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Chickens Aren’t The Only Ones

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Chickens are not the only animals that lay eggs. In this book we learn that many animals lay eggs. This means they are oviparous. A look at all the different kinds of animals that hatch from eggs is the emphasis of this episode. LeVar begins by visiting a hatchery and finding out how chicks hatch. Then he joins a biologist to visit loggerhead turtles in Florida as they lay their eggs in the sand on the beach. After the turtles hatch they make their way back to the ocean.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Fluffy Chicks

A chick is one tiny animal that hatches from an egg. Get your children involved in following directions to make these fluffy chicks.

You will need:

  • cotton balls
  • glue
  • construction paper
  • scissors
  • small buttons or plastic wiggle eyes

To make each chick:

  1. Glue together two cotton balls for the head and body.
  2. Glue two tiny buttons or plastic wiggle eyes on the head. If you have neither, then cut out paper eyes to glue on the head.
  3. Cut a beak from construction paper and glue it on.

Options: Add a feather for each wing, a feather on top of the head, a little bow, or any other decorations you can think of.
Make a dozen chicks and store them in an empty, clean egg carton.

  

Sort It Out

Do you have tons of buttons around your house? Have your child use an egg carton to sort the buttons. There are many ways to sort buttons: by size, shape, color, number of holes. Encourage your child to think of other ways to sort buttons.

Artistic Turtles

Turtles also hatch from eggs. Here is an easy way for your child to create a turtle.

You will need:

  • paper plates (thin paper plates work best since they must be folded in half.)
  • construction paper
  • crayons and scissors
  • glue, tape
  1. On construction paper draw and cut out a turtle’s head and four feet. Color toes on each foot and an eye and mouth on each side of the head. Set aside.
  2. Fold a paper plate in half. Open the plate and tape the head at one end just above the fold. Then refold the plate and tape together.
  3. Tape two feet on each side of the folded plate, along the folded edge.
  4. Decorate each side of the plate to make the turtle’s shell. Cut pieces of colorful construction paper, tissue paper, wrapping paper, or colored pages from magazines and glue to each side of the plate.
  5. To make the turtle stand, fold out each foot.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • Mrs. Huggins And Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich
  • Turtle And Tortoise, from the “Animals In The Wild” Series by Vincent Serventy
  • Egg To Chick by Millicent E. Selsam

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