Summary
Newborn kittens are born blind and helpless, depending completely on their mother. Deep Look follows the first weeks of a kitten's life as its senses switch on and it learns to see, walk, and play.
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Discussion questions
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A kitten is born unable to see or walk and needs its mother for warmth, food, and safety. Week by week, its senses develop and it grows more able -- a pattern of parent care and growth.
- What can a newborn kitten NOT do at first?
- How does the mother cat help her kittens survive?
- How does a kitten change during its first weeks of life?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: newborn, parent, develop, survive.
Try it: List three things a baby animal needs from a parent. Write how a mother cat gives each to her kittens.