Family and Consumer Science PhotoStory

Watch the video to discover all the opportunities offered to you through the Family and Consumer Science curriculum.

Communicating without Words Pt. 1

Watch the following video about using sign language with infants:





Continue to Communicating without Words - Pt. 2 post to finish.

Communicating without Words Pt. 2

View the following video of a baby and parent using sign language:

Now go to the Lifeprint website and look up the ASL sign(s) for the following words: mom, dad, drink, hungry, please, thank you, more. Select two words from the list indicated and demonstrate them to your teacher.

Birth Defects Research

About 120,000 babies (1 in 33) in the United States are born each year with birth defects. A birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function or metabolism (body chemistry) present at birth that results in physical or mental disabilities or death. Thousands of different birth defects have been identified. Birth defects are the leading cause of death in the first year of life.
(Info courtesy of the March of Dimes, 2009)

Use the following web sites as the starting point to conduct your web quest regarding birth defects. Should you still need information, you may "search" for specific information but make sure it is from a reliable source.

March of Dimes
National Organization of Rare Diseases

Prematurity: A Potential Pregnancy Problem

A baby is considered to be premature when he/she is born prior to 37 weeks gestation and weighing less than five pounds, eight ounces.

Check out the link provided to see an article regarding one of the smallest, surving premature babies on record.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17237979/