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Northern Territory Department of Health Library Services Historical Collection
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ISBN O 7245 1144 X
Volume 2 of 8
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Developed by The Institute for Aboriginal Development Health Worker Literacy Programme.
Acknowledgement to "A Strong and Healthy Child"
Northern Territory Department of Health.
Edited by
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Institute for Aboriginal Development.
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In this book you will be writing about how baby grows. Choose a baby in your community. Write about the things that happen as he or she grows .
Maybe you could take a Picture of the baby too. The Training Centre can help w rtn this. They have an "instant camera".
This book will take a long time to finish.
If you choose a young baby about one or two months old t he book might take about two years to fihish!
Keep the book in a safe place.
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Look at the pictures on the next pages. Write . in t he date i n the box when you see baby doing these things.
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All babies are different.
They will all do these things at different ages.
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Here's a Road to Health chart.
Keep a record of the baby's weight in this book.
You must also record the weight on the proper Road to Health chart.
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Paste a photo of the baby here.
Now write some sentences about the baby.
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