Dear Parents,
Farmer Joe delivered our baby chick eggs and incubator this week. He told us that the rooster protects the baby chicks using his sharp claws. We counted the eggs. There are twelve. He asked us not to bump the table or yell too loudly or they might not hatch. The children agreed to take good care of the chicks.
While half the class was in gymnastics with Casey and Malik, the rest of us played a farm animal counting game. Casey brought a balance beam, among other things. One person cried, loudly, when Casey and Malik sang goodbye because she didn’t want them to leave. We assured her that they would return for six more weeks of tumbling.
We made feather pictures, using lots of glue and colorful feathers. Some children added googly eyes too.
We added the letter F to our alphabet wall. We brainstormed F words: feather, farmer, fox, food, fun, family, friends, fly, fawn, fuzzy, fluffy, and much more. We noticed many F words in our book Fox. Farmer Joe told us that foxes like to eat chickens.
We read Lazy Fox And Red Hen, From Egg To Chick, and Farm Animals.
On Friday, we made our list of Baby Chick Rules. We talked about how tiny the chicks will be, and that we need to handle them gently. We have been turning the eggs three times a day. We turned them one last time Friday afternoon. Now we wait.
Have a fluffy, family, fun-filled weekend,
Therese