Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn
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A Frog Theme Makes Learning Fun!
Hop on into this frog unit study containing dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create frog-themed activities for both homeschool families and classrooms.
Take trips to the frog pond and become a frog as you play games, sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs.
Children will remember lessons that allow them to manipulate objects, hop into some frog related math problems, and explore the mud at the bottom of the frog pond.
Let's learn about the frogs in the pond...
Take trips to the frog pond and become a frog as you play games, sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs.
Children will remember lessons that allow them to manipulate objects, hop into some frog related math problems, and explore the mud at the bottom of the frog pond.
Let's learn about the frogs in the pond...
Photo Credit: Frog by John Vetterli
On Flickr, Creative Commons
Froggy Table of Contents
Hop Around this Frog Unit Study
- When was the last time you saw a frog?
- What is a Frog Unit Study?
- Turn Your Classroom into a Frog Pond
- Frog Facts
- Frog Themed Language Arts
- Spelling Frogs
- Mathematical Frogs
- The Science of Frogs
- Frog Observation
- Frog Art
- Frog Music
- Frog Literacy Bags
- Frog Unit Study Lapbooks
- Favorite Frog Costumes
- Facebook Frogs
- How do you incorporate frogs into you life?
When was the last time you saw a frog?
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What is a Frog?
A Scientist looks at Frogs
Let's look at toads, tadpoles and frogs. What makes these animals amphibians?
Amphibians
1. Zoologists classify frogs as Amphibia.
2. Scientists say that these Amphibians are poikilothermic because they are cold-blooded.
3. Frogs have skin instead of scales so they are not reptiles as some people think.
4. Most frogs and toads return to water to breed.
Frogs and toads are one of three types of Amphibians. Anura, also called Salientia, (frogs and toads), caudate (salamanders and newts) and caecilians (worm-like amphibians).
Herps and Herpetology
Amphibians together with reptiles make up a larger group called Herps. The study of reptiles and amphibians is called Herpetology. Herp comes from the Greek word herpeton, which basically means "creepy crawly things that move about on their bellies."
A herptile is an individual herp. A person who keeps and breeds herps is called a herpetoculturist and the hobby or interest in frogs is called herpetoculture.
Photo Credit: Frogs
on WPClipart, Public Domain
Amphibians
1. Zoologists classify frogs as Amphibia.
2. Scientists say that these Amphibians are poikilothermic because they are cold-blooded.
3. Frogs have skin instead of scales so they are not reptiles as some people think.
4. Most frogs and toads return to water to breed.
Frogs and toads are one of three types of Amphibians. Anura, also called Salientia, (frogs and toads), caudate (salamanders and newts) and caecilians (worm-like amphibians).
Herps and Herpetology
Amphibians together with reptiles make up a larger group called Herps. The study of reptiles and amphibians is called Herpetology. Herp comes from the Greek word herpeton, which basically means "creepy crawly things that move about on their bellies."
A herptile is an individual herp. A person who keeps and breeds herps is called a herpetoculturist and the hobby or interest in frogs is called herpetoculture.
- What is a Frog?
There are around 3,900 species of tailless amphibians.- 2nd Grade Frog and Toad Lesson
- Compare frog and toad stories and make a Venn graph
- Frog - Wikipedia
- The word "frog" derives from Old English frogga...
Photo Credit: Frog
on WPClipart
What do you know about frogs?
Pre-Frog Unit Study Quiz
We are just beginning our unit study on frogs. What do you know already about frogs? Test your knowledge and see whether you need to hop back up to reread the previous section or if you are ready to jump for joy at your frog insight.
Photo Credit: Leopard Frog
on Flickr, Creative Commons
What is a Frog Unit Study?
Frog Themed Unit Study Lesson Plans
Farmer Frog
Available on Amazon
A Unit Study is created by choosing a topic and revolving all areas of learning around that subject. In this case we will focus on frogs while learning reading, writing , math, science, social studies, art, music, physical education and health. We will culminate the unit with the completion of a Frog Lapbook which will contain highlights of activities we have done throughout the frog unit study.
This Frog Unit Study has grown so large that it is beginning to grow tadpole webpages. You will find links to my other frog and frog related pages throughout this lens. Each one will connect you to more ideas and activities to extend your Frog Unit Study. Enjoy your hop back and forth throughout the frog pond of ideas.
Frog Theme Classroom Set-up
Turn Your Classroom into a Frog Pond
Frog Unit Study Transformation
Turn your classroom or homeschooling space, into a Frog Pond of learning! Use this frog theme to help your children focus on learning. Create a space filled with frogs and a frog habitat that invites your children to read, write, explore and research frogs while teaching all areas of the curriculum.
Make a bulletin board with a pond and plants. Put a blue Rug in the reading area with green mats or pillows for lily pads for your little frogs to sit on. Circle Time is a great way to start your day and help the children focus on Frogs as we begin this Frog Unit Study theme.
Call your little frogs over and to start your day with a gentle "ribbit" sound which can be passed on from one to another until all the children reach their lily pads at which point they squat down as little frogs with big eyes watching the Big Bull Frog, you, the teacher.
Circle Time or Morning Meeting is a great way to start your day and help the children focus on the Frog Unit Study theme. We do a frog greeting, sing songs about frogs, read frog stories and play leapfrog along the number line. We end by reading the Morning Message about a trip down to the Frog Pond.
Photo Credit: Animals in Winter used with permission.
Photo Credit: Frogs with Cattails From Clip Art Mountain
Make a bulletin board with a pond and plants. Put a blue Rug in the reading area with green mats or pillows for lily pads for your little frogs to sit on. Circle Time is a great way to start your day and help the children focus on Frogs as we begin this Frog Unit Study theme.Call your little frogs over and to start your day with a gentle "ribbit" sound which can be passed on from one to another until all the children reach their lily pads at which point they squat down as little frogs with big eyes watching the Big Bull Frog, you, the teacher.
Circle Time or Morning Meeting is a great way to start your day and help the children focus on the Frog Unit Study theme. We do a frog greeting, sing songs about frogs, read frog stories and play leapfrog along the number line. We end by reading the Morning Message about a trip down to the Frog Pond.
Photo Credit: Cool Kid Circle Time.
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Frog Themed Bulletin Boards
Fun Interactive Bulletin Board Ideas for the Frog Unit Study
Photo Credit: Frog Bulletin Board by Sher
From Growing, Learning and Laughing - Used by permission.
Make a frog themed bulletin board with a pond and plants. Use frog cutouts to post frog words or frog math problems. Place frogs with problems on the edge of the pond. Place frogs with answers down in the mud under the pond. Children move matching frogs to lily pads on the pond's surface.
This is a fun activity to have ready for the children when they first arrive in in the morning. One of your classroom jobs could be to have someone replace the frogs at the end of the day as you are cleaning up to go home.
The Frog Pond Rug
A Gathering Place for Frogs and Toads
The Frog Pond Rug is the place to gather for Circle Time frog themed Stories, Morning Meeting and other Frog Group Activities. We greet each other with the Frog Greeting.How about singing 5 Green and Speckled Frogs or playing one of the frog games below?
Photo Credit: Frog
on Free Gifs and Animation
Children take turns being the Five Green and Speckled Frogs sitting on the log and jumping into the pond as everyone sings the song. Others keep track of the math problems being sung by holding up sentence strips with the number problems for 5-1=4, 4-1=3 etc.
Once your children know the Five Green and Speckled Frogs song well enough, the Frog Pond Rug becomes another Learning Center where the children sing and reenact the story of the frogs jumping into the pond. They use 5 plush frogs for the activity. This is a great way for the children to practice oral language, memory recall and sequence of events besides working on math skills.
Frog Themed Morning Message
Frogs in the Responsive Classroom
Each morning we begin with a Morning Meeting Message
Yesterday we made binoculars from toilet paper tubes. We will use the binoculars to look for insects that the frogs might be eating. When we spy an insect we will look up the insect in our Insect Guidebooks that we made last week. The Insect Guidebooks have drawing of the insects that we have seen so far when we visit the frog pond. We have also included observations about each of the insects as well as the name of the insect whenever we have been able to find it from online research.
At the bottom of our Morning Message you will notice that there is an interactive activity. Children come in each morning and read the message to themselves and then do the activity at the bottom. We have been learning about syllables this week so today we will be associating the number of syllables in our names with the number of syllables in the calls of frogs found in our Frog pond. If your name has one syllable, write it on a post-it and place it under the Spring Peeper. Spring Peepers say "Peep", a one syllable word. If your name has two syllables, place your name under the Leopard Frog which says "ribbit", a two syllable word. If your name has three syllables, place your name under the bull frog which says "chugarum", a three syllable word.
We will later use these three groups for doing a fun, Frog Choir Song Activity as part of our Morning Meeting.
Froggy in the Mud Reading Nook
Read All about the Frogs
Photo Credit: Large 5 1/2 Foot High Frog
Available from Amazon
Throughout the year we visit the habitat of many different animals. In the winter we study lemmings but in the spring we convert the classroom from the lemming habitat to the frog pond habitat.
Lemmings burrow down in tunnels and create dens underground.Frogs burrow down in the mud to survive the winter. Sometimes frogs will also burrow down into the mud in the summer if it is too hot or dry.
Photo Credit: Milk Jug Reading Nook
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Soon it will be covered in brown blankets to turn it into spring and then green for the grass of summer. We use rope lights to see inside to read. We use the brown blankets again to turn it into a winter Froggy in the Mud Reading Nook.
After you have finished studying Lemmings you can turn your Igloo/Lemming Tunnel into a Hole in the Mud for all your little frogs to crawl into for a quiet reading time.
For directions on how to make the Milk Jug Igloo go to The Lemming's Reading Nest See other ideas for a Riverbank Theme by clicking on River Otters, Meadow Theme bluebirds, or Woodland Theme Mice.
An alternative to the Milk Jug Reading Nook is this Adventure Dome Tent
available on Amazon. Children pretend to be frogs who dive down into the pond to read. Reading about Frogs
Books about Frogs for your Reading Pond
Increase your knowledge of Frogs
Reading Frog Bookend
Available on Amazon
Here are a few of my favorite books on frogs, tadpoles, and other creatures that live in and around the pond. If you are just beginning to explore the frog pond, these are the books I would recommend. Which are your favorites? Do you know of another frog book that should be included here? Be sure to leave me a message below.
We read a couple of picture books each day after Calendar time and a chapter book after lunch recess. We keep track of new information we learn about frogs on a chart near the rug where we read.
When choosing books to read aloud I look for large, clear, eye-appealing illustrations, predictable sentence structure and authentic story lines that will also teach about frogs. The stories I read in the morning are ones that can be read in just a few minutes with the idea that later children will be able to pick these books up during Silent Reading and read them by themselves.
Tales of the Frog Prince
Write your own Fairytale Frog Story
When Spring comes, the sunlight kisses the frog with warmth and the frog comes up out of the mud to mate and lay her eggs.When you write about the Frog Prince, let your imagination go wild. Make up stories of frogs, describe the castles they live in and the people or other creatures they encounter. Illustrate your stories and turn them into class books.
Nothing gets children reading faster than reading stories that they themselves have written and illustrated. Think of how proudly their grandparents will be to learn that the story that they are reading about frogs was written by their grandchild.
Photo Credit:Frog Prince
Derek Mckindles
Available at Allposters
- Plentiful as Blackberries: Steve Morrison Illustration: The Frog Prince
- Steve Morrison has made an incredible series of pictures to illustrate The Frog Prince.
- THE FROG PRINCE
- A California Theatre Center Study Guide for Teachers and Students
- The Frog Prince and Other Stories
- The Frog Prince and Other Stories, by Anonymous was placed online by Project Gutenberg
The Frog Prince
Kiss a Frog
No frog Unit Study could be complete without the tale of the Frog Prince. I like to have a variety of books about the Frog Prince that the children can read and compare. Frog Prince puppets help in retelling the story. Some children like to hold the Frog Prince puppet as they read the tale and turn it back and forth from frog to prince as the story progresses.I rarely recommend movies, but the Faerie Tale Theatre: Tale of the Frog Prince
is excellent. I highly recommend that you own a copy. My children watched Faerie Tale Theatre especially the Tale of the Frog Prince over and over. I like the fact that they are all done with real people playing the parts. It helps children see that they too can act out the parts in the story.Photo Credit: The Frog Prince
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
The Frog King
The Princess and the Golden Ball
This version of the Frog Prince, or in this case, the Frog King, is in the Public Domain and free to read and download. The words of this version are elegant and rich with vocabulary and sentence structure of times past and draws you into a magical time when a kiss by a frog could turn your whole world around. Reading this version may seem difficult for the children at first but ask them to assemble on the Frog Pond Rug, relax and close their eyes. Pretend to be frogs sitting on lily pads listening to the story and soon they begin to realize that the words are not that difficult. The story emerges, the princess kisses the frog and ...Photo Credit:Vintage Frog Prince; Princess and Her Reflection by YesterdayCafe
Available on Zazzle
Whatever thou wilt have, dear frog, said she - My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.
The frog answered, ...
- Grimms's Fairy Tales: The Frog King or Iron Henry - Candlelight Stories
- The Frog King by Margaret Evans Price (1921)
Non-Fiction Frogs
Frogs from Eggs to Tadpoles to Adults
Storytime Frog Shelf Sitters
Available on Amazon
These non-fiction books are ideal for classroom libraries, in the reading nook or in literacy bags. Children love to learn real facts about frogs, toads and amphibians in general. I look for books with plenty of illustrations and easy to read print. Guidebooks often have difficult vocabulary but their predictable format makes it much easier for children to obtain information from them than you might think.
