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Newborn: Kangaroo Mother Care (1978)

Monday evening: open Newborn at the table. Newborn keeps the year 1978. Newborn keeps the line “Kangaroo Mother Care”. Newborn keeps the figure 28. On the note home, Newborn shows 1978 first. Next to Newborn, the figure stays 28. Under Newborn, leave “Kangaroo Mother Care”. Newborn is read again after one scene. In the evening, Newborn returns to 1978.

Newborn is the 1978 record “Kangaroo Mother Care”, and the figure beside it is 28. Choose one scene from the day, and do not put the whole week into one cell. Do not write a score for praise. Keep only what you did together. This week, when you talk with the child, leave only that scene’s name, the year, and the figure on the note home, and read those three cells together in the evening.

This week, when you talk with the child, leave only that scene’s name, the year, and the figure on the note home, and read those three cells together in the evening. After reading, put the note back in the bag and do not add a lecture. Newborn is the 1978 record “Kangaroo Mother Care”, and the figure beside it is 28. Check that the scene on the note and what you did together in the evening match, and pick one scene again if they do not.

Do not write a sentence that diagnoses the child, and do not rank this home against another. Do not write a score for praise. Keep only what you did together. Newborn is the 1978 record “Kangaroo Mother Care”, and the figure beside it is 28. After reading, put the note back in the bag and do not add a lecture.

This week, when you talk with the child, leave only that scene’s name, the year, and the figure on the note home, and read those three cells together in the evening. Newborn is the 1978 record “Kangaroo Mother Care”, and the figure beside it is 28. After reading, put the note back in the bag and do not add a lecture.1978

Figures to keep

Year
1978
Number
28
Name
Newborn
Item
Kangaroo Mother Care

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