Object:
a picture or article about the first new baby of the year
Good morning, boys and girls. Every year at the hospitals there is a kind of contest. Do you know what kind of contest it is? (let them answer) It's a contest to see who is the first brand new baby for the new year. Sometimes this baby and the baby's parents get a lot of special gifts from all the businesses in town. It would be kind of exciting to be the parents of the very first baby of the new year. Have any of you had new babies at your house this past year? (wait for a show of hands) Babies are pretty exciting creatures. I've always wondered what makes them alive.