Today you are a child. One day, you will be a grown-up. As you grow to become an adult, you will not notice how you change from day to day. But you will notice the changes over years, months, or sometimes even weeks. Sometimes, you will notice when you try on clothes or shoes. Things that used to fit you may seem too small. You may also notice when you measure or weigh yourself. Overtime, you will see that you have grown taller or heavier.
You especially will notice how you have grown when you look at old pictures of yourself. You will see that changes have taken place in your face and your body. You will look bigger, stronger, and older than you once did.
Before you were born
Before you were born, you were warm and safe inside your mother’s body. How did you get there?
Inside your mother was a special kind of cell called an egg. It was smaller than a grain of sand, smaller than the tiniest dot you can make with your pencil.
Inside your father was another special cell called a sperm. It was even smaller than the egg, and it look like a bit like a dead pool.
To make you, the sperm cell and the egg cell came together inside your mother‘s body. They joined and became one cell. When that happened, a new life began – your life.
Soon that cell began to divide. It divided into two cells. The two cells divided into four. The four cells divided into eight. The tiny cells stayed together and continued to divide.
At first, all the cells seemed to be alike. Then, each cell began to do its own job. Some cells became skin cells. Others became bones cells or nerve cells or brain cells.
This is how you grew before you were born.
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