Some children are fascinated about learning the scientific names for various frogs. As a Learning Center they can make their own guidebooks by drawing pictures of frogs found in guidebooks, copying the colors and markings and then writing their common and scientific names under each frog. Some children like to use a photocopied outline of a frog or a frog stamp instead of drawing the outlines themselves.
Guidebooks about frogs usually have the common name of each frog written in bold type and the scientific name in italics. Pointing this out to children makes it easier for them to find the names. Children love sharing their guidebooks with the class and at home with their families. Consider having the children write the common names in print and the scientific names in cursive.
Froggy says it's time to Read
Frog Story Hour
- Green Frog with Timer
- Set a read-aloud goal and use this plush frog friend to help meet that goal. When asked to read for 20 - 30 minutes a day, it can be difficult for children to judge the time. This handy plush frog with a timer in his tummy will encourage your child to keep reading for the whole time.
Frog Facts
Frog Facts and Fiction
Photo Credit: Frogs from WPClipart
Sometimes we read stories about frogs just for the fun of it. Some frog stories have these little amphibians dressed in top hat and tails talking and singing to each other. Other times we are more interested in finding out the real facts about the frogs we find down at the frog pond. How can we tell if a book about frogs is fact or fiction?
Thematic Unit: Frogs And Toads Gr 1-3
Frog Books for Teachers
The Frogs And Toads Thematic Unit includes activities for all areas of the curriculum. There are biology lessons and activities which help children learn about frogs through life science. There are literature-based frog-themed ideas and lesson plans. Cross-curricular worksheets and activities look at frogs from the perspective of various academic disciplines.
This reproducible unit on Frogs and Toads can be used in both classroom and homeschool learning situations. Consider adding some of these pages to your Frog Themed Literacy Bag.
This reproducible unit on Frogs and Toads can be used in both classroom and homeschool learning situations. Consider adding some of these pages to your Frog Themed Literacy Bag.
Frog Themed Language Arts
Fr- is for Frog
Fr is the blend at the beginning of the word Frog
FR for Frog
Available at Allposters
Post a list of words beginning with the blend "fr" as in frog. Brainstorm and then begin a collection of words that begin with the blend "fr". You might have the children create Fr is for Frog books or possibly a Word Wall. This is a wonderful way to highlight phonics sounds being taught as well as to improve vocabulary.
Here are some coloring pages and crafts related to Fr is for Frog for the younger kids.
Muck Monsters: Letter F: F is for Frog: Magnet Page
Use Q-tips to add white dots to the letter f and black spots on the frog.4 points
F is for Frog Worksheet - F is for Frog 2 - Twisty Noodle
F is for Frog 2 - F is for Frog worksheet that you can customize and print for kids.2 points
F is For Frog Preschool Crafts
Turn the letter F into a Frog. Make a hopping frog from clear plastic cups.2 points
F is for frog. Coloring Page - Frog - Twisty Noodle
Frog - F is for frog. coloring page that you can customize and print for kids.1 point
Spring Peepers and Leopard Frogs Count Syllables
Peeps or Ribbits File Folder Game Center
How could the peeps and ribbits of frogs help children distinguish the number of syllables in words?
Peeps and Ribbits: Counting Syllables
Different frogs make different sounds. Go to the links below and listen to the sounds of the Spring Peeper and the Leopard Frog. During the spring, go out to the frog pond and listen to the sounds that the frogs make.
Now let's all be frogs and learn about some frog words. The words we speak have different rhythms just as the different frogs have different calls. Demonstrate to the children the difference between one and two syllable words. As a whole group practice calling out peep for one syllable and ribbit for two syllables.
Peeps or Ribbits File Folder Game
Paste 2 lily pads, one on each side of an opened file folder.
Paste a Spring Peeper on the left with the words "Peep, I hear 1.syllable."
Paste a Leopard Frog on the right with the words "Ribbit, I hear 2.syllables."
Make a few Frog Cards frog shaped die with pictures of one and two syllable words on one side, the name of the picture with the number of syllables on the other.
The children say the name of the picture and clap it's syllables, place it on the correct lily pad and then turn it over to self-check.
Peeps and Ribbits: Counting Syllables
Different frogs make different sounds. Go to the links below and listen to the sounds of the Spring Peeper and the Leopard Frog. During the spring, go out to the frog pond and listen to the sounds that the frogs make.
Now let's all be frogs and learn about some frog words. The words we speak have different rhythms just as the different frogs have different calls. Demonstrate to the children the difference between one and two syllable words. As a whole group practice calling out peep for one syllable and ribbit for two syllables.
Photo Credit: Northern Spring Peeper
Design by Tina Yao
From the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Photo Credit: Chiricahua Leopard Frog
on The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
Peeps or Ribbits File Folder Game
Paste 2 lily pads, one on each side of an opened file folder.
Paste a Spring Peeper on the left with the words "Peep, I hear 1.syllable."
Paste a Leopard Frog on the right with the words "Ribbit, I hear 2.syllables."
Make a few Frog Cards frog shaped die with pictures of one and two syllable words on one side, the name of the picture with the number of syllables on the other.
The children say the name of the picture and clap it's syllables, place it on the correct lily pad and then turn it over to self-check.
- Spring Peeper Frog - Frogs - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
- Learn about the Spring Peeper and the sound it makes. The drawing of the Spring Peeper (on the left) is by Gina Mikel.
- Songs of the Frog
- Learn all about how frogs make their calls as well as the words people around the world use to describe the sound of frogs.
- Northern Leopard Frog
- Get northern leopard frog profile, facts, information, photos, pictures, sounds, habitats, reports, news, and more from National Geographic.
- Chiricahua Leopard Frog
- The frog on the right is a Chiricahua Leopard Frog. It is is a medium sized, stout bodied frog with green-brown skin, many spots on its back, and pale yellow to white skin below.
Frog Syllable Quiz
Ribbits or Peeps
Photo Credit: Frogs and the Ox
From WPClipart
When you listen to frog calls of different species some make a peep sound while others sound more like ribbit. We can use the rhythm of the frog calls to examine words that we are learning. If a word has one syllable it is a peep word. If a word has two syllable it is a ribbit word.
Divide your children into Leopard Frogs and Spring Peepers. Call out a word. If it is a two syllable word all the Leopard Frogs call out "ribbit". If it is a one syllable word all the Spring Peepers call out "peep".
Note: To add movement you might have the children hop to the rhythm of the word as they call out ribbit or peep.
Make your own Frog Games
Deal out the Frog Cards
As you learn more about frogs you can start to make up games that reinforce learning. Adapting traditional games to the theme is a great way to get started.For example:
Frog Unit Study Concentration
1. Make decks of cards with two each of various kinds of frogs.
2. Print the names on the bottom of each card.
3. Make the cards from Card Stock. About 20 pictures per deck works well.
4.By using White Card Stock you will be able to print the frog cards without having to paste them onto stiffer material.
5. Laminating
will extend the life of your decks of Frog Cards.If you chose to print the pictures on regular printer paper you can use various colors of cardstock or oaktag, a different color for each deck, to keep the decks separated. You then will need to glue them to the cardstock.
If teaching a foreign language you could make the cards with parts of the frog's body or frogs of different colors etc,
Photo Credit: Amphibians Matching Cards
Available on Amazon
You might also consider buying a deck of matching frog or amphibian cards.
Product Description
Matching is a wonderful activity that develops visual acuity, memory, concentration, fine motor skills, a logical mind, and self confidence. These amphibian cards also give children the opportunity to practice speaking as they will naturally chat about the photos they manipulate.
The Amphibians Matching Card packet contains photos of amphibians in the water and on the land including green frog, spotted salamander, red-spotted eft, and more. These cards spark children's interest in the natural world and inspire them to discuss the zoological specimens they encounter in their daily life.
Name Your Frogs
A Frog by any other name would smell as sweet...
We learn from the Responsive Classroom that Name Games are important to help children get to know each other and develop community within a classroom. We have adopted these ideas when creating a community of Pet Rock Frogs.
One day we decided to name our Pet Rock Frogs. The children in my class had made Pet Rock Frogs in the art center and we were very proud of them. Here are some of the fun ways we used to learn how to read the names of our new Pet Rock Frogs. :
Frog Name Puzzles: Letter tiles for each child's pet rock frog were put in a ziplock with a name card. The child selected a bag, put the tiles in order and copied the name on a record sheet.
Frog Name Bingo: Partners take turns choosing a stick with the name of a frog on it. They then read the name and cover that name on the Frog Names Bingo Card with a frog counter.
Pet Rock Bullfrogs: Paint fist sized rocks to look like frogs. Write the first name of a student on each bullfrog. Children match the bullfrogs to fabric lily pads that have the frog's last names on them. The children then write the full name of each frog on the recording sheet.
One day we decided to name our Pet Rock Frogs. The children in my class had made Pet Rock Frogs in the art center and we were very proud of them. Here are some of the fun ways we used to learn how to read the names of our new Pet Rock Frogs. :
Frog Name Puzzles: Letter tiles for each child's pet rock frog were put in a ziplock with a name card. The child selected a bag, put the tiles in order and copied the name on a record sheet.Frog Name Bingo: Partners take turns choosing a stick with the name of a frog on it. They then read the name and cover that name on the Frog Names Bingo Card with a frog counter.
Photo Credit: Painted Frog: Rock Art by Avenefica
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Pet Rock Bullfrogs: Paint fist sized rocks to look like frogs. Write the first name of a student on each bullfrog. Children match the bullfrogs to fabric lily pads that have the frog's last names on them. The children then write the full name of each frog on the recording sheet.
Spell the Frog Words
Frog Letters
Photo Credit: Frog Watercolor on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Photo Credit: Scrabble Letters on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Make word puzzles bags by writing words on Frog shaped note paper, laminating
them and putting them in zippered Ziploc Bags
with the Scrabble Tiles
needed to spell them. These letters for spelling frog words could also be stored in the frog tins seen below.Kids take one bag at a time. Rearrange the letters to spell the frog word and then get another bag.
For a little harder version.
Write the frog word on the back and draw a picture showing the meaning of the frog word on the front.
Kids spell the word with the letters and then check the back to see that they were correct.
NOTE: Because Scrabble letters are all capital, I write the small letters on the back with a marker so that the children can read the words more easily.
Spelling with the Frogs
Counting Frogs aren't just for counting!
Write words that the children are learning to spell using very large letters on card stock that have been cut in half. Children can use little Plastic Frogs
to cover the letters and form the words. The children should sound out the word as they form each letter. The frog counters help the children concentrate on each letter in proper order.Rubber Stamp Frogs can be used for stamping the path of the letters of their spelling words. Pretend that these are the paths that the frogs take to get to the frog pond. As the children stamp each letter, they can say the sound of each of the letters in the word frog.
Go out to the playground and write a word that the whole class is having difficulty with using Sidewalk Chalk. Then have the kids jump on the shapes of the letters to form the word. They might even play leapfrog on the letters.Photo Credit: 
L For Leapfrog by Uptton, Clive
Available at Allposters
Frog, Bog, Jog, Hog, Log
Jog with the Frog on a Log in the Bog
Introducing the -og family. These words all have -og in them. Listen to the ending sounds or rime of the words frog, bog, jog and log. Create an -og wordwall by making a Frog Pond Bulletin Board and labeling -og words. Add someone jogging around the pond. Include a hog coming down to the pond for a drink. Ask the children for suggestions on ways to more -og words.
-og Word Family
Dozens of printable activities for learning the -og words including frog, hog, log, jog etc.1 point
Insect Words
Hungry Frogs eat their Words
Photo Credit: frog catching a fly
from WPClipart
At this center the children unscramble the insect words or add the missing letters and then feed the Insect Words to the Frog.
For children who have a difficult time unscrambling the words, I provide letter tiles
so that they can move them around until they discover the word. This is very helpful for visual and tactile learners.- Unscramble Insect Words: EnchantedLearning.com
- Unscramble Insect Words: A printout about Insects words for early readers: ant, bee, fly, moth, caterpillar, beetle, butterfly, dragonfly, grasshopper, mosquito.
- Fill in Missing Letters in Insect Words: EnchantedLearning.com
- Fill in Missing Letters in Insect Words: A printout about Insects words for early readers: bee, ant, butterfly, fly, dragonfly, grasshopper, caterpillar, mosquito, beetle.
Feed the Frog
Feed the Frog Word Games
Photo Credit: Frog Scrubbie Holder
from Storybook Ceramics
Children love feeding fly words to this frog with it's big, wide mouth. We call him the Hungry Frog. Cut out paper in the shape of flies or use a Rubber Stamp Fly
to stamp on each card. Write a word on each card for insects and other food that frogs eat. Include some related words that frogs don't eat. Children read the words and feed the frog only it's food. These cards could be marked on the back for self checking. Be sure to laminate the frog food cards for durability.- Lively Lime Frog Scrubbie or Sponge Holder
- This frog scrubbie holder is 4 inches tall and has a wide mouth for catching flies. It is big enough for children to feed fly-shaped cards. Just pop the frog in the dishwasher whenever it needs washing.
- Feed the Frog
- Teaching Sight Words from Creative Teaching
Jo made a Feed the Frog game for her homeschooled children to help them learn sight words.
The first child picks a bug out of a bag, says the word, and feeds the word to the frog If the child did not know the word, the other child or an adult could help.
If you pair up: one child who is struggling with the words, and another who knows all of the words then the one who is struggling can get hints from the other.
If the struggler is also asked to provide hints to the one who knows the words it will help him or her to focus on the words and practice using clues to remember the words.
