A friend and colleague of mine had great results at a health fair
with this idea:
She purchased a copy of the children's book, "We Like to Nurse" by
Chia Martin, illustrated by Shukyo Rainey (1995). She made a
separate 2-piece puzzle of each picture in the book. The pictures
were cut out, mounted on plywood, and cut with a jig-saw to make each
picture into its own 2-piece puzzle, so that the baby animal could be
"latched" to its mother to fit the pieces together. The puzzle
pieces were coated with a kind of shellac or varnish to make them
durable. All the puzzle pieces were mixed up on the exhibit
table. People who came to the health fair, children and adults
alike, could not resist putting the puzzle pieces together, latching
the correct baby animal to its mother. The lactation consultant
accompanied this interactive activity with a large chart she made
pointing out how milk is species - specific. Milk differs according
to the particular needs of the species. She ended up with a constant
crowd around her booth, talking and asking questions about
breastfeeding.
You can view information about the book on amazon.com at
http://www.amazon.com/We-Like-Nurse-Chia-Martin/dp/0934252459/
ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328413000&sr=1-1
The drawings are very simple (one reader critique calls them
"primitive"), but do lend themselves to making 2 piece puzzles. The
book tends to be a great favorite of nursing toddlers, although the
paperback edition does not hold up well through repeated readings.
It does not have a spine, making it difficult for libraries or
bookstores to shelve.
The animal pairs depicted are monkey, elephant, leopard, giraffe,
llama, panda, zebra, calf/cow, pig and piglets, dog and puppies,
sheep with twin lambs, cat with kittens, horse with colt, human
mother with her baby.
Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL
Madison, WI USA
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