Frog Theme for Preschool

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1 Preschool Plan It Frog Theme for Preschool Paper Bag Puppets Needed: brown or white paper lunch bags, paint, white and black paper scraps, scissors and glue. The children paint the bags the color they'd like their frogs. The children cut out, as best they can, large white circles and then 2 smaller black circles (for the eyes and pupils) and glue them on the folded bottom part that will be the face. Also, provide red/pink paper for them to cut out a tongue. Curl it by wrapping it around a pencil to make it curl up. They can use scraps to cut out arms. 3,23,24,27,29,36 Sponge Painting Needed: sponges, scissors, paint, sponge brushes Cut sponges into frog feet shapes and frog sphere shapes for bodies for sponge painting. Provide glue and googly eyes! Also, provide small, large and sponge brushes. 3,23,24,27,29,36 Marble Paint Frogs Needed: paint, marbles, shallow tray, eye droppers/pipettes, water, paper, brushes The children place their paper in the tray and drop watered down paint on the paper. The place a few marbles in the paint and shake the box side to side, front to back, etc. They remove the paper and bring it to the art table to use paint brushes to embellish their painting into a frog scene of their choosing. I do not precut paper into shapes. Doing so limits children s creativity. They may want to paint about the pond, or a lily pad, or not about a frog at all! 1,13,14,22,27,31,35 Green Color Collage Frogs Needed: markers, colored pencils, crayons, glitter glue sticks! Let the children create their own frogs! 3,23,24,27,29,31,36 Frog Hop Painting Needed: plastic frogs, paper, paint, clothespins, yarn Tie yarn around plastic frogs. Have the children clip a clothespin to the other end of the yarn. Holding the clothespin, they dip the frog into the paint and make the frog hop all over the paper! 1,13,14,22,27,31,35 The Pond Add plastic frogs and plastic grass to your block area. The children can use cylinder shaped blocks for logs and create a block pond area! 3,6,7,13,22,27,30,36 Page 1 1

2 Preschool Plan It Circle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme! Amphibians Needed: real (or plastic) amphibians; non-fiction frog books Bring real or plastic amphibians to circle. Show and pass around each one. Ask the children if they know what they are? (Bring frogs, toads, newts, salamanders). Name each one with the children. Tell them that these are all amphibians! Amphibians are cold blooded; live on water AND on land; do NOT have scales; lay eggs; and many go through---new word for them: metamorphosis! Like frogs! Show the children pictures and read from a non-fiction frog book. 5-7,11,19,30,36-40,44,45 5 Green and Speckled Frogs - Act It Out! Needed: 5 Green and Speckled Frogs book by Priscilla Burris Sing this song several times with the children while showing the pages. Then choose 5 children to act it out while the rest of the children sing along. Continue until all the children have had a turn being one of the frogs! 3,4,10,12,34 Jump Frog and Measure Needed: painters tape, rulers, measuring tape, chart paper, markers Tape a line on the floor. Each child stands on the line and jumps as far as they can. Mark where they land with another piece of tape. The children measure how far they jumped using rulers, tape measures or even classroom items (i.e. How many blocks far did you jump?). The children then print their name on chart paper and the number (how many inches, feet or how many blocks) that represents how far they jumped next to their name. 6,8,12,20,21,23,30 Feed the Frog Needed: stuffed animal frog, green paper, plastic flies or pom poms Discuss what frogs eat (they are carnivores and many eat bugs). Give each child a few plastic flies or a handful of pom poms. Place the stuffed frog in the middle of circle on a green piece of paper (a lily pad). Each child takes turn tossing the flies or pom poms to the frog, counting each one as they toss. Count the total number of flies or pom poms together when done to practice rote and rational counting. How many are ON the lily pad? How many are not on the lily pad? 6,9,13,14,20,21,30 How Frogs Drink Needed: large bowls, paper towel, sponges, water, plastic frog Discuss how frogs drink. They do not drink through their mouths or with their tongues. The absorb water through their skin. Discuss what they think absorb means. Give each small group of children a large bowl (for 3 children). Give each group one paper towel and have them rip it into 3 pieces (one for each child). What will happen if they put the paper towel into the water? Listen to their predictions and then try it! Discuss results. Remove paper towels. Now give each child a sponge. Ask the same question. They place their sponges into their bowls and observe. The sponge will absorb the water. Ask where the water went? Discuss how frogs absorb water. 6,11,27-30 Page 2 2