Jo's children children made "ribbit" sounds as the frog ate, or made the frog burp after it ate all the bugs. SheI was okay with that because she knew if the frog was full, the children's minds were growing and filling up also (burp!). - Arcademic Skill Builders - Word Frog
- You play the part of the frog as word flies come buzzing by. Make the frog flick out its tongue to catch the matching fly. Flies have words that are antonyms, synonyms, or homonyms to the word on the frog.
- Frog Tracing Sight Word Ring Book
- Hop into learning sight words with this cute frog sight word ring book! Includes Pre-Primer, Primer, First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade word lists for a total of 225 words!
Word lists are separated into 5 separate ring books. OR they can be combined for one big ring book depending on desired use. Each card has a cute, happy frog and a sight word in traceable font.
Great for independent study, or for use in learning centers for tracing practice! Card size are perfect for little hands, and can easily slip into backpacks or literacy bags! This item is provided in both full color and black and white! - Hands On Learning Fun: Froggy Fun Printable Thematic Unit
- Frog Letter Sort Learning Activity
Reinforces recognition of uppercase/lowercase letters. Place the frog on the matching lily pad.
You can also use the frog cards for putting the letters of the alphabet in the correct order.
Or, put 6-8 letters in order in a row. Remove 2 cards and have student find the missing letter.
Frogs to Feed
Frogs for the Insect and Frog Feeding games above.
With so many choices I am sure that you will be able to find the perfect frog for feeding. The small frog scrubby holder and the frog cup work well for centers using words written on small insect cards. The large laundry basket frog works well for a playground version where the words are written on beanbags and can be played by the whole class.Ask the children to help you think up more games to use with these frog containers. What else would the frogs be eating?
Photo Credit: Leaping Frog
on Twitpics.
What do frogs eat?
Frogs eat...
Frogs are opportunistic carnivores. Frogs sit still and wait for the food to come to them. Dead insects are of no interest to a frog. Frogs wait for insects or small animals to fly, hop or run by. Once prey is spotted the frog flicks out its tongue and the victim is zapped into the frog's mouth almost instantly.
Read more: Diet of a Leopard Frog on eHow
Frogs eat ants.
Ants at the Picnic5 points
Frog and Insect Words Slide Through
Frogs eat Insect Words
1. Color and then cut out the frog.
2. Color the frog and the insects.
3. Cut out the strip of insects.
4. Cut the insects apart and glue onto a longer strip leaving room to write the words for each of the frog's prey.
5. Laminate
6. Thread the strip through the frog's stomach.
Children can practice reading the words as they feed the frog.(Frog Eating Activity)
This activity was inspired by Kiddyhouse Frog Activity.
Where you will find a printable version of this activity.
“Four frog friends found five fat flies!
- Frog Alliteration”
Spelling Frogs
Trains, Frogs and Spelling Words
Form the train tracks into the shape of each of the letters in the word frog. Encourage your child to run the frogs along the letters while making the sound of each letter the frog train car drives over. Say "f,f,f,f,f..." while driving over the letter f. Change to "rrrrrrrr" while driving over the letter r. Then switch to the short vowel sound o when driving around the letter o. Finally make the hard sound that g makes while driving over the letter g, "g,g,g,g,g..." At the end of the word frog, come to a stop with a resounding "frog!"Photo Credit:BRIO Frogster
Spelling Frogs
Trains, Frogs and Spelling Words
Frog Word Games
Tactile Frog Words
Touch the Frog Words
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Rough Green Scouring Pad
make wonderful Work Mats for practicing spelling frog words. Cut them to resemble Lily Pads.1. Set out a set of Green Felt Letters
and a list of words for the child to spell.2. Child finds the letters to each word and puts it on the Lily Pad (Scour Pad).
3. After checking to make sure that it is spelled correctly, the child puts the letters back in ABC order.
Note: Keeping the letters in ABC order makes it easier to find the letters that you are looking for and reinforces the skill of alphabetical order.
NOTE: For younger children, put the letters to each word in an envelope and have them unscramble the word.
Note:The roughness of the pads makes it possible to attach them to the wall for those children who need to stand or move around while working. For children with ADHD you might have them find the letters while on one side of the room and then hop across the room to attach them to the lily pads.
Feel the Frog Words!
Tactile Frogs!
To make Tactile Frog Words, use green scrubbies for your word mats. The felt letters easily stick to the green scrubbies. Children can practice spelling their frog related vocabulary or spelling words and then close their eyes, feel the letters and try to guess which word they are feeling.
Frog Unit Study Vocabulary
Frog Words
Identiflyer SongCard - Fabulous Frogs
Portable Audio Frog Call Guide and Identifier
These Frog Unit Study Vocabulary words could be used in a variety of activities to help children express their discoveries about frogs. What ways could you use these words to bring attention to them and help children remember how to spell them?
pond, egg, frog spawn, jelly, embryo, tadpole, head, tail, body, algae, hind legs, front legs, gills, lungs, insects, frog, hibernation, amphibian, land, water, cold blooded, webbed, enemies, camouflage
Write each word on an index card and put in an envelope.
Kids cut apart letters and use as a puzzle.6 points
Write the Frog Words on a Word Wall
Circle the words pointing out where the tails of s more...4 points
Swat the Verb Flies
Verb Game with Frogs and Flies
Did you know that frogs only eat prey that moves? A frog could be sitting on a log surrounded by dead flies and starve to death. The frog only notices things that move. Try watching a frog sitting on a lily pad. It will sit very still and be very alert. The second an insect flies by the frog instantly sticks out its tongue and flicks it into its mouth.Let's turn that activity into an opportunity to practice quickly reading words! Become frogs eating flies as you learn all about verbs. Verbs are words that tell what is happening. Verbs describe movement.
Frogs hop. Frogs jump. Frogs leap. Frogs catch and eat flies.
Pair the Frogs on the Logs Activity
Frog Themed Compound Words Interactive Bulletin Board
Once There Was A Bull...(frog): Adventures in Compound Words
Frog Themed compound word activities can be used as part of literacy rotations, an interactive frog themed bulletin board or included in a frog themed literacy bag. Write each individual word on a frog, Then write the compound words on logs. The children hop the frogs onto the correct logs.
Frogs on Logs Compound Word Game
Learning to read compound words through fun, hands-on, creative games and activities. This activity is part of a Frog Themed Unit Study and includes an Interactive Bulletin Board, matching compound word game, and suggestions for creating a Frog Literacy Bag.3 points
English compound words and phrases: A reference list by Francis Horace Teall
This is a reference book explaining the rules for forming compound words. It also is a compilation of compound words used in the English language including such words as lilypad and bullfrog. Use this book as a reference when creating compound wordgames as well as when teaching about compound words. It is in Google Books format thus it can be read for free online.1 point
Frogs and the Writing Process
Frog Writing Center
Writing about Frogs
Provide plenty of paper, pencils, and frogs to observe. Novelty pens that are shaped like frogs or paper that is cut in a frog shape can also inspire writing.Spend time writing every day. Write in all curriculum areas and don't forget to publish the best writing so that everyone can be inspired to write more.
The more you write about frogs the more you will learn about frogs because writing requires observation, deep thinking and accuracy in expressing your thoughts.
The table and chair set inspires young frogs to write their life histories.
Writing about Frogs
Understanding the Writing Process
Frog, Snail and Duck with Letter
Available at Allposters.com
The following online description of The Writing Process by MIT's Online Writing and Communication Center will help anyone who is teaching the Writing Process help children go from the pre-writing stage all the way through to a published book or poem.
Throughout this Frog Unit Study, use this outline to brainstorm, draft, revise, edit and finally publish the stories and poems that you will be writing about frogs. Teach this process to the children and they will be not only prepared for writing papers in college but will be prepared for writing throughout life.
Hop, jump and leap into writing with the frogs...
Frog Stamps by evelynsaenz
Design stamps with zazzle
Don't forget to add a stamp...
- The Writing Process
- The Writing Process, part of the MIT Online Writing and Communication Center
Writing is a process that involves at least four distinct steps: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. - Bookmaking With Kids for National Frog Month
- In honor of National Frog Month here is a suggested book project where you make frog books with pop-up frog cutouts. Hop on over to check them out but don't forget to hop on back :)
- SDSC Education - The Life Cycle of the Frog
- Part 4 includes pdf files to create a frog development book.
Frogs and The Writing Process
Make Your Own Frog Story
We use the Writing Process to teach children how to write.Prewriting can involve going to the frog pond to observe frogs, watching the tadpoles in the classroom aquarium, drawing frogs, talking about frogs or reading about frogs.
Most people write several drafts of their frog story. Sometimes we try writing the story using different formats such as a poem, letter, short story, or newspaper article. We then share the various drafts with others in order to determine the form that works best for telling our story.
Photo Credit: Fish and Frog servants
on WPClipart, Public Domain
Finally they edit their stories, checking for spelling, grammar, and punctuation before publishing their frog tales in a format that allows them to include it in the classroom library and allows others to check these frog stories out to share with their families at home.
Describing a Frog's form of Locomotion
Choosing Words Carefully: Hop, Leap, or Jump
Photo Credit: Leap Frog
on Clipart, Public Domain
When writing, it is important to choose your words carefully as in the following example. Discuss with the children the difference in the meaning of the words hop, leap and jump. Have everyone get up and try each of the movements, preferably in front of a mirror. Now sing the song iHere we go Round the Mulberry Bush/i while substituting the words hop, leap and jump for different verses. Help the children feel the difference between these different words.
Now sit back down and talk about how each of these words might be used in a poem or story about frogs. Spend only a couple of minutes on this discussion before sending them off to silent writing time.
- Hop/leap/jump away - WordReference Forums
- Question: Some frogs naturally freeze solid in winter, then thaw and hop away in the spring ... Scientists believe these frogs hold the secret for safer organ transplants.I wonder if leap/jump away could substitute for hop away That is, are they the same in meaning?
Response: I have to ... - Spelling Gameboard - Hopping Jumping Frog
Draw and read a card. Place your frog playing piece on the next tile with the correct ending. This board game reinforces spelling rules for adding -ed and -ing including doubling the final consonant or removing a silent -e. Though it is meant to be printable and played as is, I would suggest printing out the board onto card stock or gluing onto cardboard, laminating
Frog Book Fabric
Cover your Frog Book in Frog Fabric
Write lots of stories about frogs. Write stories about fictional frogs, frog princes and princesses. Write non-fictional accounts of your frog observations. Write poetry books including poems about frogs. When you are ready to publish your books, cover them in frog themed covers.
Make covers for your Frog Books using cereal boxes covered in Frog Print cloth. Be sure to press them with heavy books so that they dry flat. Staple pages in the middle. Use the first page to glue to the cover.
- RJR Fabrics Leap Frog Lily pads
- Find fabric printed with a frog theme. Use this frog themed cloth to cover your very best frog story.
- Bookmaking, Bookbinding, Binding, How to Make a Hardcover Book, Diy Instructions
- How to Make a Simple Hardcover Book.
You will need:Sheets of paper to make the pages.
A slightly larger sheet of sturdy paper, to make the outer cover. Brown paper is excellent, and can be painted with Indian ink or other waterproof pigments.
Two boards of hard card, to make the inner cover.
Two ...
Frog Shaped Book
Use a Frog Shaped Cookie Cutter
Photo Credit: Big Frog Cookie Cutter
Available from The Frog Store
Use a frog shaped cookie cutter to trace around the frog. Staple the pages together and you have a Frog Shaped book for all your frog stories and tales.
If you make the front and back covers from old cereal boxes the book will last longer. They could be painted and covered with tissue paper and decorated to look like a frog.
Spray them with hairspray as a fixative then use polyurethane to protect them.
- The Frog Store
- Frog housewares make great frog gifts for the frog lover and frog collector. We have frog cookie jars and a wide variety of kitchenwares. Find all sorts of frog gifts, frog collectibles, frog toys, frog jewelry, and more at the Internet's largest all-frog gift shop!
- Frog Flashcards - Frog Ideas
- Fun with Frogs... Leap into Learning by Susan DeMuth
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
The stages in a Frog's Life
1. As you learn about frogs write sentences on a chart paper.
2. Reread the sentences with the children often so they can remember what they say.
3. These sentences can be used to copy into the Frog Book.
Frogs are green.
Frogs hop.
Do frogs smell like lime Jello?
Frogs think that flies taste good.
We like to listen when the frogs say, "Ribbit, Croak, Peep or Chugarum!"
Coloring pages of frogs can be colored and cut out to make Frog Shaped Books.
- Frog Life Cycle Booklet
- In this activity, lower-elementary children create a frog-shaped booklet on the life cycle of a frog.
- Hop to It - Irish Frog Survey - Frog Crossword Game
- Crossword of the Frog Life Cycle
- Frog Shape for Making a Book
- Color this simple drawing of a frog, or trace and cut out to make a great student shapebook.
Frog Poetry
Write a Frog Poem
Frog Poetry
Photo Credit: One Hundred Frogs:
Available on Amazon
What do frogs do in the winter? Maybe they are writing poetry.
Children love to go into the reading nook to write poetry. They pretend that they are frogs in the mud, waiting for spring with nothing to do but dream of summer and write poetry.
Poetry can help people see beauty in ways they may never though of before. Could you write a poem that might help save the frogs from extinction?
Five Little Froggies
The Frog's Verson of "This Little Piggy Went to Market"
This little froggy hops into reading!
This little froggy jumps at the chance to play math games.
This little froggy croaks about the life cycle activity.
This little froggy plays a ribbit and croak game.
