Eggs

Ian collecting eggs from our chicken coop.

Our chickens started laying eggs this month!  Ian collects the eggs every day.  The boys were excited to discover double yolks in many of the first eggs.

Activities:

• Rolling Eggs (Small Wonders by Garrett & Thomas)
• What's Inside an Egg? (Small Wonders by Garrett & Thomas)
• Imagine Hatching: A Guided Imagery (Small Wonders by Garrett & Thomas)
• Chicken Egg Development Wheel
• Read many books about eggs of various animals such as reptiles and fish

Books:  A Nest Full of Eggs by Jenkins;  Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg by Posada;  Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess;  Amazing Eggs by Hodgkins;  What's in that Egg? by Baines;  How an Egg Grows Into a Chicken by Kant;  Chicks & Chickens by Gibbons;  Where Do Chicks Come From? by Sklansky;  Animal Eggs by Cusick & O'Sullivan

Videos:  Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather