Dear Mead Room families and friends,
Observing the Mead Room chicks hatch,
grow and change has been the most amazing learning journey! We have relished the opportunity to be up close
and personal with them!
Over the weekend they went for a sleep
over at Miss Boler’s house and by the time they came back we noticed they
weren’t little, fluffy chicks anymore….. they had grown a few actual feathers.
Their necks were getting longer (Max),
Their feet were bigger (Elsie),
Their
bones were bigger (Quinn) and by the
end of the week they were getting stronger (Harry) and even stretching out their wings and flapping them madly!
When we transferred them to the
‘Brooder’ box we noticed a light at one end;
Cody – That’s to make the chickies warm
Elsie – So they can see!
The children came to understand that
like human babies, our chicks needed someone to care for them. So with much
empathy they fed them and gave them clean water and we changed their bedding
every day. But today it was time to say goodbye to some of our chicks. We are keeping two little girls, and the
Mattingley Room are keeping two as well, to eventually add to our brood
outside. For now we will keep all four
of them in the Mead Room to grow and change together.
Take care of each other.
Melissa and Georgia
