From Egg to Chick
5/15/2019
Last Wednesday morning our first chick hatched! We had been learning that week about how chicks have an egg tooth on their beak to help them make the first crack, or pip, in their shell. We even acted out how a chick hatches, pretending we were in an egg, poking our heads out from under are wing and cracking the shell. Wednesday when we arrived at school we heard the first peep from inside a shell and saw one egg wiggling around with a small pip. We were so excited! As we watched the pip became a crack and we saw a beak and then a wing. Soon the chick was out of its shell! One more egg had pip by the afternoon and hatched in the night. The third chick hatched over the weekend surprising us all Monday morning!
We are all fascinated by the new babies. Watching them stumble around, listening to their little cheeps, and observing how they changed as their feather down dried. They are now growing their wing and tail feathers. We worked together to make a new home for them making sure they had food, water, warmth, and a soft nest-like place to be safe. We had discussions on how we should care for our chicks and what they needed to survive. That Thursday was another very exciting day as the the chicks were old enough to be held. We took turns very carefully holding the chicks. The Explorers loved how soft, fluffy, and light the chicks felt. Comments are closed.
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