Here are 6 simple ways to say it, using words a 6-year-old will understand:
- Blood is like a river that brings air and food to every part of your body and takes away their trash.
- Your blood flows like a little river, giving each cell oxygen (like fresh air) and tiny food bits, then carrying away the yucky stuff.
- Think of blood as a busy river: it drops off air and food to your cells and picks up the stuff they don't need.
- Blood works like a river that gives cells fresh air and food and washes away the used-up bits.
- Like a river, blood moves around your body to deliver oxygen and nutrients and to carry away the waste.
- A river of blood travels through you, bringing cells what they need and taking away what they don't.
Tip: Point to your body and say one of these to help explain.