Chick Project, Day 3
STORY TIME
Conversation starters or journal entries: Did you like the story of the Easter Bunny? Which job in the story was your favorite I wonder.. making baskets? painting and making chocolate eggs or delivering the eggs?
In the story about the tiny seed, why do you suppose the flower was worried about the snail?
STORYLINE This is a great website that features virtual story times.
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LETTER of the WEEK : Xx
Write the letter X. We verbally say, "Start your letter at the top, slide a long diagonal line down and then leap frog your marker or pencil back to the top a space away from your diagonal line and slide another long diagonal line down backward, crossing through the first diagonal line and stop." Draw a picture of something that begins with X; or for tactile learning, shape the letter X in play dough or a small plate of salt or flour, or use 2 straight objects to form an X.
MATH
Fun with Jelly Beans, check out the shape of a jelly bean... looks a lot like our shape of the month!
Create and fill in an at home graph. Send along photos of our graphs for us to share on the Blog this week!
Create and fill in an at home graph. Send along photos of our graphs for us to share on the Blog this week!
The Shape of the Month is an Oval like an egg! Can you find something besides an egg in your house that is an oval?
Color in or put an X through the Number 3 egg on your Countdown to Hatch Day Calendar. Using your pointer finger, touch and count each egg on your calendar and count. See if you can count all the way to the end!
Make a pattern using jelly beans or Easter Eggs.
Easter Egg Hunt: Put numbers on plastic Easter eggs with a marker or paper tags 1 through 5 (or as many as you wish). Hide the eggs. Find the eggs and lay them in number order. If you do not have plastic eggs, you can cut some paper eggs, color and number them for the hunt.
Make a pattern using jelly beans or Easter Eggs.
Easter Egg Hunt: Put numbers on plastic Easter eggs with a marker or paper tags 1 through 5 (or as many as you wish). Hide the eggs. Find the eggs and lay them in number order. If you do not have plastic eggs, you can cut some paper eggs, color and number them for the hunt.
SCIENCE
Open the chick journal to the page with the parts of a chick and complete that page. Color the chick, label the parts of the chicken.
Oviparous is a word that means producing babies by means of eggs that have been laid by the parent. Chickens are oviparous. Can you think of another animal that is oviparous?
Review the inside of an egg chart in our Chick Journal. The children often wonder if the chick eggs are the same as what we eat for breakfast. It is good to reassure them that the eggs we eat for breakfast are different because they have not been fertilized. A hen and a rooster need to be near each other in the same pen for the eggs to be fertilized. After looking at the chart, crack an egg open on a plate and compare it to the picture. See if you can find the parts outlined in the picture. No need to waste an egg for this project, you can wait until you need an egg for cooking.
CREATIVE ART
Draw an oval and color an Easter Egg.
Draw a chicken family: hen, rooster and chick. Can you write an H over the hen, an R over the Rooster, and a C over the chick?
What do you think the Easter Bunny looks like? Draw a picture or make him out of play dough.
Open the chick journal to the page with the parts of a chick and complete that page. Color the chick, label the parts of the chicken.
Oviparous is a word that means producing babies by means of eggs that have been laid by the parent. Chickens are oviparous. Can you think of another animal that is oviparous?
Review the inside of an egg chart in our Chick Journal. The children often wonder if the chick eggs are the same as what we eat for breakfast. It is good to reassure them that the eggs we eat for breakfast are different because they have not been fertilized. A hen and a rooster need to be near each other in the same pen for the eggs to be fertilized. After looking at the chart, crack an egg open on a plate and compare it to the picture. See if you can find the parts outlined in the picture. No need to waste an egg for this project, you can wait until you need an egg for cooking.
CREATIVE ART
Draw an oval and color an Easter Egg.
Draw a chicken family: hen, rooster and chick. Can you write an H over the hen, an R over the Rooster, and a C over the chick?
What do you think the Easter Bunny looks like? Draw a picture or make him out of play dough.
MUSIC or MOTOR: I know a Chicken, By Laurie Berkner
BONUS MATERIAL
Using a set of 5 plastic Easter Eggs, fill each with a different number of items 1 through 5. Hide the eggs and have your child hunt for the eggs. Open each, lining the items up on a piece of paper and then write or trace the number of each item in the eggs. Some ideas for stuffing: pennies, paper
clips, buttons, goldfish crackers, stickers, etc.
Sink or Float Predictions with Plastic Easter Eggs. Experiment by filling plastic Easter eggs with items of different weights to test if they sink or float. This can be done in the bathtub or in a large bowl of water. Pro tip: have a towel near by. Some items you may use are pennies, paper, plastic beads, a bouncy ball, a lego.
Play tic tac toe. Great practice for making an X!
clips, buttons, goldfish crackers, stickers, etc.
Sink or Float Predictions with Plastic Easter Eggs. Experiment by filling plastic Easter eggs with items of different weights to test if they sink or float. This can be done in the bathtub or in a large bowl of water. Pro tip: have a towel near by. Some items you may use are pennies, paper, plastic beads, a bouncy ball, a lego.
Play tic tac toe. Great practice for making an X!
ADDITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
StarFall
ABC Mouse
PBS Kids
Cool Math
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic Learn at Home
ABC Ya!
Switch Zoo Animal Games
Seussville
Fun Brain Jr.
Highlights Kids
StarFall
ABC Mouse
PBS Kids
Cool Math
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic Learn at Home
ABC Ya!
Switch Zoo Animal Games
Seussville
Fun Brain Jr.
Highlights Kids
