Animal Life Stages
Recognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages
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“Can your child describe how a kitten grows into a cat, or how a baby grows into an adult?”
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- Activity. Recognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages
What to notice. Describe the basic life stages of a human: baby, child, teenager, adult • Give examples of other animals and their young (e.g. kitten → cat, chick → hen) • Explain that offspring grow and change as they develop into adults
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Can your child describe how a kitten grows into a cat, or how a baby grows into an adult?
Recognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages
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- Describe the basic life stages of a human: baby, child, teenager, adult
- Give examples of other animals and their young (e.g. kitten → cat, chick → hen)
- Explain that offspring grow and change as they develop into adults
“Can your child describe how a kitten grows into a cat, or how a baby grows into an adult?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
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