Learn how to work with local farmers for your students to experience raising checks in the classroom. An amazing hands on science experience for kids.
An unforgettable science experience for your children either in their classroom or you might want to consider at home too.
Egg and Chick Fun with Kids: an opportunity for science
There are certain times when children tend to share a bit more information about school than others. Each day you pick them up form school and ask how was your day and pretty much it’s about the same.
Nope, not this month, there has been none stop discussion about school, particularly one specific project that has caught the interest of all the students and actually a few teachers’ attention too. What could it be?
The eggs.
What? How could eggs be the talk of an everyday discussion? Seriously?
I’ve been so impressed with the amount of detailed information coming home each day from my daughter and her classroom who are officially raising chicks.
They have been calculating and predicting when they will arrive.
They have been researching and reading about the cycle of chickens.
And now this week it finally happened, they arrived!
As each chick hatched they watched with anticipation and were able to witness it and make their own observations. The sound of the chicks is quite adorable in the classroom but is noticeable.
Now the students are helping them grow and mature a bit as they learn about responsibility.
They are helping to prepare the chicks to go back to the farmers who will take them to their farm to become adults there.
As a teacher, I can’t help but think what an amazing hands-on experience in science for these students.
As a parent, I’m excited to see that my daughter has shown so much more attention to detail and that she’s literally excited about going to school each day.
My question is why isn’t it that every day is like that at school?
How can we incorporate more activities like this into monthly projects for students?
This experience you won’t find in a book it’s experiencing the moments and then utilizing it to its’ fullest potential through literacy, math, science and social studies.
Learn more about what you’re child’s school is challenging their students to do and get involved if they need more support to bring in projects like this Farm to Classroom program.
My suggestion is that if your child is not receiving opportunities such as this it’s time to get more involved and perhaps consider doing these at home for enrichment.
Our children need to experience these hands-on activities for Science
Are you ready to raise Chicks from Eggs?
It just so happens that this week I had planned to share about this my dear blogging friend Amy Mascott at Teach Mama shared about their experience at home raising Baby Chicks. Go see why she recommends it and how easy it is. She even has a video of them hatching!
- Chicken Hatching Video from teach mama
- Tips for Homesteading with Kids from Crafty Gemini
- 7 Rules of a Successful School Hatching Project
- A Guide to Hatching Chickens in the Classroom
Books about Eggs and Chickens for Kids
{Amazon link included see Disclosure}
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Such a fun project that teaches lots. Hands on is always so much more fun! I'm also curious to know what you do with the chicks after they hatch. I'd love to do this with my daughter, but we wouldn't be able to keep them.
We work with local farmers and just give them back to them to raise as adults. We’d suggest looking for one in your community who may be interested in partnering to do this.
In our school I only saw chicks once in K classroom. I guess teachers consider it too much of a hassle, which is really sad. I am adding this post to my round up of spring science and math for Afterschool this Monday.
These little chicks are just adorable =) Thank you for hosting the linky!
My little girl's preschool has chicks the kids LOVE them!
I do love this, every preschool I know does it every year and I think it's a fab project. Would love to know what they do with the chicks afterwards though!