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You know what I love about homeschooling? In our day we have the flexibility to answer those crazy questions that come up.
Like when you crack one of your eggs for breakfast and realize that there is a double yoke inside.
Over the last week or so we’ve had 3 eggs with double yokes come from our hens. After the second one, Zachary was watching me cook them and asked, “Can chickens have twins?”
To be completely honest, the thought had never even crossed my mind. We quickly Googled it, found a video on YouTube that answered the question, and had ourselves an impromptu science lesson over breakfast.
In the last few weeks here are a few fun things we’ve ‘explored’ just around our house…
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An interesting caterpillar. It turned out to be an Imperial Moth caterpillar and we created a habitat for it. A few hours later, it buried itself under the dirt and went into its pupa stage. Now we’re waiting {and may be for months!!} to see what will emerge.
Praying mantis fun….we caught one in our front bushes and then fed it an unsuspecting grasshopper. See? {warning – a bug will lose a life in this video}
Homeschooling allows us these moments – I LOVE that we can detour off our plans at any point during our day and enjoy hands-on learning together.
Today, leave a comment and share a memorable impromptu learning moments that has happened in your home!
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I think we learn more from the side trails like the ones you’re talking about, than from anything we do as formal lessons. It’s great that you’re willing to explore with your kids!
I love this kind of impromptu learning! And I love love the video. Your kids’ reactions were so fun! These are the memories they won’t forget! :)
I remember my mom making omelets once and all 12 eggs in the carton were double yolks. We had had 1 here and there before, but never all 12. It was pretty neat. And recently, I cracked an egg into the pan where the baby chick had already started to form. First, I noticed a good amount of blood in the pan and then I noticed a very very tiny chicken. It was extremely disgusting and it was all I could do not to throw up…but I showed it to the kids because they are interested in that kind of thing. Needless to say, we did not have eggs for breakfast that morning.
oh no!! I think that would make me a little ill as well…
LOVE IT!!! We happened to have had this same conversation in the past week with some store bought eggs lol. Its awesome how many learning moments that come from just everyday living :) .
of course, the next thing out of his mouth was “Wouldn’t it be funny if the yolks mixed together and one was a boy and one was a girl…and then you could have a hen that could fertilize its own eggs!”