How Animals Have Babies
Your child knows some animals lay eggs, like birds and fish. Some have live babies, like dogs. A baby can look very different from its parent.
In curriculum terms
Know that different animals have their babies in different ways — some lay eggs (birds, reptiles, fish, insects), some give birth to live young (most mammals) — and that babies may look like miniature adults or look very different from their parents
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If your child sees a nest with eggs in a nature programme, can they explain that birds lay eggs and the babies hatch out, but dogs and cats have their babies born alive?
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Curriculum alignment
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