CTE Month: Child Development

Posted Date: 02/11/2021

It's Career and Technical Education Month, and LHS students in Mrs. Debra Salley's Child Development Class were found experiencing Childbirth simulations. First, students had to push a ping pong ball out of a blown-up balloon. This activity reinforced what students had learned about labor and the birthing process. The balloon represented the uterus, and the ping-pong ball the baby. Boys and girls alike had to push the baby through the cervix to deliver the baby. Secondly, students experienced Empathy Belly Pregnancy Simulators. These 30-pound bellies made both boys and girls stand in the shoes of a pregnant lady so that they could learn empathy for the task as they could feel pressure, shortness of breath, and movement! Mrs. Salley had them perform daily tasks while wearing the belly like going upstairs, tying shoes, picking up items off the floor, etc. Thank you, Mrs. Salley, for designing a fun way for students to experience childbirth that they will remember! The CTE Child Development class is essential to understand children's physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development to become better parents later in life!