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Story sheet · Story starters · Ages 4–6
What Hatches Out?
A bird has found a giant egg. Draw what hatches out of it and say what happens next.
- Ages
- Ages 4–6 (grades PreK–1)
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Part of a story
- Story starters
- Kids practice
- prediction, imagination, cause and effect
What kids do
“Crack! Something is coming out of the egg. What is it?”
- This bird found a giant egg!
- Draw the egg cracking open
- Draw what hatches out
- What happens next?
How to run it
- Read the prompt in a hushed voice and tap a desk three times: crack, crack, CRACK!
- Anything can hatch: a dragon, a robot, a sandwich.
- Let kids share and vote on the most surprising hatchling.
Talk about it
- Is the bird happy about what hatched?
- Where will the new baby live?
- What would you name it?
Take it further
Draw a picture of the bird and the hatchling one year later.
Draw first, then write
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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