Chicken week!

Our month's theme is Creatures In My Back Yard.  Well, in our back yard, the most popular creatures are the CHICKENS!! The kids absolutely love playing with/chasing/caring for the chickens.  We think they are quite likely the most lean chickens in town, for all the exercise they get.

We learned (and perfected, I might add) the Chicken Dance.  We read funny books about chickens who forgot they were chickens and acted like people.  We made crafts with feathers (one of which the real chickens actually came to check out).  We sewed stitches with feathers, and made rooster puppets.  We used our big yard space to explore how chickens move, how they use their beaks to eat, what they eat, what they won't eat, where they sleep, etc.

Some days, I think that one thing these kids will surely remember forever about this place is the chickens and their warm, smooth eggs.