And this little froggy cries Knee Deep! Knee Deep all the way down to the Frog Pond...
by Evelyn Saenz
Frog Poetry Contest
Announcing the SAVE THE FROGS! Annual Frog Poetry Contest!
What if you are a poet who cares about frogs? What could you do? Did you know that Amphibian populations throughout the world are declining to the point that scientists fear mass extinction? Many people don't know just how bad it has gotten for the frogs, toads and salamanders. As a poet, however, you have the ability to spread the warning. Poems are usually short and invite people to learn and recite the words over and over. Write a poem about frogs and enter it in the annual Save the Frogs Poetry Contest:
Help save the frogs by raising awareness of the problem of amphibian extinction. Invite others to join you. The more people are involved and interested in saving the frogs the better the chances are that there will still be frogs here for your children and grandchildren to enjoy in years to come.
The best frog poems will be included in a book of frog poetry and the profits from the frog poetry will be used to raise money for amphibian conservation efforts. This frog poetry book will feature also artwork from the Save the Frogs' concurrent Annual Frog Art Contest.
Help save the frogs by raising awareness of the problem of amphibian extinction. Invite others to join you. The more people are involved and interested in saving the frogs the better the chances are that there will still be frogs here for your children and grandchildren to enjoy in years to come.
The best frog poems will be included in a book of frog poetry and the profits from the frog poetry will be used to raise money for amphibian conservation efforts. This frog poetry book will feature also artwork from the Save the Frogs' concurrent Annual Frog Art Contest.
- Frog Poetry Contest | Cash Prizes
- The 2011 Annual Frog Poetry Contest will open on January 15th, and run through late September.. Held by SAVE THE FROGS! Nonprofit Organization to raise funds and awareness for endangered frogs.
Frog Outlook
Persistent Frog
Keep Swimming
Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.
One was an optimistic soul.,
but the other took the gloomy view.
"We'll drown," he lamented without ado.
And with a last despairing cry,
He flung up his legs and said "Goodbye."
Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin,
"I can't get out but I won't give in,
I'll just swim around until my strength is spent,
then I'll die the more content."
Bravely he swam to work his scheme,
and his struggles began to churn the cream.
The more he swam, his legs a flutter,
The more the cream turned into butter.
On top of the butter at last he stopped.
What is the moral? It's easily Found. If you can't hop out, keep swimming around!
-Author Unknown
Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.One was an optimistic soul.,
but the other took the gloomy view.
"We'll drown," he lamented without ado.
And with a last despairing cry,
He flung up his legs and said "Goodbye."
Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin,
"I can't get out but I won't give in,
I'll just swim around until my strength is spent,
then I'll die the more content."
Photo Credit: be persistent
on Atelier Subterranean, Creative Commons
Bravely he swam to work his scheme,
and his struggles began to churn the cream.
The more he swam, his legs a flutter,
The more the cream turned into butter.
On top of the butter at last he stopped.
What is the moral? It's easily Found. If you can't hop out, keep swimming around!
-Author Unknown
More Frog Poetry
Frogs keep the Bugs at Bay
- Frog Poem by Becca Rapelje
- I had a little jumping frog.
I trained to come and go... - Frog Hop Finger Play
- "Frog Hops"
One hop, two hop...
Includes a frog puppet to color and cut out. - Bilingual Poems about Frogs, Toads and Crocodiles
- Programs in English and Spanish about frogs, toads, and aquatic animals. including Estaba la rana cantando or There Once was a Singing Frog
Photo Credit:
Frog Pond
Sangita
Available at AllPosters.com - Frog, The by Hilaire Belloc
- Frog, The - by Hilaire Belloc .. Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As
Keeping a Frog Diary
Frog Observations
Photo Credit: handmade journal on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Photo Credit: Frogs & Dragonflies Pond Art by nordicpeek - Available on Zazzle
Keep observations of frog pond activities in a diary on a daily, hourly or weekly basis. These observations over time will begin to reveal the secret lives of the frogs.
Children love to help with observing and recording. After keeping a frog diary for a year or so, children love to read about what happened the year before and compare it with the activities they observe this year.
These observations can be turned into graphs, charts, dioramas or puppet shows. Be sure to take lots of pictures to add to your Frog Diary. Then add artwork, boarders and scientific drawing.
These diaries will be treasures that will be read over and over for years.
- frog diary - January 2004
- The Pond Diary 2004 January
1 January - A dull damp start to the new year, with an air temperature of 6C when I took this photograph at 10.45pm.
Tonight I could see six frogs in the ponds with a couple, like this one, out in the open, probably in response to the higher temperatures.
If you look at the larger image you will see that it seems to be 'blinking' its right eye. The frog's lower eyelid is a milky coloured translucent membrane, which you can see here partly covering the eye. - Frog Pond Diary
- Take photos and add drawings to describe your frog observations.
- Frog Shaped Diary using a Classroom Die Cutter
- In my classroom I like to use a lot of hands-on materials. In the past I have painstakingly cut out each figure by hand. When creating calendar patterns that means at least 30 cut outs per month. Then add to that the cutouts for math manipulatives, word cards, board games and name tags and it seemed
- Frog Shape Book
- Shape book pages that include five reproducible forms (front cover, back cover, emergent writer form, beginning writer form, and independent writer form), writing ideas, and literature connections
- frog diary - February 2004
- 3 February - Things have remained quiet in the pond since my last diary entry. The quick cold spell last week produced some ice although it did not freeze over completely and the
- Carleton College: Wall Charts: Frog Embryology
- Frog Embryology
From original drawings by Mary R. McCracken
Industrial Waste in the Frog Pond
Will the frogs survive?
Frog Bubbles by Katie O
Photo Credit: Frog Bubbles
used by permission from Kate O.
Frogs are endangered throughout the world but in the Vermont forests, it seems nothing could be harming the frogs. My friend and I went in search of frog eggs but what did we find? Read the true tale of a walk through the Vermont woods very early in the spring.
The Leopard Frog is the Vermont State Amphibian. As a child, my sister and I loved to catch frogs and watch them breathe, feel their hears beat and watch them hop off when we released them.
The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
Tale of a Wise Old Frog
Why Grandfather Frog has No Tail
... Grandfather Frog was old, very old indeed, and very, very wise. He wore a green coat and his voice was very deep. When Grandfather Frog spoke everybody listened very respectfully. Even Billy Mink treated Grandfather Frog with respect, for...
Mathematical Frogs
Frog Math Manipulatives
Hands-On Math for a Frog Unit Study
Photo Credit:Funtastic Frogs 48 Large Frogs in 6 Colors
Available on Amazon
Frog and Lily Pad Game
Fish for the Magnetic Frogs on a Silk Lily Pad
Photo Credit: Frog and Lily Pad Game
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
The object of the game is to match, one to one correspondence, the frogs with the lily pads.
The lily pads were made in three different sizes so they could talk about the relative sizes of lily pads that the frogs land on. The first frog might land on a large lily pad and the second might land on a smaller lily pad. The third frog would then land on the smallest sized lily pad. This example brings into the discussion not only measurement but also ordinal numbers.
Finally the frogs come in a variety of colors adding another topic of discussion.
Frog and Lily Pad Games
Fish for the Magnetic Frogs on a Silk Lily Pad
Children love the Frog and Lily Pad game. There are magnets attached to the frogs and a fishing pole with a magnet on the end. The children use the fishing pole and magnets to move the frogs to the lily pads.
You could turn this activity into a literacy center by adding words to the lily pads and pictures that represents those words to the frogs. The children would then match the picture with the word.
You could turn this activity into a literacy center by adding words to the lily pads and pictures that represents those words to the frogs. The children would then match the picture with the word.
- Frog and Lily Pad Game
- Fish for the magnetic frogs who live in a frog pond made of light blue silk - from Chasing Cheerios
- Pond Animals Unit - PreKinders
- Thematic unit ideas for learning about pond animals including Frogs-Theme for Preschool and Kindergarten.
- Frog Games
- For the water table, cut out round lily pads from craft foam and use them with small counting frogs.
Frog Spawn Place Value
Frog Themed Place Value Workjobs
Photo Credit: Toad Eggs
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Frogs lay their eggs in clusters and toads lay their eggs in strings.
To practice place value:
1. Lay out a sheet of blue paper (Pond Mathmat) Cut it down the middle. On one paper write frog eggs and on the other write toad eggs.
2. Roll dice of two different colors. The black die could be the ones and the green could be the tens.
3. Use White Reinforcement circles to show the number in clusters (Frog Spawn) or in strings of tens and ones (Toad Spawn)
4. Write the number in digits on the back of each one.
Later on these papers could be laminated
and become a matching game with the answers on the back for self-checking.This is adapted from an idea in Instructor , March, 2001 by Jacqueline Clarke .
Frog Fraction Race
Have a hopping good time filling up the fraction circles.
The aim is to move all the frogs across to the other side of the river.. Move the frogs forward or backward so that the total distance traveled equals the target fraction.
- Active Fractions & Decimals: Froggy Fractions
- These games can be used with pupils aged 10 to 14.
- Active Fractions & Decimals: Froggy Fractions
- These games can be used with pupils aged 10 to 14.
Froggy Fractions
Frogs are learning Fractions
When it's center time, this is the game your children are hopping to play.
Use fractions to create lily pads for the frogs in your pond.
Use fractions to create lily pads for the frogs in your pond.
Froggy Math Game
Drops in the Bucket
Create your own Frog and Lilypad Board Game using the questions and answers from the Drops in the Bucket math series.
Drops in the bucket are one page reviews of concepts already taught. To turn these pages into a game, create a gameboard showing a frog pond. Use lily pad shapes to create a path and frog counters for playing pieces.
Cut apart the questions and glue them to cardstock. Decide on a number value of each card depending on it's difficulty or time to figure out the answer and write a number from 1 to 5 on the card. This is the number of spaces the frog can jump if you are able to answer the question corectly. Write the answer on the back of the card. Note: Answers to all questions are found at the back of the book.
Laminate
the cards to protect the cards.Students take turns answering questions and hopping along the lily pad path. The first one to finish is the winner.
Note: There should be at least 100 lily pad spaces to hop on.
Frog Unit Study Math
Frog Themed Math
Frog related math lenses use the frog and tadpole theme to teach math concepts in a hands-on creative way. These games and activities lend themselves well to working with children of multi-ages, small or large groups as well as homeschooling families with children of various abilities can learn math concepts together. Hop on over for frog themed math...
The Science of Frogs
Frog Life Cycle Science
Frog Life Cycle Worksheets
Quality Giant Magnetic Frog Life Cycle By Learning Resources
Available on Amazon
Play with all those new words you are learning... Just click Frog Life Cycle Worksheets to find worksheets written in editable Microsoft Word. They are designed for ESL but are easily adapted to any class. They adapt well for homeschoolers and are a great addition to a Frog Lapbook.
Click Life Cycle of a Frog Book to print out The Life Cycle of a Frog: A Printable Book for Early Readers.
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- Frog Life Cycle Worksheets
- Activities and worksheets for teaching about frog metamorphosis
Crosswords, Fill-in-the-blanks, Frog Metamorphosis Chart - Life Cycle of a Frog Book
- Life Cycle of a Frog Book, A Printable Book. Print out the Life Cycle of a Frog Book early reader book.
- EnchantedLearning.com - Montessori: Frog Life Cycle Activity Set with Models and Card Material
- Frog Life Cycle Set at Montessori123. Your source for biology, zoology botany and other science materials.
- Frog External Anatomy
- Frog External Anatomy 1. Observe the dorsal and ventral sides of the frog.
Dorsal side color ___________ Ventral side color ____________
2. Examine the hind legs. How many toes are present on each foot? ________ Are the toes webbed? ______
3. Examine the forelegs. How many toes are present?
NOTE: This is a worksheet to be used when dissecting a frog. You might want to use this only for reference when developing an observation worksheet. It comes from the
The Biology Corner whitch states The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. The Lesson Plans section contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets, feel free to change any of these to suit your own classroom needs. - Fantastic Frogs Science Lesson with Worksheets in Spanish
- Frog themed worksheets in Spanish for identifying the life cycle of frogs, reviewing knowledge learned about frogs, camouflage and winter hibernation designed for Second Grade Students
- Life Cycle of a Frog worksheet
- Your students will love to learn about writing in your classroom while you jumpstart your writers' workshop using this activity. - from Jumpstarting Writers' Workshop | Teaching Resource Center
- Compare Frog Feet
- Match the frog foot to a word that describes how that foot could best be used. Frogs worksheets from Kiddyhouse
Life Cycle of the Frog
Frog Puzzle Center
In the Frog Puzzle center we have a variety of Frog Related Puzzles. These puzzles about the life cycle of the Frog encourage children to discuss and reflect on information we are learning as frogs grow from egg to tadpole to adult frog.
Ask Me if I am a Frog
Exploring the Physical Features of Frogs
Learn alternatives to Frog Dissection.
Dissect a Frog
Many schools still dissect frogs in order to learn about animal anatomy, but is there an alternative?
2008 was declared the 'Year of the Frog' and zoos across the world spread awareness about the amphibious specie's importance and declining numbers.
Some teachers are now using Smartboards as an alternative to actual dissection of live frogs.. The SMART Board is a interactive, electronic whiteboard which can enhance instruction and learning. The SMART Notebook software makes it possible for teachers to create content rich, dynamic lessons which address specific student skills.
Photo Credit: Frog Anatomy
on WikiSpaces
2008 was declared the 'Year of the Frog' and zoos across the world spread awareness about the amphibious specie's importance and declining numbers.
