Chicken Unit Study for Ages 3 - 7

If you wake up early in the morning and one of the first things you do is head outside to count chickens, gather eggs, and let them all out to wander, you and your children are going to really enjoy our brand new chicken preschool theme.

This is a fun way to include some academic learning through the summer. Maybe you have chickens at your place. Or maybe you can take a field trip to a nearby farm. Then use these resources to re-enforce learning and practice math and language skills.

Maybe all you or your children have ever done is pet chickens at the local petting zoo. Or maybe you're all dreaming of the day you can have your own flock. In any case, you'll love this. In the schedule below, I've provided enough material for two weeks of chicken fun.

How to Use This Chicken Unit Study

Chickens 2 week unit study for Preschool and K-2 text overlay with images of Chicken Learning Fun book and Chicken Counting Fun Book on background of farm fence in field

On each day, you will find a suggested book to read, something to make, and an activity. I also recommend that you do a few pages of seatwork each day. I've provided two different chicken workbooks for you to choose from.

If you don't want to spend two weeks on the same topic, you could combine days, or just pick and choose enough days to fill one week. There is no right or wrong way to approach this.

And if you love learning with nature themes as much as we do, we have an amazing white-tailed deer theme, a polar bear unit study, or a woodland animals theme you can dive into next!

Have extra fun when you get these super cute little chicken plastic animals for your child.

Why a Chicken Study for Kids?

Last summer we started our first chicken flock at our off grid homestead. The girls, who were nine and six at the time, were fascinated by the 20 Western Rustic chicks that arrived in April.

We ended up getting another 16 chickens before the summer was over! And that's chicken math - a topic for another post.

Learning to care for chicks as part of our homeschooling and homesteading lifestyle has been a great science lesson for the girls. Before the chicks arrived, they took Outschool classes to prepare.

If you're considering getting chickens to secure your food supply or get started homesteading, I highly recommend signing your children up for an Outschool class.

This online platform offers all sorts of classes for kids. And right now there are a TON of classes about raising chickens. Try these chicken classes for kids to start:

Hatching Real Chickens: A Comprehensive Study of Chicken Life Cycle (ages 4 - 6)

Hatching Real Chickens: A Comprehensive Study of Chicken Life Cycle (ages 7 - 9)

Backyard Chicken Club (ages 9 - 12)

Want to save on your first Outschool class? Sign up through MY LINK right here (it's my affiliate link) to get $20 back on your first class. As I recall, the chicken class was less than $20, so your child could try it for free!

Chicken Preschool Theme Week One

And now, onto the chicken unit study for preschoolers! Note, I used this with my daughter who is seven and she really enjoyed it although I thought it would be better for younger kids.

To round it out and use it with your older students, add in an Outschool class and grab the big list of 21 free chicken resources for kids at the link down at the bottom of this post.