Hi Families…
Some of the children in Pre-K have chickens at their
homes for pets. One child said that they are “working
chickens”. “We feed them and then they give us eggs.”
Another child said that their chicken doesn’t lay eggs
(we found out later that it was a rooster).
For this activity you will need an egg (real or chocolate Cadbury Egg). Do you have a ruler and a food scale? Or do you have any leftover plastic eggs (approx 21 eggs)?
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (just kidding). We will be learning which chicken lays the egg (the rooster or the hen). How long does it take for the chick to hatch (typically 21 days). As well as other fun facts about chickens.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Characteristics of Living Things: 2.3: Observe and describe animals as they go through life cycle. (chicks).
*Inquiry Skills: Make predictions about changes to materials based on past experiences (egg).
-Identify and use simple tools appropriately to extend observations (rulers/scales)
-Record observations and share ideas through simple forms of representation (drawings).
*Measurement: Use nonstandard units to measure length, weight and amounts of contents in familiar objects (hands to weigh eggs: which one is heavier).
*Patterns & Relations: Sorting. Extending.
*Number Sense: Counting, sequencing.
Learning Outcomes:
*Your child will understand the life cycle of the chicken.
* They will be able to name or recognize the different parts of an egg (shell, yoke, white).
*They will be able to name 2 other animals that hatch from eggs.
* Using colored plastic eggs (create an ABAB pattern)
*Sequence the numbers from 0-20.
*Identify the names of chickens (female-hen, male-rooster and baby-chick).
*Be able to write the word “egg”
*Identify 2 other words that begin with Ee (sounds).
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Book: The Egghttps://youtu.be/mKIYTWpLOE8
Book: Green Eggs and Ham https://youtu.be/jdotPwVJYzs
Book: Chicken Aren’t the Only Ones https://youtu.be/iXmySkYDXho
Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
and all the king's men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Why couldn’t Humpty be put back together?
(Because he was an egg)
Materials:
Eggs
ruler (for measuring the eggs)
Food scale (for weighing the eggs)
Paper
Marker/crayons
Activity (Procedure):
*Review the parts of an egg (shell membrane, albumen (white) and the yolk.
*Recite Humpty Dumpty: While using an egg. Have the egg fall into a bowl or tray. Have your child draw a picture of what they see. Then help them write the word “egg” under their picture.
Activity Wrap Up:
Have your child use stuffed animals to act out Humpty Dumpty rhyme. They can also act it out themselves.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Do you have eggs at home? What kind of eggs do you have? Are they white? brown? Chicken eggs? another kind of eggs?
Ask the famous question: What came first the chicken or the egg?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Have you read the book, Green Eggs and Ham? Talk about foods that you like and you don’t like. Look through a cookbook and find a new recipe to try using eggs.
Colorful Plastic Eggs: 21 plastic eggs. Write the numbers 0-20 on them (1 number on each egg). Hide the eggs around the house. Have your child find them and put them in a bag or a basket. After all the eggs have been found, sort them by color (or size if the eggs are different sizes). Then have your child sequencing them from 0-20. Can they make a pattern with the eggs? Which color has the “most” & “least” amount of eggs?
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have a real egg, you can always use a Cadbury cream egg for the activity. : )
Some of the children in Pre-K have chickens at their
homes for pets. One child said that they are “working
chickens”. “We feed them and then they give us eggs.”
Another child said that their chicken doesn’t lay eggs
(we found out later that it was a rooster).
For this activity you will need an egg (real or chocolate Cadbury Egg). Do you have a ruler and a food scale? Or do you have any leftover plastic eggs (approx 21 eggs)?
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (just kidding). We will be learning which chicken lays the egg (the rooster or the hen). How long does it take for the chick to hatch (typically 21 days). As well as other fun facts about chickens.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Characteristics of Living Things: 2.3: Observe and describe animals as they go through life cycle. (chicks).
*Inquiry Skills: Make predictions about changes to materials based on past experiences (egg).
-Identify and use simple tools appropriately to extend observations (rulers/scales)
-Record observations and share ideas through simple forms of representation (drawings).
*Measurement: Use nonstandard units to measure length, weight and amounts of contents in familiar objects (hands to weigh eggs: which one is heavier).
*Patterns & Relations: Sorting. Extending.
*Number Sense: Counting, sequencing.
Learning Outcomes:
*Your child will understand the life cycle of the chicken.
* They will be able to name or recognize the different parts of an egg (shell, yoke, white).
*They will be able to name 2 other animals that hatch from eggs.
* Using colored plastic eggs (create an ABAB pattern)
*Sequence the numbers from 0-20.
*Identify the names of chickens (female-hen, male-rooster and baby-chick).
*Be able to write the word “egg”
*Identify 2 other words that begin with Ee (sounds).
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Book: The Egghttps://youtu.be/mKIYTWpLOE8
Book: Green Eggs and Ham https://youtu.be/jdotPwVJYzs
Book: Chicken Aren’t the Only Ones https://youtu.be/iXmySkYDXho
Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
and all the king's men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Why couldn’t Humpty be put back together?
(Because he was an egg)
Materials:
Eggs
ruler (for measuring the eggs)
Food scale (for weighing the eggs)
Paper
Marker/crayons
Activity (Procedure):
- KWL: What does your child already know about chickens? What do they want to learn? (and then follow up at the end with what they learned about chickens.)
- Read the book: The Egg. Talk about the life cycle of the chicken. Remind your child that it takes 21 days for the egg to hatch. Also talk about the fact that the egg has to be warm (why hen sits on it with her warm feathers) or it is in an incubator set at 97 degrees.
- Explore the Egg: Talk about different colors of eggs (brown/white). Which ones do you prefer? Talk about the size? Can you weigh them on a food scale? Do all eggs weigh the same? Do brown/white eggs weigh the same? Does a room temperature egg and an egg that was in the refrigerator weigh the same? Do eggs sink/float?
- Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
*Review the parts of an egg (shell membrane, albumen (white) and the yolk.
*Recite Humpty Dumpty: While using an egg. Have the egg fall into a bowl or tray. Have your child draw a picture of what they see. Then help them write the word “egg” under their picture.
Activity Wrap Up:
Have your child use stuffed animals to act out Humpty Dumpty rhyme. They can also act it out themselves.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Do you have eggs at home? What kind of eggs do you have? Are they white? brown? Chicken eggs? another kind of eggs?
Ask the famous question: What came first the chicken or the egg?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Have you read the book, Green Eggs and Ham? Talk about foods that you like and you don’t like. Look through a cookbook and find a new recipe to try using eggs.
Colorful Plastic Eggs: 21 plastic eggs. Write the numbers 0-20 on them (1 number on each egg). Hide the eggs around the house. Have your child find them and put them in a bag or a basket. After all the eggs have been found, sort them by color (or size if the eggs are different sizes). Then have your child sequencing them from 0-20. Can they make a pattern with the eggs? Which color has the “most” & “least” amount of eggs?
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have a real egg, you can always use a Cadbury cream egg for the activity. : )
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