Some teachers are now using Smartboards as an alternative to actual dissection of live frogs.. The SMART Board is a interactive, electronic whiteboard which can enhance instruction and learning. The SMART Notebook software makes it possible for teachers to create content rich, dynamic lessons which address specific student skills.
Frog Sandwich Anatomy Book
Write a Frog Book
Create your own anatomy of a frog book by making separate frog shaped pages, one for each system. For example the The Skin of the Frog, The Muscles of the Frog, The respiratory System of the Frog, the Skeletal System of the Frog etc.
- Make a Frog Sandwich
- As you learn about a frog's anatomy create separate layers depicting the different systems. These can be printed, colored and put together as a book of Frog Anatomy. Wonderful component for a Frog Unit Study Lapbook.
- Information and facts on the anatomy of amphibians
- Anatomy of the frog
- Respiratory System of Frogs
- Respiratory System of Frogs:Three types of respiration: cutaneous, buccopharyngeal and pulmonary,Respiratory System of Frogs,Central Board of Secondary Education class notes on Science, Central Boar
- Frog Respiration - Brown University
- The frog has three respiratory surfaces on its body that it uses to exchange gas with the surroundings: the skin, in the lungs and on the lining of the mouth.
- Frog breathing
- A site all about frogs, there biology and nature. plus loads of fun, photos abd games.
- Skeleton of a Frog
- Labeled Skeleton of a Frog with glossary - Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary
Care and Feeding of Tadpoles
Raising Tadpoles
Photo Credit: Tadpoles
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
As children, my sister and I loved collecting frog eggs and watching while they turned into tadpoles. At that time there seemed to be an endless supply of newly hatching frogs. That is no longer the case. Frogs all over the world are in danger of going extinct. This is why I recommend that you visit your frog pond daily rather than collecting tadpoles. If you have, however, collected a few tadpoles, here are links to how to care for them.
NOTE: Check local laws before collecting tadpoles.
- What do tadpoles eat?
- Children love to watch tadpoles emerge from frogspawn, then develop into miniature frogs. If you're keeping a few tadpoles, you will need to ...
- TADPOLE DEVELOPMENT AND CARE Pollywogs World of Frogs
- Adults Feeding Tadpoles
How does a frog breath?
Observing and Graphing Toad or Frog Respiration
Photo Credit: Frogs
Artist: Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935)
Image Appears In: The Water Babies
Date Image Published: 1916
on ReusableArt, Public Domain
Be sure to compare this experiment with those of Jelle Atema's experiments with lobsters.
- Graphing Toad/Frog Respiration
- This is an activity which uses frogs or toads to demonstrate scientific method, by measuring the respiration rate, as well as the other external features of the live specimen. The kids enjoy working with the Arizona Toads.
- Observation of a Living Frog
- Observation of a Living Frog Procedure:
Working in groups of 4, teams will observe the behaviors of a live frog. Find the answers to all questions, and report on a separate piece of paper. For each number, include the question you are answering on your paper (the heading). The bulleted li
Frog and Toad Venn Graph
Compare Frogs and Toads
- Frogs and Toads Venn Diagram Printout
- Frogs and Toads Venn Diagram Printout Worksheet.- Enchanted Learning Software
- Frog and Toad Comparison
- Complete the Venn Diagram using what you have learned
about frogs and toads.
Albino Tadpoles
Odd Baby Frogs
- Rare white albino tadpoles discovered in Wales
- Although isolated single examples of albino frogs, toads and newts have been seen before this is the first time a whole group has been found.
Vernal Pool Mortality Game
Frog Eggs to Adult Frog Survival Rates
Life cycle of a frog - Visual Dictionary - Copyright © 2005-2011 - All rights reserved.
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Several species of animals, especially amphibians, depend on vernal pools to
complete their life cycles. A vernal pool is a temporary wetland that is filled by
rain or snowmelt in late winter/early spring and is typically dry by summer.
During the fall and early winter months, only vegetation will indicate the
presence of a vernal pool.
In spring, many amphibians, including spotted salamanders, Jefferson
salamanders, woodfrogs, and spring peepers, lay their eggs in vernal pools.
Some animals, such as the fairy shrimp, spend their entire lives in these pools
and must adapt to the lack of water during late summer, fall and early winter.
Invent your own Vernal Pool Mortality Game:
Make four sets of game cards represent the four stages in a frog's life cycle
Gather information about the perils of life for frogs in a Vernal Pool.
At each stage, some are eliminated (the frogs are unable to survive or are taken from the vernal pool) due to
circumstances specified in the cards.
This idea is adapted from the Environmental Education of Ohio
- Frogs: Singin' in the Rain!
- After spending the winter buried under mud at the bottom of a lake or surrounded by molding leaf litter, it's no wonder frogs are ready to sing in the spring! One of the surest signs of spring is frogs singing. Cold-blooded amphibians can't risk coming out to...
- Vernal Pool Bingo Cards
- Create printable bingo, crossword, word search and more games ...
The Tadpole Problem
Practicing math word problems with tadpoles.
If we had 25 tadpoles hatch on Wednesday and double that hatched on Thursday and on Friday 50 more hatched. How many tadpoles would you have by Friday?As an adult you have probably learned to ignore the frogs and tadpoles and just add up the numbers. Most children, however, have not had enough concrete experiences to make sense of such large numbers. That is where the beads come in.
We use small black and white alphabet beads to help with figuring out these problems. If you use a lot of imagination, they look like frog eggs ready to hatch.
Tadpole Workjobs
Learn the number facts to ten
1. Spray paint one side of 10 Lima Beans black.
Use black permanent marker to make tadpole eyes on the white side and whiteout or white acrylic paint to make tadpole faces on the black side.
2. Use the black marker to decorate a white plastic egg to look like a mass of frog eggs. Or you might use a Fillable Christmas Ornament
.3. Spray the egg and the Lima Bean Tadpoles with fixative to keep the paint from wearing off.
4. Hot Glue on a yarn or felt tail.
5. Make a blue felt pond for a workmat.
6. Store everything in a shallow labeled box.
Children shake the egg with the tadpoles out onto the mat and record the number of albino and normal tadpoles. ie: 8+2+10
Frogs Hibernate
What do frogs do in Winter?
Seasons of the Pond 2012 by Bebops
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Try soaking one hand in warm water. After a few minutes, observe your two hands. Did you notice that your hand was able to absorb water? Frogs absorb not only the water but are able to use the oxygen absorbed through their skin to breathe.
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly: Alex Noble, "Surviving Beneath Ice"
Every so often, you exhale, just a little bit, to make sure you are still alive, and you imagine the fine silver bubbles, slowly making their way up through the black water, a small, but reassuring sign of life, a promise of sorts, that this is just a rite of passage, and that you will survive. Somehow. You know. There will be spring, and the thaw...2 points
Hibernation of Frogs and Turtles
During winter hibernation, frogs need very little oxygen but that little amount is a matter of life or death. They get it from oxygen dissolved in the water: not like fish, through gills, but, in the case of frogs, through their skins.1 point
FROGS - SURVIVING THE COLD
Frogs are cold-blooded animals. So frogs that live where it gets too cold can't be active all year round. They adapt by hibernating through the coldest part of the year. Some species...1 point
Do frogs hibernate in summer?
Frog Hibernation
Photo Credit: Private Pond on the Downton Estate
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Being cold blooded, frogs change their activity levels to adapt to the temperatures around them. When summer temperatures get too hot they may bury themselves in the mud for protection and to rest. This is not hibernation because their heartbeats do not slow down. They continue to breathe because they can absorb oxygen through their skin even in the mud.
Photo Credit: this toad's for you . . .
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Most children have experienced the way that their hands become wrinkled when they are in the water for a long time. You can explain that this is similar to the way that frogs absorb oxygen through their skin.
Set up a sensory table with wet mud and plastic frogs. Have a hot task light focused on the table to create the feel of a summer pond that is drying up.
Photo Credit: Muddy fun
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Allow the children to explore the pond. Not only do their hands also turn wrinkly but their skin is absorbing water just like a frog's skin does. They may also notice that the mud is cooler than the water and mud will help protect your skin from drying out and from getting sunburn. Frog's skin needs to stay moist at all times..
Why do Frogs Hop?
Why don't Frogs Walk or Run?
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Learn more about how frogs hop. They don't have springs but they sure are able to jump long distances. Read the story of the Jumping Contest by Mark Twain and then research how real frogs are able to jump such distances. How about turning yourselves into frogs and have a frog jumping contest of your own?
This is also a great time to read Jump, Frog, Jump and then learn to read it in Spanish with Salta, Ranita, Salta. Jump into Spanish with Jump, Frog, Jump describes how Spanish class can be filled with fun jumping and hopping frogs as well.
Pretend to be frogs while jumping rope or bouncing on a ball. As you hop and jump be sure to practice your new Spanish phrase: Salta, Ranita, Salta.
Frog Locomotion
The Ability of Frogs to Jump, Hop or Learp
Gray Tree Frog Jumping, Native to Eastern US
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When scientists are asked, How do frogs hop?, these are some of their answers:
- Herpetology - Frequently asked frog questions
- How do frogs jump so well?
Frogs are good jumpers because they have relatively long rear legs and short bodies and lack tails. The legs give them power to jump, the short body helps them withstand the impact of landing, and there is no tail to get in the way or add unnecessary weight. - Frog zoology: Encyclopedia II - Frog zoology - Locomotion
- Frog zoology - Locomotion
Frogs have saltatory locomotion. This means that their primary method of locomotion is by hopping, jumping, or leaping. The front legs of a frog are similar to the arms of humans. They are weak and of little use for jumping. However, the frog has hind legs which are especially designed for leaping. These legs contain a tibiofibula (shinbone), femur, and the astragalus and calcaneus (similar to a human's ankle and heel bones). Adult frogs move about on land by hopping with their powerful hind legs.
Tadpoles, which have not yet developed arms or legs, use their tails to undulate like a fish (such as the perch). - Jump into Spanish with Jump, Frog, Jump
- Children love to learn in active, noisy, exciting ways so when I was teaching an afterschool Spanish class we decided to learn Spanish while studying the frogs down by the frog pond. We learned that frog is rana and that frogs are green or verde. These lessons were rather traditional and easy for th
Hopping Frogs Board Game
Frog Game for learning Language and Articulation
Hopping Frogs® is flexible enough to allow you to work on a single target sound and position for all players, or address individual target sounds and positions for each player. Hop into this fun board game to learn about nouns, verbs and adjectives and so much more...
- Hopping Frogs Board Game
- The Hippity-Hoppity Language and Articulation Game for P, B, T, D, K, G, and F Sounds
Learn all about the Frog Hopper's Game
Frog Hopping Game
Bringing a new look to the classic peg solitaire game, here comes Hoppers. (Simular to Rush Hour) Since peg solitaire is a jumping game, what could be more natural than designing the pegs to resemble frogs?
Following the diagram on the card, 4 to 12 frogs are placed on the game board lily pads. Then it's time to get hopping. Frogs leap over each other until there's only one left on the board.
When play is done, frogs and playing cards can be tucked away in the nifty storage compartment beneath the game board. --Wendy Slotboom
Poppin' Hoppie Commercial
Catch a Hopping Frog
Here is a collection of old commercials for several late 1960s games from Ideal Toys, including Poppin Hoppies, Bang Box and Swack!, plus Milton Bradley's Pop Yer Top and finally, the Motorific Racerific Track set featuring the Terror Turn!
Of these commercials my favorite by far was the Poppin' Hoppies commercial. I remember thinking that this had to be the most fun game ever. Well it turned out to be more fun than you might imagine. There is a spring inside the suction cup of each frog. The idea is to push down each of the frogs in order to make the suction cup hold and then catch the frogs as the spring overpowers the suction cup and hops into the air. The child who catches the most frogs is the winner.
Of these commercials my favorite by far was the Poppin' Hoppies commercial. I remember thinking that this had to be the most fun game ever. Well it turned out to be more fun than you might imagine. There is a spring inside the suction cup of each frog. The idea is to push down each of the frogs in order to make the suction cup hold and then catch the frogs as the spring overpowers the suction cup and hops into the air. The child who catches the most frogs is the winner.
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Frog Observation
Anatomy of a Frog
Look at the frog's nervous system. A frog has nerves just like a human. A frog's nervous system is controlled by the brain. Signals go back and forth through the nervous system to control all other parts of the frog's body.
Frog zoology - Nervous System - Encyclopedia II
1. The frog has a highly developed nervous system which consists of a brain, spinal cord and nerves...
2. Frogs have ten cranial nerves ...and ten pairs of spinal nerves ... humans have twelve cranial nerves and 30 pairs of spinal nerves.
3. Frogs do not have external ears; the eardrums... are directly exposed....2 points
Anatomy and Physiology of Animals/The Senses - Wikimedia Labs, collection of open-content textbooks
Wikimedia Labs, collection of open-content textbooks. Use this resource to compare frog anatomy with other animals.1 point
Anatomy of a frogs brain
A diagram showing the anatomy of a frogs brain1 point
Frog Food Quiz
What's on the menu at the Frog Cafe?
Frogs are surprisingly picky eaters. The frog sits on the lily pad and waits. It stays still just watching for it's meal to come to him. You could place a bowl full of dead flies in front of a frog and it would starve to death. Frogs only eat insects that are moving. When a bug flies by the frog rapidly flicks out its sticky tongue and zaps it into its mouth.
Set a table to resemble a cafe. Make hard-covered menu folders and inside place worksheets with spaces for children to add insects that a frog might eat. Include a guidebook to insects. The children look up insects that would fly around near frog ponds. They choose an insect, draw its picture, write its name and explain which characteristics would make it appealing to frogs.
The Frog and Fly Game
Can the frog catch the fly?
