This is a great hands-on preschool activity! It shows children exactly how an egg hatches and only takes three days. We used this package from ToySmith (which just happens to be on sale at Amazon.com for under $3.00!):
Day 1
This definitely teaches a bit of patience. Having to wait for the egg to hatch without touching and playing with it was torture for Emma!
Day 2
But the second morning we awakened to this:
Oh the excitement!
Then his little head peeked out.
Emma watched his progress with deep interest and devotion.
Day 3
We were able to help him come out of his shell on the third morning!
He didn’t grow much bigger than that, but then Emma couldn’t leave him alone once he had completely hatched. Even now he resides in my sink…
*Sigh* He’s like one of the family now…
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This is such a fun thing to do! I recall actually waiting for real birds eggs to hatch. Hehe… But in the city we can’t always have that. These are a wonderful learning resource! I’m going to have to find a few!
Oh wow! I have never seen these before. It looks like so much fun. What a great idea.
I have never seen these. What an exciting experiment! Thanks for sharing this on ABC’s show and tell this week.
Cute idea – I love that the alligator breaks out slowly. It would be a good science lesson on animal eggs.
I have never seen these before. What a great and an educational idea. Thank u for sharing
Ho FUN – I have never seen this but it’s adorable.
Thanks for sharing your fun with us on the Sunday Showcase. We hope to see you link up what you’ve been up to this week.
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