Here Chick Chick! Here Chick Chick!

Oh my goodness!  We've been so busy!  This spring we've been learning about life cycles and animals that lay eggs!  Chickens aren't the only ones that lay eggs but this past week chickens were the only ones in our classroom! 

 

They are so cute!  The kiddies just love observing them and talking about their behavior.  This breed has been really easy to care for and raise.  They have been in our class for 2 weeks. 

 

Friday we sent them to live in a real chicken coop!  One of our high school teachers has a farm with a well established coop!  He's going to give them a good home and hopefully gain some eggs, eventually!

 

 

 

Just a little beak to beak love!

 

Who is watching who here?

 



Hanging around in the room!  If you look closely, you can see the shells that are empty.  We also observed the shells to see what was inside after the chicks came out!

 



Here's a link to the hatchery where we purchased our eggs.  There's information about different breeds and information about caring for chicks. 

http://www.mthealthy.com/

 

This year we have had Araucana chickens but in years past we've also had other breeds.  We thought these chicks were fairly calm and pretty quiet.  Last year, our chickens peeped and peeped and peeped!  These chicks were not so vocal! 

If you have the opportunity, try having chicks in your room!  They're so much fun and a great science connection for the kiddies!

I hope you have a great week!  

One of the Most Fun Stores Around!

I just didn't know.  I saw others blogging about it but I wasn't sure.  Then, the new DOLLAR GENERAL opened in my neighborhood!  Now, I'm all about it!  What a great place to find fun, fantastic and affordable classroom stuff!  The games, the materials, the storage containers and all the other things that you can find there makes the trip worth your time! 

Look at all these great bargains that I picked up!

I'm thinking that I'll use this to track the increase in reading stamina this year!  I can also use it to show how many total minutes that we've read over the week or month!  Love it!

 

 Every year, I always buy a new set of ABC cards.  I just like to have a new set that is clean and cute and colorful!  These clothes clips are great for a sorting game or for building finger strength.  We can use them to pick up and sort foam letters or numbers.  The finger lights are very popular right now, so I know my kiddies are going to love them!

 

I was so excited to find those orange ice trays!  The label says that it's a flower, but we all know it's really a Chicka Chicka tree!  LOL!  I'm going to laminate some of the Bingo cards so that they'll last longer and then cut and laminate individual squares for the calling cards.  Those ocean stampers are going to be perfect to use during my Ocean Unit!  They'll be great story starters, begining and ending

letter activities or a middle vowel sound sorting game!  Lots of ideas keep swimming into my head!

These cute little clipboards were too sweet to resist!  I have some old clipboards like these, but they are plain white and I think it's time to update and add these cutie pie ones to my Centers!  I actually purchased 6 clipboards.  I always try to purchase Center materials in sets of 6 because then I'm sure I have enough for every kiddie to have their own item or material to work with at that time!

 

Wow!  What a fun and productive shopping trip today!  I'm getting excited to get back to school in a few weeks!  It will be here before I know it!

Have a great week!  You deserve it!
Kimmie!

Here's Our Little Duckling! Finally Out Of The Shell!

Last night, our little duckling finally hatched!  It is really so sweet! We're coming to the end of our Spring hatchings and our tadpole observations!  The older, bigger chicken is getting too big for our classroom aquarium so hopefully she will be going to the farm to live this week. In the meantime, we'll enjoy our latest little duckling!

 

 

On Friday we're going on a field trip to learn about how a working farm runs, how animals survive in their habitats and how animal babies are like their parents.  It should be a great week!  Enjoy your week too!

Kim

EGG - CITING NEWS! The eggs are hatching tonight!

All the waiting is almost over!  Two of our classroom eggs are beginning to hatch!  The little chicks inside are trying to come out!  It is so sweet!  We're so excited!

Look!

 

 

 

 The newest little chicks are on the way!  I'll keep you posted on the lastest chick information!  I can't wait for the kiddies to see our new baby chick tomorrow!

Have a great night!
Kim

 

 



Rabbits, Bunnies and Eggs! Oh My!

This week in Room A-1, our theme is, "Rabbits, Bunnies and Eggs! Oh My!"  We're learning about real rabbits and bunnies as well as fictional rabbits and bunnies.  Here are a few of the books that we're going to read this week!

Peter Rabbit Book

 

      






 
These are just a few of the books we're reading and discussing this week.  There are so many more! We love "The Velveteen Rabbit" as well as the other tales written by Beatrix Potter!  I hope you enjoy our book selections too!  

Tomorrow we're going to do a Science Activity with Sound and little colored eggs!  I'll post about that so watch for that lesson coming in the next day or two! 

Hop on down the bunny trail!
Thank you for following!
Kim