Day Three

Day Three Thursday

Last night two more eggs hatched and by Thursday morning we had four ducklings.  The last egg was slower to hatch but, by lunchtime, it had finally hatched so now we had five ducklings in Nursery. 

Enjoy this video to show an egg hatching.  We used time-lapse so the video is faster than in real-life! (Sorry the clip is upside down!)



Here is a video from a previous year in Nursery.  Isn't it amazing!




Children have enjoyed touching the ducklings very gently and holding them on their laps!  







Children have started to show great curiosity and are asking lots of questions.  We will observe the eggs closely to try to find out some answers to questions like: 

I wonder how ducks eat?

I wonder if ducklings can fly or swim?

I wonder what a duckling likes to eat?

Do ducklings sleep alot?


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