Is it possible for the frog to catch the fly? The Frog and Fly Game is not only fun but helps children work on logic and strategy skills as well as how to take turns, play together and how to loose politely.
- Puzzles in Education - The Frog and Fly Game
- Can the frog catch the fly? To catch the fly, the frog has to land on the same lily pad as the fly. The frog and fly can hop from one lily pad to another that is connected to it by a line.
The frog always starts on the big lily pad at the bottom.
The frog has to move first. After the frog moves, the fly will move, and they continue to alternate moves.
Frogs Eat the Dragonflies Board Game
Frog Board Game
Emilie
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1. Use frog counters or Lima beans painted to look like frogs as playing pieces. Or maybe some Plastic Party Frogs
.2. Roll dice to see how many frogs have eaten dragonflies. One dragonfly per frog.
3. Start at the upper left corner. Put a frog on each insect for the number of dots on the die. (One to One Correspondence)
4. The first person to cover all the dragonflies is the winner.
This is a great frog game for 2-3 players.
Froggy Playing Pieces for Frog Games
Frog Manipulatives
Photo Credit: Kissing Frog Prince Princess Salt & Pepper Shaker S/P
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Salt and Pepper frogs can be used as markers when playing board games. I like to look for the vintage frog salt and pepper shakers with unique characteristics and use their personalities to make up board games to go with them. Each salt and pepper shaker can be a playing piece on a frog pond game, a game of leapfrog or just replace the playing pieces in Checkers, Candyland or Monopoly.
Trips to the Frog Pond
Visiting the Frog Pond
Collect some tadpoles and watch them grow. Observe, observe, observe and keep track of your observations.
What other wildlife do you see at the pond.
Photo Credit: Frog at the Pond
From Karen's Whimsey, Public Domain
Can you identify the insects skimming across the surface? Why don't they sink?
Are there Cat-O-Nine Tails growing on the edge of the pond?
If you bring a sharp knife you can bring some Cat-O-Nine Tails back to the classroom.
Cat-O-Nine Tails last for months and can be used as pointers when reading frog poems or during Calendar Time.
Write about your tadpoles and frogs every day.
Read what others have discovered and then share that knowledge.
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Note: Frogs are becoming endangered all over the world. It has become illegal to collect tadpoles in many areas. Please check with your state wildlife agency before collecting frogs or tadpoles.
How do you catch a frog?
How do you hold a frog?
Some Frog!
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Children just seem to pass on the knowledge of how to catch a frog from one generation to the next. As soon as they are old enough to go down to the frog pond they watch their older siblings, cousins and friends and soon learn the techniques. Here is a wonderful photo essay on catching and holding a frog. Notice that the children's hands are wet. This is essential for the frog. Remember that a frog breaths through its skin and needs to keep its skin moist in order to breath.
I love the way the kids describe how tight to hold the frog. They say to hold it just enough to feel it breathing, gentle but firm. Have your children held a frog?
How to catch frogs at Omom's pond. - By One Mom in Maine
Very quietly begin looking for a frog. Once you have found an unsuspecting frog, scoop it into a bucket and stand around giggling uncontrollably. Make sure your hands are clean and wet...2 points
Frogs are Oviparous!
Characteristics of Frogs
What is it about frogs that make scientists classify them as oviparous? During this unit study we have learned about the life cycle of the frog, the anatomy of the frog, the habitat that frogs live in and much, much more. Which of these characteristics of frogs labels them as oviparous?
Frog Friends
Frogs find a new pond!
When frogs discover that their pond has dried up they need to find a new pond.
Leopard Frog
The Vermont State Amphibian
Northern Leopard Frog.
Gary Meszaros
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Leopard Frogs are common not only in Vermont but throughout North America. Frogs are endangered throughout the world. Leopard Frogs in Vermont have begun to show signs of deformities noted in other states and countries. By choosing the Leopard Frog as a symbol of Vermont, the legislature is hoping to interest individuals and corporations to help reduce pollution and other contributing factors to global warming in order to save the frogs.
Frogs in the News!
The Frog Report!
Frogs in the News!
Photo Credit: Kermit de Frog
Frog Reporter
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Find out what is going on in the world of frogs?
Reports of the disappearance of whole species of frogs. From reports of frogs being arrested in Nevada to frogs that make so much noise that home values are going down in the neighborhood. Can frogs survive a hurricane? What's going on in the world of frogs?
On-Line Frog Games
Interactive Frogs
- Quia - Frogs
- How much have you learned about frogs? Check it here.
- Quia - FROGS + BUTTERFLIES
- Can you answer the following questions about the life cycles of the frog and the butterfly? Good luck.
- Interactive Froggy Fun and Games
- Interactive Froggy Fun and Games
What Kind of Frog Are You?
Feeling Froggish? Take this personality quiz to find out what kind of frog YOU are!
New! FROG MAZE!
Print out this maze!
Interactive Stuff that uses Java
Frog and Toad Checkers - Play checkers with Frog and Toad!
Froggy Madlibs #1
Frog Art
Frog Art
Frog Unit Study Art
Photo Credit: FromSquibs of California, Or, Every-day Life
Illustrated by Palmer Cox, fig. 44, p. 110. in the public domain.
Art for your Frog Unit Study from how to draw frogs to painting, clay, sculptures, origami, frog cakes, Moche, Totem Poles and much much more. This article includes fun, creative, hands-on projects with a frog theme to do with children of all ages and abilities. Come explore the world of frogs through art..
Frog Ralley Game
Frog Race Game
Will you be the first frog to make it to the pond ? Roll the die to determine which frog leg you have to hold onto - and then pull the frog as far forward (for green or blue) or backward (for red or yellow) until the string is pulled tight. After each pull you will be in a new position in the race and must fix the frog's legs so that both front and back legs are the same length. Roll the frog symbol and you get a free move forward. But if you roll the car symbol, this means danger so you have to take a move back. The winner is the first player to reach the pond. What Do You Learn ? Color recognition, association, cause and effect. 4+ by Ravensburger.
Frog or Tadpole Poll
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Frog Music
Frog Chorus singing Happy Birthday
Frog Cards
Hoppy Birthday to You
Hoppy Birthday to You!
Hoppy Birthday to You!
Hoppy Birthday Dear Froggy,
Hoppy Birthday to You!
Teach the children the difference between the short a and the short o sound at Froggy's Birthday Party as you sing hOppy instead of hAppy birthday.
Photo Credit: Frog Tongue
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Hopping to the Music
5 Green and Speckled Frogs
Cut lily pads out of felt. Use them to play musical chairs. Also good for places to sit during circle time.
5 Green and Speckled Frogs by Raffi
We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus
The Foolish Frog by Pete Seeger
Froggie Went a Courting by Woody Guthrie
Who Let the Frogs Out by Sesame Street
My Frog Song by chicky-ma-ma
sung to "It's a Small World"
I'm a small Frog in the sea
I'm as green as green can be
I have 4 legs as you can see
I'm a small green frog.
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Songs about Frogs
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The Little White Duck by Raffi
... There's a little green frog, swimmin in the water, a little green frog, doin what he oughter.
He jumped right off of the lily pad that the little duck bit and he said, "I'm Glad! I'm a little green frog, sittin on the water, Glug glug glug."...
Little White Duck is sung by Raffi on Singable Songs For The Very Young
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
This Five Speckled Frogs Flannel Board set from can be used as an independent learning center for helping children recall the sequence of the song.
1. Write the lyrics to Raffi's version of Five Green and Speckled Frogs on index cards.
2. Glue flannel to the back of each index card.
3. Children put the words or sentences in order.
- Five Speckled Frogs Flannelboard Set
- Flannel patterns for flies, frogs and logs. Childcareland - Early Learning Activities For Pre-K and Kindergarten
More Froggy Rhymes and Songs
Sing a Frog Song
Sing songs about frogs with the frog princess. Sing silly frog song with ribbits and croaks. Display the words to the songs and use a pointer to follow along with the words as you sing. Soon your children will be reading right along with the words as well. It's time to sing about frogs...
- Froggy Rhymes and Songs
- These Australian children's songs were sent to me by Adrienne Jerram (adrienne@SciFac.usyd.edu.au).
Mr Frog jumped out of the pond one day
And found himself in the rain
Said he, "I'll get wet and I might catch a cold."
So he jumped in the pond again.
Here's another one:
Da -Glumpf went the little Green frog one day
Da- Glumpf went the little Green frog
Da -Glumpf went the little Green frog one day
And the frog went Glumpf Glumpf Glumpf
But we all know frogs go "La de da de da"
"La de da de da"
"La de da de da"
We all know frogs go "La de da de da"
They don't go glumpf glumpf glumpf. - Origin of the Song Little Green Frog
- It seems all the young children in my neck of the woods now know this song. This song was not around when I was a kid. Who wrote is?
its from "Boom Boom aint it great to be crazy"
Learn it's many, many versions: - Preschool Frog Songs and Music
- Our Preschool Frog Songs and Music contains the most complete Early Childhood Education Frog Songs and Music Ideas on the internet.
- Frog Songs
- Baby frogs
Tadpoles are little baby frogs, baby frogs, baby frogs.
tadpoles are little baby frogs
They can swim like fish.
tadpoles grow four legs, four legs, four legs. Tadpoles grow four legs. They can hop, hop, hop. - Little Tadpole
- (Sung to "Frere Jacques" )
Little tadpole, Little tadpole
Lost his tail, lost his tail.
Now he has two feet
Now he has four feet
Look a frog! Look a frog! - Frog Unit Poems
- The Polliwog
Oh, the Polliwog is woggling
In his pleasant native bog
With his beady eyes a-goggling
Through the underwater fog
And his busy tail a-joggling
And his eager head agog-
Just a happy little frogling
Who is bound to be a frog. - Frog Song for Morning Meeting
- Singing a song about frogs for a Morning Meeting activity is a fun, active way to focus the children on the Frog Theme, learn about syllables and create community.
- The Bullfrog Song from DLTK's Songs for Children
- The bullfrog sang the strangest song, he sang it night and day.
Ker-runk, ker-runk, ker-runk, ker-runk, ker-runk, was all it seemed to say.
A duck who liked to sing thought he would give the song a try:
Ker-runk, quack, quack, ker-runk, quack, quack they sang as I walked by... - Down by the Frog Pond Up in the Tree
- Predictable books and music for the emergent reader that integrate language, science, math and art with stories and songs. - Periwinkle Park Phonemic Awareness
Japanese Frog Song (Samohi)
Frog Song in Japanese
Two students at Santa Monica High School sing the Japanese frog song.
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Frog Music Quiz
Listen to Frogs
Record Frog Sounds
Frog on a Lily Pad
Quinto, Nadir
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Go out in the evening on a summer night and record the sounds of the frogs. Compare them with the following recordings. Soon you will recognize the calls of all the species in your area.
Frogs across the Curriculum
Frog Theme
Photo Credit: Drawing a Frog
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Read all about frogs, write about frogs and then put it all together into a Lapbook. Read both fiction and non-fiction to get a full range of frog literacy. Use the frog cookie cutter to make frog shaped books. Snuggle with the plush frog as you listen to frog stories. Fill the day with frog related activities for total immersion in this amphibian theme.
Frog Literacy Bags
Frog Themed Literacy Bags
Frog Themed Take Home Literacy Bags
Frog and Toad - Arnold Lobel: Tote Bag
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With a couple of frog books, a plush frog and a few frog activities your child will delight in taking home this story bag. Don't forget a froggy journal to record your plush frog's adventures while visiting each child's home.
- Take Home Literacy Bags
- Take home Literacy Bags also known as Story Bags are a fun way to help children share what they are learning with their families. Each bag includes a stuffed animal, a fiction book, a non-fiction book, a few suggested activities, and a journal to record your experiences
- Frog Themed Literacy Bags
- Starting about the second week of Kindergarten by daughter was given the opportunity to take home what her teacher called Story Bags or Take Home Literacy Bags. She loved them so much that I started making Literacy Bags for my classroom. They are theme related bags with books, activities, and journals.
Word Frog Online Game
Online Frog Themed Word Games
Help the frogs catch the flies with the correct word written on them. Fun, fast paced and academic.
- Word Frog
- Academic Skill Builders online game where the frog flicks his tongue out to catch the fly with the right word.
- Arcademic Skill Builders - Furious Frogs
- Furious Frogs is a multi-player game that allows students from anywhere in the world to compete against one another while practicing antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms!
Building a Frog Pond
Creating a Classroom Frog Pond
Help Save the Frogs!
Nothing replaces having a frog pond in your yard for inspiring interest in a Frog Unit Study. Frog ponds provide much needed habitat for native frogs who are endangered throughout the world. Save the Frogs suggests that we all create more frog ponds.
Build Your Own Frog Pond
Building a Pond
What better way to learn about frogs than to have your own pond. In the book, The Living Pond by Nigel Hester (below) you will find lots of scientific information, lots of pictures, activities and even directions on how to build a pond. How about having a Pond Party with some of those strong Volunteer Parents? Gather some shovels, a liner, hose, sand (for putting under the liner, stones (to hold the liner) and a couple of water plants and create your own pond. Mr. Hester suggests to wait a few weeks to add any animals. It might be interesting to instead watch to see when they come naturally.
Frogs and toads are endangered all over the world. We can help save these endangered species by providing much needed habitat.
Frogs and toads need water to live and breed, so let's invite these beautiful creatures into our backyards, school yards, parks and playgrounds by building a frog pond. What are some things to keep in mind when designing a water feature for frogs?
