Category: Literacy

Frog Puzzle

10/16/2013

Print off pictures of frogs and lily pads off of the internet. Cut the frog into pieces, labeling each body part. Encourage the children to put the frog back together.

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Frog Puppet Story Telling

10/16/2013

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Many creatures live in and around a pond. Let’s tell a story of Loud Mouth Frog and who he meets!

Materials needed:

tongue depressors or pipe cleaners
pictures or small toys of flies (beetles, worms)
construction paper
glue
miscellaneous art pieces
scissors
a sheet of poster paper to write the story
marker

Read: Frogs by Gail Gibbons

Directions: Pick which insects, and other pond dwellers you would like to use.

Option 1: Print out pictures of these creatures and attach to pipe cleaners or tongue depressors.

Option 2: Make paper bag puppets of the creatures.

Instructions: After the children have their puppets, bring them to a table or circle. Tell the children they are going to help you tell a story about Loud Mouth Frog and his friends. Make sure each child has a puppet.

Start with child number one and ask one of these questions.

What is your creature going to do?
When is your creature going to go?
Who is your creature going to meet?
What will your creature do next?

Let the children tell their story and write it down on the poster paper. This connects their thoughts to the written word.

Extension: Have the children draw a picture of the story they just told. Type up the story and attach it to the back of each child’s picture.

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Five Green and Speckled Frogs Book

10/15/2013

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Have children cut out the frog book template to have frog shaped pages and or cover. Have children cut out or draw pictures of the frogs sitting on the log. Googly eyes make a nice addition to the frog shaped cover. The template can also be used to create a life cycles book.