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Year 1 New life: how is a new child welcomed? worksheet

“Welcoming new life” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 religious education unit “New life: how is a new child welcomed?”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Welcoming new life

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Religious education · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say how families can show welcome to a new baby.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    Which word goes in the gap? baby, ___, child, adult. Circle one.

    babychildadult
    toddlerteachertiger
  2. 2.

    What hatches from an egg? Circle one.

    egghen
    chickhennest
  3. 3.

    Which word goes in the gap? seed, ___, flower. Circle one.

    seedflower
    plantpebblepuddle

B Watch me, then you4 min

A family wants to show a new baby that they are glad. Here is one way they do it.

Watch me
baby comes homefamily makes a cardfamily says welcome

A new baby comes home.

The family makes a card to show they are glad.

The card is one way to say welcome.

Now you
  1. 1.

    A family is very pleased to see their new baby. Circle the feeling.

    happysad
  2. 2.

    Name one more way a family can show welcome to a new baby.

C Your turn7 min

Read each sentence. Circle the word that fits.

baby comes homefamily makes a cardfamily says welcome
  1. 1.

    Which word means showing someone you are really glad they have come? Circle one.

    welcometraditionceremony
  2. 2.

    Something families do the same special way for many years is a ___. Circle one.

    traditionceremonywelcome
  3. 3.

    Which word names one special event when people get together? Circle one.

    ceremonytraditionwelcome
  4. 4.

    Which one is a religious way some families welcome a baby? Circle one.

    a church service to thank God for a babya family picnic in the parka shopping trip for new clothes

Say it out loud: What pattern did you notice? Which words were about a feeling, and which were about a special event?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A folded card and a bowl of food on a kitchen counter
Ola says: “Every family welcomes a new baby in exactly the same way.”
  1. 1.

    Is Ola right? Write one reason.

E Think deeper3 min

A small silver cup and a soft toy on a wooden shelf
  1. 1.

    Name two ways people welcome a new baby. Say why each one shows welcome.

How did it feel?

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StudyDen · Year 1 · Religious education · New life: how is a new child welcomed?Answers are on the grown-up page

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Welcoming new life · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. toddler If your child circles teacher or tiger, say: a baby grows into a toddler first. Point to the gap in the chain.

2. chick If your child circles hen or nest, say: a chick hatches from the egg first.

3. plant If your child circles pebble, say: a seed grows into a plant before it flowers. Ask what grows from a seed.

B

1. happy If your child circles sad, say: welcome means being really glad. Point to the happy end of the scale.

2. Look for: One way other than a card, such as a meal, a gift, a song or a ceremony. If your child cannot think of one, ask: what could you make for the family to eat? A meal is one welcome.

C

1. welcome If your child circles tradition, say: a tradition is something done the same way for years. Ask what the sentence is about: being glad.

2. tradition If your child circles ceremony, say: a ceremony is one special event. Ask whether the sentence is about doing something again and again.

3. ceremony If your child circles tradition, say: this one is about one special event where people gather. Which word means that?

4. a church service to thank God for a baby If your child circles the picnic, say: a picnic is a happy day out. Ask which one happens in church and thanks God.

D

1. Look for: Says no, and that families welcome babies in different ways. If your child says yes, ask them to name two different ways families welcome a baby. The idea is that welcome looks different in different homes.

E

1. Look for: Two ways people welcome a baby, each with a reason that links to being glad the baby is here.

1. Look for: A feeling word such as happy, excited, calm or proud.

Words to use

Say“Which word fits this gap? What does that word mean in your own words?”
Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away, without letting them look at the picture.”

After the sheet

Ask a family member how they would welcome a new baby. Fold paper into a card and write their idea on the front.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

  1. Welcoming a baby at church(with a plan)
  2. Promises for a New Baby(with a plan)
  3. A humanist welcome(with a plan)
  4. Welcoming a new child(with a plan)
  5. Welcoming a new baby(with a plan)

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