What is better than doing some school on a lovely Sunday afternoon, right? Seriously! Libby had a friend stay over Saturday night, we took her to church and then she came back out to our place to do a craft and play in the snow for a little longer. I found a cute little chick craft and decided to fly with it. (No pun intended.)
I obviously did mine a little differently than the directions suggested, but that is beacause that is the beauty of art for me...creativity!!! I also let the kids paint their plates rather than buying yellow paints. First of all, it was cheaper for me to use things that I had on-hand (EVERYTHING USED) and secondly, kids L.O.V.E. to paint! I might as well make it as fun as possible for them. :)
The beauty of the activity was that while the kids labored over their baby chicks and I directed and helped them (with the help of my mommy friend) Chris got the brilliant idea to make a chicken clucker to go along with the subject. It was great! Once he got it made (once again, we had everything on-hand) the kids would come over as it interested them and he would let them try it while he explained to them how it worked.
I was telling my friend how you could make this into a full day of school by implementing some spelling words that go along with chick; having them write a short story, or an introduction for their very own chick; do math that relates to chicks...adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing eggs...doing time with how many eggs a chicken lays in so long of a time period, the options are endless. Seriously! I think the kids were a bit relieved that we didn't follow through on all that learning though. ;)
It was a great time with cute chicks at the end of it all!
I obviously did mine a little differently than the directions suggested, but that is beacause that is the beauty of art for me...creativity!!! I also let the kids paint their plates rather than buying yellow paints. First of all, it was cheaper for me to use things that I had on-hand (EVERYTHING USED) and secondly, kids L.O.V.E. to paint! I might as well make it as fun as possible for them. :)
The beauty of the activity was that while the kids labored over their baby chicks and I directed and helped them (with the help of my mommy friend) Chris got the brilliant idea to make a chicken clucker to go along with the subject. It was great! Once he got it made (once again, we had everything on-hand) the kids would come over as it interested them and he would let them try it while he explained to them how it worked.
I was telling my friend how you could make this into a full day of school by implementing some spelling words that go along with chick; having them write a short story, or an introduction for their very own chick; do math that relates to chicks...adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing eggs...doing time with how many eggs a chicken lays in so long of a time period, the options are endless. Seriously! I think the kids were a bit relieved that we didn't follow through on all that learning though. ;)
It was a great time with cute chicks at the end of it all!
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