Royal baby: words and numbers

		Some vocabulary about BIRTH
	pregnant pregnancy	A woman becomes pregnant. We say she's pregnant. She's having a baby. We call also call it a pregnancy.
	antenatal	She goes to an antenatal clinic for check ups. Antenatal means "before birth", it's also called prenatal.
	labour	Eventually she starts to have the baby. We call this going into labour.
	birth newborn	When the baby arrives we say the mother has given birth. The baby is called a newborn baby.
	baby	We also say the parents have had a baby.
	milk breastmilk	Babies drink milk. They can be breast fed.
	bottle	They can be bottle fed.
	nappy	Babies have to have their nappy changed.
	certificate	All babies are registered at birth, and issued with a birth certificate.
	christening	Some babies are christened by their parents. The ceremony is called a christening.
	pram	Babies can't walk so they get pushed in prams.
	pushchair	When babies are older they go for walks in pushchairs.
		Yesterday, 23rd July 2013 Metro UK published this picture.  TEACHING TIPS: 1) show your students the picture at the top of the page (William, Kate and the Royal baby) 2) ask them what they think about this event. 3) write all the numbers shown in the picture above on the whiteboard 4) ask your students to read the numbers (sometimes they forget how to pronounce long numbers) what they represent 5) they will come up with different ideas and practice their speaking skills 6) finally, show them the picture and see if they guessed!