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Aw...., too cute!!! Keep doing what you're doing! Gosh, now you can use these little chicks to teach your little one all kinds of things. New words - identify the parts of the chick, the activities of the chick, the foods the chick eats. (Eat along with the chick). Counting the chicks, substracting, addition (Oh, MORE chicks!
).... -- WOW! Chicken Math!! Colors - get chickens that lay different colored eggs. Science - the body parts and how they function. Compare chicken to self: chicken feet=my feet; chicken tongue=my tongue, etc. Alphabet - ex. the letter "e" for eye, "b" for beak; Phonics - what sound does the letter make? Social Studies - Where did you buy the chicks? What town is that? What State is that? Where did you take them home? What is your place called? What is the address? What is the phone #? Parents name? etc... Geography skills - point to place on map of home. Social Skills what do you get when you're good? More chicks! Yeah! it works for me!!
What if you misbehave? Then, you don't get to play with the chicks. "time out". If you want to give someone a small gift to show you care/love - yes, give eggs! I love it!
Yes; I'm a teacher!!
Yay for teachers! What age do you teach?
I have two with special needs (4 yr old w/ autism, 2 year old with severe developmental delay, unofficially autism) so we get words by any means necessary. His teacher said he wanted to loom at farm books and said "chick" and "cheep" all day.
I have been a teacher for nine years. Of those nine years, I've taught Special Education classes for six. I have a Masters Degree in Teaching with an emphasis in Special Education. I'm also certified to teach Social Studies, and English. For the past three years, I've taught 6th & 7th grade Social Studies; however, when school starts in the fall I'll be teaching in a Special Education classroom again teaching grades 6th -8th. I've worked with a lot of students that are autistic. And yes; we teach by whatever means it takes. If it means that we teach through baby chicks, then so be it! It's very important to make a "connection" with students.