Today's farm news included meeting the new rescue bunny, Thumper, setting up the timer and lights on the coops, and a plea for unused jack-o-lanterns after Halloween. The pigs love them! The kids completed their animal chores and worked on their goat decoupage projects. These turned out great!
After snack, we talked about different ways that animals communicate. I am constantly reading them to make sure they are all happy and healthy. Whether it's through noises, tail wags, drooped ears, or ruffled feathers, they let us know how they are doing! Goats communicate with each other through sounds, head butting, and tail wagging. Chickens have different sounds to announce when they've laid an egg, call hens over to food, or "talking" to chicks. I explained that humans also use verbal and nonverbal communication. We talked about ways that we can communicate effectively with friends and family.
Then, the kids worked in pairs on an activity. They took turns describing a diagram to their partner, who had to attempt to draw it. Then, they switched places. At the end, we talked about difficulties during this activity and how they represent difficulties that we have when talking to others in real life. I think it worked well to illustrate the point!
We also read the book, "Interrupting Chicken". This was a great end to our lesson on communication!
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