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Our Favourite Winter Books
The best winter themed picture books for children that we have come across so far! We will keep this updated as we find new wintery treasures to share. Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser The Snow Globe Family by Jane O’Connor Twelve Kinds of Ice by Ellen Bryan Obed First Snow by Bomi Park Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper Winter is Coming by Tony Johnston Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner Snow Globe Wishes by Erin Dealey Snow Sisters by Kerri Kokias Winter Sleep by Sean Taylor The Mitten by…
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A Closer Look at Chickens
We recently were offered the opportunity, through our home educators group, to incubate and hatch chicks! We, of course, jumped at the opportunity! Then…panic set in…what did we know about chickens?? So, in the weeks leading up to the eggs’ arrival…we did our homework. We were able to find these gorgeous Chicken Life Cycle printables over at Welcome to Mommyhood. Chicks and Chickens by Gail Gibbons We all know the age old dispute of what came first…the chicken or the egg? Well, the way we figure…an egg hatching a…
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Hatching Chicks with Kids
Day One: We placed the eggs in the incubator and for the next 18 days we maintained the humidity and rotated the eggs at least three times a day. Day 9: We “candled” the eggs to see if there were embryos or not. This had to be done in a dark room so the picture is blurry, but at the bottom of the egg, that leafy shape is a foot! The bright spot at the bottom of the egg is the air sac. The girls squealed seeing the babies wiggle…