3 Preschool Plan It Green and Speckled Frog Log Snack Needed: celery, cream cheese, green peppers, kiwi, plastic knives Have the children help you wash the celery and cut the ends off. They then spread soft cream cheese into celery "logs" Have the children help to cut pieces of green peppers, kiwi, or other green food and place 5 frogs on their logs! 13,16,17,23, 31,35 Living Near a Pond Place a small wading pool in your dramatic play area. Add a large rock, some water, plastic frogs and other pond life bugs and animals! Place a tent, a sleeping bag, pretend food, flashlights, and a nature CD in that area. The children can camp out and live near the pond. 3,4,6,10,13-15,19,30,36 That's a Frog of a Different Color! Not all frogs are green! Hang pictures of real frogs around the room. Let your children paint pictures of frogs with colors or patterns they want them to have! 3,14,27-30,31,36 Lily Pad Hopping Needed: lily pad shaped paper, tape, music In advance, cut out many large lily pad shapes from green paper. Tape to the carpet or floor. The children hop from pad to pad as the music plays. They stop and squat and "catch a fly" to eat when the music stops. EXTENSION: Program each lily pad with a number or letter and when the music stops, they call out the letter or number on their lily pad. 3,10,11,25,34,42 Pin the Fly on the Frog's Tongue! Needed: large frog shape on paper, paper flies, two-sided tape In advance make and hang a large frog (laminate). Make some flies that have two-sided tape on the back. The children (blindfolded if they are comfortable with that), try to place the fly on the tongue of the frog! VARIATION: Place Velcro on the frog and on the backs of plastic flies to toss onto the frog. EXTENSION: When done, rather than talk about "who missed and who Page 3 3

4 Preschool Plan It didn't", lead the children in some observational and math questions: How many flies are ON the frog's tongue? How many are UNDER? OVER? How many are on the frog's eye? 3,10,11,25,34,42 Fly Hopping Needed: large pieces of paper or carpet squares Draw flies on the papers or place plastic flies on carpet squares. The children hop over the paper or squares to hop over the flies. 3,10,11,25,34,42 Hop Counting Needed: dice The children roll the dice, count the dots and then hop the corresponding number of times. 3,10,11,20,21,25,34,42 Tadpole, Tadpole, FROG! Play this version of Duck, Duck Goose! They need to hop like frogs instead of run around the circle! 3,7,10,12,35 Book Suggestions for the Library Standards for books: 1,6,38-40,44 Five Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Book 2) a series by Arnold Lobel Frogs by Gail Gibbons Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London The Icky Sticky Frog by Dawn Bentley It's Mine! by Leo Lionni Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Jonathan Lambert Frog Path Game Needed: Path game template in this packet. Make your own path game! Don't be intimidated! It does not have to be fancy! Simply have a start and end space on a large piece of construction paper or use the template in this packet! Add stickers to get from start to finish. They could be flies, drawings of rocks or actual rocks glued to the paper! Give the children plastic frogs to use a player pieces. Give them a homemade or commercial die (I like homemade because then I can program it to have only the numbers we have been working on!). Let the children make up their own rules on how to play! I always love writing down their ideas on how to play a game to send home with families! EXTENSION: Provide extra materials for your preschoolers to make their own individual games to bring home! 13,14,17,20,21,24-26,30 Green and Speckled Slime Needed: Slime recipe in this packet, plastic frogs Page 4 4

5 Preschool Plan It Make the slime with the children. Add plastic frogs for fun! 13,14,23,26-30,35,42,43 Lily Pad Count Activity Mat Needed: activity mats from this packet, playdough This activity will help children with their 1-1 correspondence, rational counting and eye-hand coordination! 13,14,20,21,23-26,30,35 Frog Life Cycle Seriation Folder Game Needed: file folder game in this packet 2,11,20,21,26,27,29,30, Five Green and Speckled Frogs Song Needed: song poster from this packet. Sing this song while acting out the parts. 3,4,10,12,34 Musical Lily Pads! Needed: 2 sets of lily pads from Lily Pad Count game in this packet, music In advance, print, cut and laminate 2 sets of the lily pads in the Lily Pad Count Activity Mat in this packet. Place one set on chairs. Pass the other set out to the children. Play music. The children, holding their lily pad, dance around the chairs. When the music stops, they must find the matching lily pad and sit on that chair. Play again by distributing a different lily pad to each child. 3,10,11,25,34 Animal Actions 1 & 2 Needed: Kids in Action CD by Greg & Steve This is a great CD I highly suggest you invest in! Or, request an interlibrary loan of it from your library. The Animal Actions track has the children act out many animals and other movements. One of them is Leap Like a Frog. On this CD is Animal Actions 1 and Animal Actions 2. Use these throughout the week! 3,4,10,12,34 The Pond Add blue gravel (found a fish stores), plastic and stuffed frogs, plastic bugs, spoons, cups, etc. 13,14,25,27,28,30 Frog Life Cycle Needed: use some of the Game Pattern life cycle cards from this packet. Page 5 5