* Frogs and toads need to easily be able to get in and out of the frog pond. Providing logs or rocks for frogs and toads to climb onto as well as avoiding steep edges will make your frog pond most inviting to amphibians.
* Some frogs survive the winter underwater. If the water in your frog pond is several feet deep, deep enough that it doesn't freeze in the depths of winter, you will have provided for the frogs that burrow down in the mud to survive the cold months.
* Other frogs and most toads only need shallow temporary ponds for breeding, or use the shallow areas of larger ponds. A shallow pond might be safer for the children in a school playground than a deeper one. These species of frogs and toads overwinter on land where they burying themselves in softer soils or under leaves.
* Frogs and toads need plants on the side of the pond and in the shallow edges to hide in as well as for shade and to attract insects. Plant native species of aquatic plants.
Provide shelter for the Frogs:
* Create a shelter for toads, sometimes called a Toad Abode, in a cool, shady part of your garden.
* During the spring and summer, amphibians seek shelter under dense leafy foliage found close to the ground.
* Leaving a pile of leaves under brush at the edge of your property will provide shelter for frogs, toads and salamanders during the cold late autumn and winter months.
Note: Do not buy frogs and toads to stock your habitat. Do not collect wild frogs, toads or tadpoles to move to your frog habitat. Allow the amphibians to find you. You will be rewarded with frogs and toads especially adapted to this new frog friendly environment and you will know that you have done something to help save the frogs.
Do not purchase frogs or toads to stock your new habitat, or move adults or even tadpoles from other wetlands to your backyard. When you have provided all that a frog or toad could want, just be patient and they will come to you.
Do you have questions about the frogs or toad in your local area or how you can help protect their habitat? E-mail Frogwatch USA
To learn more about the plight of frogs around the world and what you can do, be sure to visit Save the Frogs.
Frogs and toads are endangered all over the world. We can help save these endangered species by providing much needed habitat.
Frogs and toads need water to live and breed, so let's invite these beautiful creatures into our backyards, school yards, parks and playgrounds by building a frog pond. What are some things to keep in mind when designing a water feature for frogs?
* Frogs and toads need to easily be able to get in and out of the frog pond. Providing logs or rocks for frogs and toads to climb onto as well as avoiding steep edges will make your frog pond most inviting to amphibians.
* Some frogs survive the winter underwater. If the water in your frog pond is several feet deep, deep enough that it doesn't freeze in the depths of winter, you will have provided for the frogs that burrow down in the mud to survive the cold months.
* Other frogs and most toads only need shallow temporary ponds for breeding, or use the shallow areas of larger ponds. A shallow pond might be safer for the children in a school playground than a deeper one. These species of frogs and toads overwinter on land where they burying themselves in softer soils or under leaves.
* Frogs and toads need plants on the side of the pond and in the shallow edges to hide in as well as for shade and to attract insects. Plant native species of aquatic plants.
Provide shelter for the Frogs:
* Create a shelter for toads, sometimes called a Toad Abode, in a cool, shady part of your garden.
* During the spring and summer, amphibians seek shelter under dense leafy foliage found close to the ground.
* Leaving a pile of leaves under brush at the edge of your property will provide shelter for frogs, toads and salamanders during the cold late autumn and winter months.
Photo Credit: toad house
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Note: Do not buy frogs and toads to stock your habitat. Do not collect wild frogs, toads or tadpoles to move to your frog habitat. Allow the amphibians to find you. You will be rewarded with frogs and toads especially adapted to this new frog friendly environment and you will know that you have done something to help save the frogs.
Do not purchase frogs or toads to stock your new habitat, or move adults or even tadpoles from other wetlands to your backyard. When you have provided all that a frog or toad could want, just be patient and they will come to you.
Do you have questions about the frogs or toad in your local area or how you can help protect their habitat? E-mail Frogwatch USA
To learn more about the plight of frogs around the world and what you can do, be sure to visit Save the Frogs.
Frog Eggs
Frogs are Oviparous
Photo Credit: Frog Eggs
From Vector Junky, Public Domain
Frogs, like all Oviparous Animals, lay eggs. Look for them in the spring in ponds and vernal pools. Go back each day and watch their development.
Compare them to chicken eggs. Make a Venn Graph showing the unique characteristics of frog eggs and chicken eggs as well as their similarities.
- Tallying Tadpoles
- Maxell and his researchers count the number of eggs at each pond, cage the eggs, then come back later to count the number of hatchlings that resulted from those eggs. They return to get an estimate of the metamorphosed animals, and again to estimate the number of adult frogs.
- A Meaningful Day: Frog Lapbooks
- Tapioca can be used to simulate frog eggs.
Frogs are Oviparous Animals
Frogs Lay Eggs
Frogs aren't the only ones to lay eggs. This lens is all about egg layers including frogs. Have you ever collected frog eggs? When I was young we used to go out into the forest in the springtime to look for frog eggs. We brought a can and collected a few along with some of the pond water that the frogs had laid their eggs in. Our mother helped us to carefully transfer the frog eggs and pond water into a glass jar for observation. After a few days we could see the tadpoles start to wiggle. Eventually the tadpoles would hatch out of the frog eggs. Then we would take the tadpole back to the frog pond so that the pollywogs could grow into adult frogs.
Links to More Frog Ideas
Frog Related Worksheets, Printables and Coloring Pages
- Frog Watch Activity
- This is for grades 1-8 and includes a frog themed game that you can make.
- Teacher Tools!
- Make frog themed tracing sheets, quizzes, study sheets, word lists, bingo cards, word scrambles, word searches and more!
- Flash My Brain
- Create and print out your own flashcards. Create frog themed board games, math games and more...
- Hop along with Fantastic Frog Ideas!
- Create a hands-on frog themed experience that will hop to life!
- River Otter Unit Study!
- How to turn your classroom into a slippery, slidey river of fun learning!
- Frog Learning Centers For Pre-K and Kindergarten
- Alphabet/Literacy Activities and Number/Math Activities. The Early Childhood Learning Centers - Frogs CD contains over 1040 pages of original ready to print patterns for hands-on learning games and activities designed for children ages 2-Kindergarten. All patterns come in black and white (for those who want to color them in) and in color!!
- Frog Themed Printables
- Free printable frog themed worksheets to practice grammar, sentence structure, math etc.
- The Frog Family - worksheet - Teacher's love
- A worksheet where students have to cut the Frog Family words and paste them on the right lily-pad.
- Frogs at EnchantedLearning.com
- Frogs and Toads at Enchanted Learning - Rhymes, Crafts, Quizzes, and Printouts to Color
- Patrin's Frog
- Learn how to make a box shaped like a frog. Marilyn Scott Waters has created a world of paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxes,baskets and bags, origami and ephemera... all for you to make. She offers these printable patterns, including the frog box for free to "amuse and delight".
- Recycled art becomes Frog Themed Classroom Decor
- When creating art projects we often have more artwork than can be perpetually displayed so I have begun to recycle our art projects to create whole room environments that convert a classroom into a frog pond environment.
- Frog Activities
- Fun facts for kids, photos and printable activity worksheets. Suitable for Kindergarten through Grade 6.
- Five Green and Speckled Frogs
- Free, printable frog themed educational activities for preschool, kindergarten and grade school children.
Frogs Beyond the Fairy Tale
Froggy Internet Research Project: K-2
- Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale
- ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts
Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. - All About Frogs
- AllAboutFrogs.ORG
Frog Playing Pieces
Click, Jump and Hop around the Frog Games
You never know what you can find on Ebay. I look for unique frog themed items and turn them into Learning Center Activities. One day a I found a set of 12 tin frogs that I use to practice addition and subtraction families on a workmat with logs on a pond.
Frog Clickers
Click a Frog
When teaching it is important to use all of the senses in order to reach all of the children. These antique Frog Clickers might be used in playing Freeze Tag. The children hop around until they hear the frog click.
The frog could also signal the end of an activity, a warning of 5 minutes left or a call to reading group.
One day we practiced addition by listening to the frog clicks and moving plastic frog counters from the pond to the shore on our workjob math boards.
The frog could also signal the end of an activity, a warning of 5 minutes left or a call to reading group.
One day we practiced addition by listening to the frog clicks and moving plastic frog counters from the pond to the shore on our workjob math boards.
Frog Unit Study Lapbooks
Frog Lapbook
Publish your Frog Unit Study
Photo Credit: Water Lapbook by Jimmie
on Flickr, Creative Commons
Compile the activities you have done in a lapbook where your child can review what they have learned while providing an artistic record for sharing for years to come. My friend, Jimmie, created this Water Lapbook. Ideas from this lapbook would easily be adapted to a Frog Lapbook. In a watery world, where you would you find frogs? What kinds of frogs would you find in each habitat?
Frog Lapbooks
Collect representative poems, drawings and facts to serve a portfolio of what you have learned while studying frogs. Glue them into a file folder in an attractive way. Share your folder with family and friends. That is the way to make a unique Frog Study Lapbook to treasure.
- Downloadable Frog Lapbook
- Dozens of downloadable and printable pages to make a Frog Lapbook.
- Frog Lapbook
- The big frogs tongue pulls out and he glued little bugs onto it.
- Frog Lapbooks
- Today we finished up our frog unit study with a frog lapbook. They were really fun to make and we learned some really interesting things.
- Filled with Joy: Frog Lapbook
- Nathan has always had a fascination with frogs. He will sit on his bed searching through dozens of frog books for a new fact to learn about them. Each visit to the zoo requires at stop to purchase a frog...
- The Frog Prince and Jump Frog Jump ( mini unit)
- The Monkey See Monkey Do: homeschoolers describe their frog activities related to "The Frog Prince" by Eric Blair and "Jump Frog Jump" by Robert Kalan
- Frog Lapbook - Seek Knowledge From The Cradle To The Grave
- As part of our Raising Frogs Project, my daughter put together this lovely lapbook all about frogs. I found a free study unit and lapbook templates here on the Homeschool Share We
New Year's Day Frogs
Happy New Year's Day Froggy
What could the frogs be up to for the New Year? It's fun to read the stories of Frog and Toad and then make up your own stories. Write down your stories, illustrate them and share them with your friends.
In colder climates, real frogs are nestled down under the mud where the temperatures stay above freezing. Their breathing slows. The moisture in the mud keeps their skin damp. They are able to breathe through their skin. When the sun warms the pond in the spring, the frogs wake up and start looking for food.
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In colder climates, real frogs are nestled down under the mud where the temperatures stay above freezing. Their breathing slows. The moisture in the mud keeps their skin damp. They are able to breathe through their skin. When the sun warms the pond in the spring, the frogs wake up and start looking for food.
Valentines Day for Frog Lovers
From Frog to Prince
Give a frog pillow pet to your Valentine this year. Frogs will bring them sweet dreams of love in the Frog Pond!
Topsy Turvy Doll Princess Tan/Frog Prince
Does your princess see you as a frog? Change her image of you with just a kiss and a card. Delightful ways to turn yourself from a frog into a prince by showing your princess just how much you love her. Learn the lesson of the Frog Prince!
Frog Valentines Day Greetings!
Frog Cards
Reinforce social and handwriting skills by sending greeting cards for Valentines Day. Here are some Valentines Day cards with a frog theme.
April is National Frog Month
April is a month in Vermont when the frogs are still tucked into the beds covered in a blanket of snow. They are looking forward to a clean environment with plenty of fresh water and lots of juicy bugs flying around. What can we do to make sure that the world they wake up to meets those expectations?
Frog Fun
Springtime is frog time! In fact, April is National Frog Month. Ready for some froggy adventures? Let's hop to it!3 points
Save The Frogs Day | April 28, 2012
The 4th Annual Save The Frogs Day is April 28th, 2012! Find out how to get your school, business or community involved and help spread awareness of the amphibian extinction crisis.1 point
Frog Costumes
Favorite Frog Costumes
Dress-up as a Frog
Surprise your students when you come to school dressed as a frog. Invite the children to create their own frog masks and costumes as we imagine being frogs living in and around the frog pond. Frog costumes add delight and spark imagination when writing, observing and thinking about the lives of frogs.
- FabricLink | Velcro Halloween Basic Hood Costume
- Basic Hood for Frog Pattern
- Frog Mask
- Make a Frog Mask.
- How To Make A Frog Costume?
- For a simple frog there are a few steps to take...
- Hoodie Costumes: Frog Prince and Princess
- Hoodie Costumes: Frog Prince and Princess article. Get do-it-yourself ideas from Martha Stewart
- Frog Costumes and Treats for Halloween
- Dress up in a frog costume and greet your Trick or Treat guests with chocolate flies, lollypop butterflies or caterpillar bubblegum!
Froggy's Halloween Pattern
Frogs Skip Counting for Halloween
Froggy is getting ready for Halloween. Your children can make frog patterns for Halloween by using frog and pumpkin stamps. How about making a Frog and Pumpkin Quilt for Froggy's bed.
The frog and pumpkin pattern could also be reproduced by the children on a bulletin board. Count the squares as you Skip Count by 2's.
Can you continue the frog, pumpkin frog, pumpkin pattern?
Frog Christmas
Frog Decoration
Celebrate the Christmas Season with the frogs. Set up a white Christmas Tree and invite the frogs to decorate each branch. The delightful green frogs can be accented with red ribbons and we will all sing Hoppy Christmas Carols!
Do you know a teacher who likes to teach about frogs? Now would be a wonderful time to give him or her a Froggy Christmas Ornament.
Do you like to Observe Frogs?
You can Learn how to be a Frog Monitor
Many places around the country are teaching people how to become Frog Monitors. Frog Monitors record the number of frog calls per minute on evenings in the spring. Watch for opportunities to count frogs in your neighborhood.
