The Chicks Have Arrived!

The chicks have arrived and the children have been so very excited, waiting patiently for this very inspiring process. On the weeks building up to the eggs being delivered to nursery, the children did plenty of art work activities including making their own paper plate hatching chicks and making some 3D clay eggs. Whilst making the hatching chicks, Ada told her friends, “This chicken is just like the chicks that are going to be at nursery soon”. The children have also been looking in to life cycles of various animals including chickens, frogs and butterflies and talking about different habitats. 

When the chicks first arrived at nursery as eggs, the children all enjoyed going to pay them a visit and were very carefully looking out for any cracks in the shells. Fabian told Tomas, “Shhhh, we need to make sure that we are not too noisy otherwise we will wake the chicks up in their shell”. Tomas laughed and replied, “But the chicks won’t be able to hear us through their shell”. Vivienne and Emma were lucky enough to be able to see one of the chicks fully hatch out of the shell. Vivienne told Emma, “He is so cute and he is now so tired from all of that hard work”.  

The children have absolutely loved seeing the chicks grow over the past week and have all been very affectionate and gentle towards them. Each day Connie and Henry have gone home, they make sure they go and say, “Goodbye and goodnight” to them. Benjamin has asked each morning if the chicks, “Can come out to play in pre-school today?” Leo hadn’t seen the chicks since they had been eggs and was very excited when he came in to pre-school and had seen them playing in the tray. He very gently stroked one of their heads and said, “They are so lovely and small”. What a fabulous experience for everyone!