Hatching Chickens  What You Need     • Calendar   • Newspaper
• Chick food prop   • Water prop Hatching Chickens   To help
children understand the importance of carefully observing and
caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom.   This lesson is
intended to help students realize that they can learn a lot
about chickens—and animals in general—through close observation.
They also should come to understand that it is important to
learn about the special needs of eggs/chicks in order to take
care of them, whether on a farm or in a classroom hatching
project.  This lesson can be used as an orientation for students
before doing a chicken-hatching unit in class. It may also be
used in conjunction with the unit to emphasize the importance of
the proper care for eggs/chicks.  Students begin the lesson by
expressing what they know about chickens in general and then are
encouraged to think and talk about how eggs hatch into chicks
and the kinds of special things that are needed to care for
eggs/chicks. Students the