Today, eight of the chicks visited Flynn's second grade class. Flynn's class recently started learning about life cycles, so having baby chicks visit was a great way to kick off the unit. Flynn's teacher was really enthusiastic -- she has twice raised ducks with her own kids.
Flynn was very proud to introduce his chicks to his class, and he did a great job identifying the different breeds of chicks. The second graders were very excited to hold the chicks, and they asked a lot of interesting questions. What they were most interested in, however, was chicken poop.
Now if any of you have children in the lower grades, this will not be a surprise. For some reason, kids are just fascinated with poop, and the fact that chickens poop almost nonstop and pretty much anywhere was just way too cool. The second graders were both grossed out and delighted by this shameless display of bodily function. Mrs. McCann, being a very wise teacher, told the kids matter of factly that that's what chickens do. She then instructed them to do one last eeewwwww/gross/oooooooohhhhh to get it out of their system so that we could move on with talking about chickens. (Glad I brought the bleach wipes with me!)
The kids were great with the chickens, and at least three kids asked if they could adopt one as a pet. Fine with me, but not sure how their parents are going to feel about it all...
Next week, I'm off to Liam's preschool. Now that should be interesting!
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