Stress life cycle from egg, to cygnet, to swan. Compare the stages in the life cycle. Discuss how the bird looked at each stage. He sold 25 of them last spring, but, now he has 50 again. How is this possible if he did not buy any chickens.
Students make birds out of plastic hose eggs.
Each child gets an egg and a lump of clay about the size of a golf ball. Press the clay onto the smaller half of the egg. Put the egg together, then make it stand. They may need to adjust the clay inside of the egg. Use construction paper to make beaks, eyes, wings and feet for the bird.