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Let Them Be Little: Mini Teaching Tools
for Health Education on the Go
For childbirth and lactation educators, every moment is a potential teaching opportunity, and every teaching opportunity can be enhanced with effective teaching aids.
In many settings, such as in classrooms or for workshops, larger teaching aids work best and provide the most lifelike demonstration. For example, our Womb to Grow™ Model Set features nine weighted models ranging in weight from 0.4 grams to 7 pounds, and it’s a great set to use, especially with young people, to discuss fetal development in a non-threatening way. Similarly, our With Child™ Life-Size Display is a wonderful, illustrated resource to teach about pregnancy and prenatal care from conception to 6 weeks postpartum.
For on-the-go childbirth and lactation educators, however, sometimes something more compact is the ideal teaching tool. These items are easy-to-carry as educators work one-on-one with patients and clients, sometimes even fitting these items into a lab coat pocket. Despite their small size, these miniature teaching tools are highly effective in conveying important educational messages.
Fortunately, Childbirth Graphics has engaging childbirth education materials and models both large and small! When you need something small, easy to carry, and portable, we have the perfect answer. Read on to discover miniature childbirth and lactation education teaching tools that are just the right fit.
Little Models With a Big Impact
This tiny model can fit in the palm of your hand. Made of soft, realistic BIOLIKE™, the 12-Week Fetus Model represents a growing baby at 12 weeks of gestation. Perfect for discussions about fetal development, this little fetus model is ideal to teach about the importance of avoiding pregnancy hazards during the highly sensitive periods of fetal development as well as throughout pregnancy. It also serves as a great icebreaker to discuss how regular prenatal care can help ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. 
When you need a small childbirth model set, our convenient Mini-Model Set can be with you wherever you go. The included mini, 5½" long baby with mini pocket pelvis, knitted uterus, placenta/cord with amniotic sac, and receiving blanket all fit within a small tote bag. Ideal for bedside or one-on-one training, the set is a convenient way to teach essential childbirth concepts, such as cardinal movements, lightening, amniotic membrane rupture, contractions, dilation and effacement, separation of the placenta, and much more. Pocket-Size Educator Essentials
Whenever you need to teach about healthy newborn appearance and procedures, reach for the Healthy Newborns Pocket Guide. Filled with 57 images of healthy newborn appearance and common hospital procedures, this handy guide is a pocket-version of our popular Healthy Newborns Flip Chart. Featuring English text with Spanish subtitles, the pocket guide uses color photos to depict multiple newborn traits and procedures, such as the quiet alert state, molded and unmolded heads, milia, lanugo, suctioning, heel sticks, the rooting reflex, and so much more. The 24-page guide measures only 4½" x 6½", making it the ideal size to have for traveling childbirth education. 
Imagine: A teaching tool small enough to fit in your pocket but grand enough in scope to help new parents understand their newborn’s nutritional needs. The Baby Bellies™ Pocket Models are a handy tool to explain not only how much breastmilk a newborn needs per feeding in the first 10 days after birth, but also what color a healthy breastfed newborn’s stool should be in those first 10 days. A two-sided, laminated key card comes with a set of three models representing a newborn’s stomach sizes on the first, third, and 10th days after birth. The card also features tips to help parents know whether their baby is getting enough breastmilk. Whether you are looking for larger displays for the classroom or office or smaller resources to use during bedside visits, Childbirth Graphics has just what you need to enhance lessons in childbirth and lactation education. Browse our childbirth education subjects to find the perfect teaching tools.
The information contained in this newsletter article is not intended to replace the advice of a healthcare professional.
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