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Let's Learn about Frogs!

Hopping around the Frog Pond

F is for Frog

A frog pond can be a delightful jumping off point for learning about frogs and their habitat. Today we will take a walk down the frog pond and use our five senses to make new discoveries about frogs

Here you will find dozens of frog themed activities that will help you children learn to look for geometric figures in frog markings, observe tadpoles as they hatch from frog eggs, draw and paint frogs in your nature journals, read and write about frogs, and listen to the music of a frog chorus.

Whether you are homeschooling or a classroom teacher, the frog pond has the perfect environment to get your kids to leap into learning. Hop on over to the frog pond...

Pull up a Lily Pad!

Frog Themed Story Hour

Pull up a lily pad. It's time for a frog story. Young children who like to pretend to be frogs, froglets or tadpoles. Placing lily pads on the rug can help them find their own spaces.

One of our favorite stories is The Adventures of Grandfather Frog. Thornton Burgess weaves a tale of friendship with insightful glimpses into the frog pond habitat. Keep notes on chart paper about what you learn and what you would like to learn. Later on when go down to the frog pond to compare what you have learned with what you observe.

After many years of teaching children, the following is a list of our very favorite frog stories...

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
Thornton W. Burgess
$21.87

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog takes us into the world of the Smiling Pool where we find Jerry Muskrat, Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter. These are some of the woodland creatures of Thornton Burgess's Green Forest, Babbling Brook and Green Meadow. The short chapters in this book are ideal for read alouds or can be read as first chapter books.

All About Frogs
Scholastic Reference

Jim Arnosky is an amazing naturalist artist that can help us see into the life of the frog with beautiful watercolor illustrations and simplistic narrative. Many children have been inspired to draw and paint frogs after seeing the illustrations in Jim Arnosky's All About Frogs!

Frogs
Gail Gibbons
$7.95

Gail Gibbons' book, Frogs, expands the information found in Jim Arnosky's book. Learn about the Life Cycle of the Frog, frog eggs, tadpoles, froglets and adult frogs.

The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Book 2)
Arnold Lobel
$7.05

The Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel are a must read for children who love frogs. These fictional tales show two friends who love and care for each other and set good examples for children learning how to make and keep friends.

Frog Pond Learning Activities

Hands-on Frog Activities

Compound Word Frogs

Compound Word Frogs

Compound Word FrogsToss the Frogs GameFrog ObservationFrog CalendarFrog Dice Game

Creating a Frog Pond of Learning

Frog Themed Activities

  • Frog Unit Study

    Dozens of frog themed ideas from bulletin boards, to anatomy of frogs. Frog themed word work, Five Green and Speckled Frogs craft ideas, etc

  • Geometry of Frogs

    Discover geometric patterns in the marking of frogs!

  • Frogs through the Eyes of an Artist

    Discover the many ways that frogs have been depicted in art throughout time and across cultures. Frog sculptures, frog drawings, frog origami, Golden Frogs of Costa Rica and Mochi Frog pottery.

  • Frogs on Logs Compound Word Game

    Match the frogs and logs to form compound words such as bullfrog, dragonfly, and tadpole.

  • Morning Meeting Message from the Frog Pond

    Frog Pond Day! Each day we start with a letter or Morning Message. Here is an example of using the Morning Message as part of our Frog Unit Study.

  • Toss the Frogs Game

    Hilarious game that requires nothing but a handful of plastic frogs and giggly children. It's Frog Math Time!

Frogs on Pinterest

More Hands-on Frog Themed Activities

Pinterest is a wonderful place to find even more ideas, games and activities with a frog theme. Every day I search for the very best hands-on ideas and post them on my Pinterest boards. Come Follow Me on Pinterest for more hands-on learning activities...

Frog in the Bog May 16, 2012

Frog in the Bog

Counting by 4's to 4 May 15, 2012

Counting by 4's to 48 and back down

Counting by 4's to 4 May 15, 2012

Counting by 4's to 48 and back down

making mountains by May 15, 2012

making mountains by jimmiehomeschoolmom, via Flickr

Skip counting by two May 15, 2012

Skip counting by twos and threes using penguins and floral marbles.

Fox Unit Study

Fox in the Meadow

Reddy Fox is a character in the story The Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton Burgess. Reddy Fox's tale will be the focus of our unit study as we... Read more

Leave a note for the Frogs!

Tell us your Tadpole Tales!

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.

Please leave a note about frogs that you have seen, frog activities you have enjoyed and frog discoveries you have made.

Thank you for stopping by to visit the frogs.

Comments

Bev-Owens on :
What a fun way to begin to learn about frogs!
I caught a Grey Tree Frog on my balcony rail once, and 'adpoted' it inside. It kept getting out of its aquaria and leaping over into my shower, where it would SING at night! I set-up a washcloth terrace for it, and at showertime would turn the water on cool and the frog would climb up the shower wall and perch there whilst I showered. I'd then return the frog to the aquarium.
I kept this frog as a pet for two years before 'returning to the wild' of my backyard. I continued to hear a distinctive Gray Tree Frog song all that spring/early summer... I later learned that Gray Tree frogs can live for several years (I was told perhaps as long as 10 years, but that seems a bit of a stretch) but at any rate, I was surprised at how hearty & easy to care for this frog was... and how UNAFRAID it was of me and being handled! It never once leapt from my hand in fear, but could be 'coaxed' to leap from hand-to-shower curtain sometimes...
Apparently these frogs are sometimes offered in pet stores right along with more 'common' frog pets such as the Whites Tree frog, etc, -which really surprised me.
I love any creature which eats bugs and that category definitely includes frogs. Don't want to touch one but I love em.

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