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Thursday, February 23, 2006 - A Homesteader Homeschooler's Science Possibility?

When I was growing up, I had the weakest stomach! Anything gross could make me sick (literally). It still surprises me that my boys are not the same way. I don't know why. It was usually boys that made me sick when I was a kid, so I really shouldn't be surprised.

My husband butchered four chickens the other day, and I figured my kids would not want to be around for the big event. So I kept them inside. When the chickens were placed in the kitchen sink almost but not quite all cleaned up nice and supermarket pretty, those two boys watched me pull those chicken lungs out like it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen. "What are those, Mommy? What's that? Cool! How did Daddy kill those chickens, huh? I want to know."

I think I'll put down butchering day for an hour of homeschool science this week.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006 - Butchering

Posted by motherearth

What a relief to hear I'm not the only one with children that watch butchering with amazement!

When we butchered our deer last season the kids were very interested in all the different parts and how similar it was to a human. Fascinating for them....I think it helped that we studied the human body a few months before this.

:-)

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