they look similar to them.
* Some twins look alike, some not. Some are of same sexes while some are of different sexes.

d) Sports Day Practice
* We practiced again to ensure consistencies. They got much better and were in line.

e) Game: My lost toy
* The kids formed a circle. We closed our eyes. A person was chosen to hold a toy. He / She had to place the toy behind a friend. Once we stopped singing, the person where the toy was placed behind had to chase the first person. Either one person would have to grab for a place to sit.
* We sang all the songs that we have learnt before.