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Fun Things To Teach Preschoolers About Frogs

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Frogs are fascinating! Their big bulgy eyes, strong hopping legs and super strong swimming power are more than enough to keep a child’s interest. Add watching one EAT A BUG and the day is complete! We just studied the Letter F is for Frog in my preschool class. Let me tell you what we did.

Letter F is for Frog preschool lesson

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One fascinating thing about frogs is their life cycle. We learned it in a few ways. I showed the children a diagram of the life cycle and pointed out that, after they hatch from eggs, they begin looking like little fish. They agreed that tadpoles look just like fish! I sent them home with a picture of the life cycle of a frog that they could share with their families.

Next, we saw a brief You Tube video that taught about amphibians but it concentrated primarily on frogs.  (see it below)

For our daily lesson,   I read  “Frogs” by National Geographic Kids to our class. It is full of beautiful pictures.  This book is perfect for teaching a lesson about frogs for students in preschool, kindergarten and the younger primary grades.

Now this was special>> one of our students caught a frog in her yard and she brought it to school, so we had a real live frog for everyone in our class to see. And my students got to see how to capture a frog, too. LOL Yes, I opened the container for the children to get a better look at the little guy and he hopped out. Gee whiz, frogs can MOVE FAST! Thankfully, I got him safely back into his container. Disaster overted!

Getting movement into our day: we hopped like a frog as we walked down the hallway at school all day long!

5 Fun Facts About Frogs

Frogs are amphibians

Frogs hatch out of eggs.

Frogs breathe through their skin.

A group of frogs is called an “army.”

Baby frogs, called “tadpoles”, look like little fish.

*More fun facts about FROGS here.

If you live near a creek or a pond,  take your kids frog-hunting. Put together a little critter habitat for your frog to live in at home for a while before you release him back in the wild. If you do not have easy access to frogs, you can buy a kit and watch it grow!

Give your preschoolers a day of fun learning all about FROGS! #STEM #preschool #kindergarten Click To Tweet

Want a really fun frog craft to do with your kids? This F is for Frog Preschool Craft is very special. The frog “hops” on its lily pad!

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 



F is for Frog Preschool Craft

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This F is for Frog kids craft is so special. The frog “leaps” for joy and so will you. Think about it. Can you imagine the glee when a little preschooler brings this project home to show everyone that his frog is hopping on its lily pad? You will love the excitement.

Adorable craft F is for Frog for preschool

As craft projects go, this one takes some additional adult preparation. Typically,  young children should experience cutting paper as often as possible.  This craft, though, would be doomed to failure in the hands of a 3 year old with scissors. It is difficult to cut out. For that reason, I prepare the pieces in advance. I come to school with the small pieces pre-cut and sorted into individual plastic bags. Each child gets one. The extra preparation makes it fun, not frustrating, to do.

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F is for Frog Craft on a lily pad.

Frog On A Lily Pad Kids Craft

Supplies

Side view of the frog kids craft where you can see the lily on the pad.

Directions

Print an F is for Frog sheet, which will be the base, using either white or light blue card-stock.

Print lily pads on green paper and cut them out.

Print frog outlines, eye balls, bugs, dots, lily onto white card-stock.

Laminate the pages of parts (not the frog – the kids will color it.)*

Why laminate? Little hands and ink jet print don’t always go well together. The ink can run or smear. Before cutting them out, I laminate the small parts including the eyes, bugs and flower for the lily pad to preserve the images.

Scotch thermal laminators are a teacher's best friend - moms love them, too!

Cut out the parts ahead of time for the students, then have them assemble the craft for themselves.

Color the frog with green crayon.

Glue the green lily pad onto the middle of the F is for Frog sheet, using a gluestick.

Glue eyes onto the frog

Glue bugs and the lily flower onto the lily pad.

Put a couple of streaks of white school glue onto the pad and sprinkle glitter on them.

Glue the frog to the spring and the lily pad. 

 

Make a spring out of cardstock to attach to your frog on the lily pad to make it seem to hop! #preschool

HOW TO MAKE THE FROG’S SPRING: cut a rectangular piece of cardstock 1 inch wide by 4 inches long. Fold it into quarters. Glue one end to the center of the lily pad, put glue on the other end of the spring and press the frog onto it. Now you have a hopping frog on its own lily pad.

FREE FROG and LILY PAD PRINTABLES

Lady Bugs – Butterflies – Snails – Dots for the frog’s back

Cartoon Frog Eyes

Frog Cut Out – 2 to a page

Lily Pad Cut Out – 2 to a page

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More Great Preschool Letter Crafts …

A is for Ant

B is for Butterfly

C is for Cat

D is for Dinosaur

E is for Elephant

F is For Fish    

F is for Frog LESSON<= goes w this craft! 

G is for Giraffe

H is for Helicopter

Enjoy!