Photo Credit: looking thru a magnifying glass
on Flickr, Creative Commons
- What frogs tell us about the planet
- What if frogs could foretell the future of the planet? Intrigued by the cacophony of sound that the rains triggered, KS Seshadri with T Ganesh, and S Devy initiated a monitoring programme to document the presence, or absence, of amphibians in the ...
- Leap into conservation with FrogWatch training at Detroit Zoo
- After a three-hour training class, frog and toad watchers will monitor sites in the tri-county area at least once a week for as little as three minutes during the breeding season. ?We're looking for information about what amphibians are in the area,? ...
- MMWD seeks frog monitors
- The Marin Municipal Water District is seeking volunteers to help monitor the foothill yellow-legged frog, a federal and state "species of special concern." Volunteers are needed from March to June. The frog has disappeared from more than 45 percent of ...
The Frogs are now in the Directory
Frogs are included in the Stone Soup Directory of Homeschooling Unit Studies
Thank you to the Four Wheelers for having included the Frogsin their directory. The Four Wheelers have given their data base to Stone Soup Homeschool Network where you will now find the frogs swimming around in their pond. Hop on over:
All about frogs for kids and teachers - kiddyhouse.com
Maggie has lots more frog ideas. You've got to check out her site.3 points
Unit Studies: Stone Soup Homeschool Network - Stone Soup Homeschool Network
A free Unit Study Database, featuring unit studies on nearly every subject!1 point
Leap into some more great ideas!
What could you do with a pair of frog salt and pepper shakers?
We drew a board game on the driveway and made a huge frog pond with lily pads for spaces to move on. We used frog words that we had collected on index cards to read and see how far each frog could jump. We have used the number of letters in the word, the number of syllables or the sound of the first letter of the word to see how many spaces we could hop.
Wonderful frog learning ideas abound...
Water beyond the Frog Pond
More Wet and Wild Ideas
Photo Credit: Frog Pond
on WPClipart
These are my newest unit studies with ideas related to water. King Bidgood meets Archimedes and the Three Billy Goats Gruff build bridges. Help the Beavers make a dam and learn to wash your hands with Chester Raccoon from The Kissing Hand.
Want to know more about the Frogs?
Check out these excellent unit studies about the Frog Prince and Louisana Frogs.
Photo Credit: Frog Prince
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Learn what happened when the princess kissed the frog.
Frog Bubbles
Frog Bubbles by Kate O.
Thank you Kate for allowing me to show your beautiful artwork and inspire children to learn about frogs through drawing and observation.
Photo Credit: Frog Bubbles
used by permission from Kate O.
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Frog Habitat IV
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Frogs are beautiful creatures who need our help. Frogs throughout the world are endangered of extinction from loss of habitat, pollution and disease. Teach children about frogs, learn about frogs, raise money to help protect wildlife habitat. Think of all the ways in which we as individuals can help save the frogs. One of those ways is to make frogs be a central focus of your classroom for at least a month. Another is by writing about frogs.
Squidoo Lensmasters are invited to add their own Frog Lenses. If you don't have a Frog Lens yet, why not join Squidoo by clicking on the Create a Lens button at the bottom of the page?
Froggy Learns to Swim
Frogs are supposed to be great swimmers. "Not me!" says Froggy, who's afraid of the water.3 points
Recycled Art for a Frog Themed Unit Study
Recycled children's artwork becomes classroom decorations for a frog themed unit study with frog pond bulletin boards and interactive frog related games, activities and projects.2 points
Green Treefrog in Louisiana
Green Treefrogs are colorful little frogs that coexist well with humans. They are amphibians of the woodlands in riparian areas. Green Treefrogs are another of the beneficial predators that help organic gardeners by eating snails and other anthropods.1 point
Frogs on Logs Compound Word Game
Down by the frog pond we are learning about compound words. There are words like bullfrog, dragonfly and cattail. Come discover hands-on creative games and activities for helping beginning readers learn compound words with a frog theme.1 point
Are you a Frog?
Compare the characteristics of a frog with that of a human.1 point
Let's Learn about Frogs
Each day down at the frog pond we will be peering at tadpoles, mixing froggy green paint and listening to the peeps, croaks and ribbits of the frogs in the frog pond.1 point
Frog Song for Morning Meeting
Singing a song about frogs for a Morning Meeting activity is a fun, active way to focus the children on the Frog Theme, learn about syllables and create community.1 point
Toss the Frogs Game!
Toss the frogs and watch them land. A frog theme is a delightful way to help your children learn basic math facts.1 point
Recycled Art for a Frog Themed Unit Study
Recycled children's artwork becomes classroom decorations for a frog themed unit study with frog pond bulletin boards and interactive frog related games, activities and projects.1 point
Frogs on Pinterest
Growing collection of visual links to frog themed hands-on activities for teaching children.1 point
All About Frogs
Frogs
Endangered Frogs (Earth's Endangered Animals)
Connect to hundreds more ideas, games and activities for teaching with a frog theme. There are lessons on frog eggs, tales of industrial pollutions effecting a frog pond, frog art activities and much, much more...
Look Who's Twittering about Frogs
Frog Tweets
Photo Credit: Blue Frog
on WikiCommons
Frogs are one of the most talked about topics on Twitter. Each day you will find new and fascinating information and stories about frogs if you follow the tweets. Sometimes I have learned about new frog species that scientists have just discovered. Sometimes people write about the frog eggs or tadpoles they have discovered. What will you learn about frogs today?
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- I just found out daddy was gonna buy me a frog but it had a hole in it faughjuytredygk!
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- GCA_Logs_VIC
- [VIC] geo_jas posted a 'Found it' log for Red Striped Yellow Frog http://t.co/qmva1t7K
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- jessvanvonderen
- Now for something compeletly different, a frog not seen for 40 years has been found at Springbrook @VickyDarlingMP
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- Corettabpw
- Site For Murder: Phyllobates terribilis, a tiny, gold frog found only in Columbia, South America and considered ... http://t.co/NtwToihn
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- CeeMarie__
- So we have a tiny pond in the backyard,one day we found a frog in there,and today we find a frekin duck!hahaha
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This Cluster Map shows the location of viewers and list the countries where they are from. Just double click the map to see all the information. It is a small world, for sure!
Save the Frogs Quiz
Donate to Save the Frogs
SAVE THE FROGS! is an international team of scientists, educators, policymakers and naturalists dedicated to protecting the world's amphibian species: the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders as well as the lesser-known caecilians.
We conduct and fund scientific research that directly benefits amphibian populations. We also engage in educational activities aimed at increasing the public's awareness of environmental issues to ensure that amphibian conservation becomes - and remains - a top priority for current and future generations.
Facebook Frogs
Frog Themed Activities Facebook Fanpage:
The frogs now have their own Facebook Fanpage. Come share your frog themed teaching and learning activities. Discover new frog themed activities to share with your children. This is a page of hands-on frog themed activities that you will be able to use with your children when studying about frogs. If you are really into frogs like I am, you may even want to make your classroom or homeschool area into a Frog Pond of Learning. Come join us on the Frog Themed Activities Facebook Fanpage:
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Frog Unit Study Comment Section
Have you guessed that I enjoy teaching with a frog theme? I find that children easily hop into all kinds of learning with froggy ideas, activities and good clean green fun.
Please let me know how you have incorporated ideas from this frog unit study into your lessons by leaving a comment here. Do you visit a frog pond on a regular basis? How many frogs do you have in your home? Do you listen to frogs on a warm spring evening? Which frog games and ideas did your children respond to best?
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- There are so many inspired ways of teaching in this I am unsure which to single out, I think it has to be the syllable learning with the peep and ribbits. Really well thought out and brilliant for child interaction. Excellent article. With thanks and appreciation. Cathi x
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- I participated in a frog anatomy class when I was young and all I can remember is how horrible the frogs smell from the formaldehyde. I think the idea of using computers to replace frog dissections in Biology Class is a good idea. LOL
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- i tasted frog legs for the first and the last time because the poor frogs have little meat in their skinny legs. you need thousands of frogs to get a real meal. i enjoy watching them swim in the creek and listen to them although they are so looooooooud in the evening. angel blessings.
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I've always loved frogs since the first time my mother took me to a vernal pool to find frog eggs, take a couple home and watch them hatch. I've passed that fascination on to many children over the years including my own three children. I hope that these lessons with a frog theme inspire you to teach children about frogs.
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Which kind of frog ring do you like best? There are the frog rings that you wear on your finger and there are the frog webrings where more and more frog lovers share their knowledge of frogs? Better yet, why not go for both? Wear your frog ring on your hand to show how much you love frogs when you encounter people in person and then write about frogs on Wizzley then link your frog themed Wizzley or Squidoo lens on a frog themed webring. The more links in the chain the better.
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Index of this Frog Unit Study
- When was the last time you saw a frog?
- What is a Frog?
- What do you know about frogs?
- What is a Frog Unit Study?
- Frog Theme Classroom Set-up
- Turn Your Classroom into a Frog Pond
- Frog Themed Bulletin Boards
- The Frog Pond Rug
- Frog Themed Morning Message
- Froggy in the Mud Reading Nook
- Reading about Frogs
- Books about Frogs for your Reading Pond
- Tales of the Frog Prince
- The Frog Prince
- The Frog King
- Non-Fiction Frogs
- Froggy says it's time to Read
- Frog Facts
- Thematic Unit: Frogs And Toads Gr 1-3
- Frog Themed Language Arts
- Fr- is for Frog
- Spring Peepers and Leopard Frogs Count Syllables
- Frog Syllable Quiz
- Make your own Frog Games
- Name Your Frogs
- Spell the Frog Words
- Spelling with the Frogs
- Frog, Bog, Jog, Hog, Log
- Insect Words
- Feed the Frog
- Frogs to Feed
- What do frogs eat?
- Frog and Insect Words Slide Through
- Spelling Frogs
- Spelling Frogs
- Frog Word Games
- Tactile Frog Words
- Feel the Frog Words!
- Frog Unit Study Vocabulary
- Swat the Verb Flies
- Pair the Frogs on the Logs Activity
- Frogs and the Writing Process
- Frog Writing Center
- Writing about Frogs
- Frogs and The Writing Process
- Describing a Frog's form of Locomotion
- Frog Book Fabric
- Frog Shaped Book
- Frog Life Cycle Booklet
- Frog Poetry
- Write a Frog Poem
- Five Little Froggies
- Frog Poetry Contest
- Frog Outlook
- More Frog Poetry
- Keeping a Frog Diary
- Industrial Waste in the Frog Pond
- The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
- Mathematical Frogs
- Frog Math Manipulatives
- Frog and Lily Pad Game
- Frog and Lily Pad Games
- Frog Spawn Place Value
- Frog Fraction Race
- Froggy Fractions
- Froggy Math Game
- Frog Unit Study Math
- The Science of Frogs
- Frog Life Cycle Science
- Life Cycle of the Frog
- Ask Me if I am a Frog
- Learn alternatives to Frog Dissection.
- Frog Sandwich Anatomy Book
- Care and Feeding of Tadpoles
- How does a frog breath?
- Frog and Toad Venn Graph
- Albino Tadpoles
- Vernal Pool Mortality Game
- The Tadpole Problem
- Tadpole Workjobs
- Frogs Hibernate
- Do frogs hibernate in summer?
- Why do Frogs Hop?
- Frog Locomotion
- Hopping Frogs Board Game
- Learn all about the Frog Hopper's Game
- Poppin' Hoppie Commercial
- Frog Observation
- Frog Food Quiz
- The Frog and Fly Game
- Frogs Eat the Dragonflies Board Game
- Froggy Playing Pieces for Frog Games
- Trips to the Frog Pond
- How do you catch a frog?
- Frogs are Oviparous!
- Frog Friends
- Leopard Frog
- Frogs in the News!
- The Frog Report!
- On-Line Frog Games
- Frog Art
- Frog Art
- Frog Ralley Game
- Frog or Tadpole Poll
- Frog Music
- Frog Chorus singing Happy Birthday
- Hopping to the Music
- Songs about Frogs
- Five Green and Speckled Frogs
- More Froggy Rhymes and Songs
- Japanese Frog Song (Samohi)
- Frog Music Quiz
- Listen to Frogs
- Frogs across the Curriculum
- Frog Literacy Bags
- Frog Themed Literacy Bags
- Word Frog Online Game
- Building a Frog Pond
- Creating a Classroom Frog Pond
- Build Your Own Frog Pond
- Frog Eggs
- Frogs are Oviparous Animals
- Links to More Frog Ideas
- Frogs Beyond the Fairy Tale
- Frog Playing Pieces
- Frog Clickers
- Frog Unit Study Lapbooks
- Frog Lapbook
- Frog Lapbooks
- New Year's Day Frogs
- Valentines Day for Frog Lovers
- Frog Valentines Day Greetings!
- April is National Frog Month
- Frog Costumes
- Favorite Frog Costumes
- Froggy's Halloween Pattern
- Frog Christmas
- Do you like to Observe Frogs?
- The Frogs are now in the Directory
- Leap into some more great ideas!
- Water beyond the Frog Pond
- Want to know more about the Frogs?
- Frog Bubbles
- Looking for more Frogs?
- All About Frogs
- Look Who's Twittering about Frogs
- Who Has Read This Frog Unit Study and where Are You From?
- Save the Frogs Quiz
- Donate to Save the Frogs
- Facebook Frogs
- How do you incorporate frogs into you life?
- About the Author of this Frog Unit Study
- Follow Me on Twitter
- Froggy WebRings
- Congratulations Froggy!
- Frogs Everywhere!
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