Well, Emily's science teacher at our homeschool learning group took it upon herself to teach the kids about agriculture this year -- being that the learning group meets at a church in the middle of farm country.
This semester, she employed the help of the Berks County 4-H and had a teacher come in to teach the children about embryology using chicken eggs.
The kids got to watch 20 eggs develop over 21 days, even candling them to see them developing inside the shell. Her teacher kept an "egg blog" to track the progress.
Today was the day to meet the chicks, which hatched (ironically) on Easter. Fifteen out of 20 made it.
Emily was very excited and quite worried about what to wear since her teachers had explained that sometimes chicks "leak." But I assured her that whatever she wore, if the chicks soiled it with chick droppings, it would all come out in the wash. She even had Edward worried about it, though "camo" seemed the perfect choice. *wink*
We headed to the learning group for the last hour-long class on farming and a chance to hold a chick.
Now, if only we can have a couple at our house...
Just kidding...
...of course.
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Chandler was happily eating her scrambled eggs for breakfast on Easter morning before my know-it-all oldest matter of factly informed her that she was eating a baby chicken. Later in the afternoon it took a lot of coaxing to even get her to play in the Easter egg hunt!
I don't know who is cuter, the chick or the kids... but this is going to make me smile all day, thanks!
oh my goodness! lynne is emily's teacher? i've been following her egg blog too, and i soooo wished we could've been there to hold the chicks too. and i think i would've wanted to keep it! :)
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