6 Preschool Plan It Use these cards to place around your science area. As they observe the tadpoles (tomorrow s activity), encourage them to look for the changes in the tadpoles that they see in the cards! 1,13-15,20-24,27-30,43 Watch Them Grow! Needed: fish tank, pond water, rocks, tadpoles, tadpole food You can order tadpoles somewhere online! One year we found ours swimming in my sister-inlaw s pool! The pool cover had fallen in and frogs had their babies there! Observe them as they grow! Extension: Make journals for the children to document the tadpole's growth. It is pretty amazing to watch! They develop 2 feet, then 2 more, then their tail shrinks and they are frogs! Did you know that tadpoles store food in their tails to eat until they develop into frogs and can make it to land to eat? Provide many non-fiction frog books in the science area! Take a field trip to free the frogs at a local pond. 1,13-15,20-24,27-30,43 Absorption Investigations Needed: bowls, sponges, water, pipettes, carpet squares (or towels), paper towels Continue absorption exploration from this morning s Circle Time activity. Let the children explore how different items absorb water. Our preschooler s favorite is using carpet squares (or towels) and using pipettes to drop water onto it. They then place a sheet of paper towel over the carpet square or towel and press it with their hands. They see how the water is first absorbed by the carpet square and then reabsorbed by the paper towel, and they see they hand prints from pressing on the paper towel! 6,11,27-30 It s MINE! Island Creation Needed: bowls, rocks, leaves, ferns, grass, plastic frogs, water. The children create their own island (based on the It s Mine! book by Leo Lionni) by placing items in a bowl. Encourage them to act out the story using their islands! 6,11,27-30, 37,40 Fly Catchers Needed: party blowers (the ones that unravel when you blow into them), Velcro, paper or plastic flies We stuck Velcro on the ends of the party blowers and then the opposite side of the Velcro to paper flies that we laminated (I have also seen plastic flies used but our children had a touch time catching them with the party blowers). The children blow the party blower and then, as the blower is extended, touch a paper fly to catch. It takes some practice but is loads of fun! VARIATION: If this is too difficult for your children, try Fly Blowing! Provide straws and have the children try to blow the plastic or paper flies across a table 6,11,27-30 A Frog s Life Provide paper and markers for your children. Encourage them to draw a story about a frog. Where would it play? Sleep? Who would it visit? What does it like to do for fun? Write down what they say to attach to their picture. Have a pre-printed card with the word "frog" printed on it for those who wish to try it! 13-15,30,36,37,42,43 Page 6 6

7 PRESCHOOL PLAN IT STANDARDS Approaches To Learning (ATL) 1 ATL Demonstrates eagerness, curiosity, & flexibility as a learner. 2 ATL Developing ability and self-direction to set and follow through with goals to complete an action or task. 3 ATL Joins in and cooperates with others in play and learning. Social and Emotional Development (SED) 4 SED Expresses affection, empathy and sympathy to others and balances needs and rights of others and self. 5 SED Engages in positive relationships and interactions with adults involved in their care. 6 SED Engages in positive relationships and interacts in socially appropriate manner with minimal conflict with peers. 7 SED Demonstrates increasing ability to self-regulate impulses and emotions, return to equilibrium after experiencing stress 8 SED Demonstrates ability to ask for as well as offer help when needed. Physical Development & Health (PDH) 9 PDH Developing large muscle coordination and coordination through activities such as pulling, throwing, catching, kicking, etc. 10 PDH Developing travelling skills by using locomotor skills to maneuver in their environment and in a large group. 11 PDH Participates in structured and unstructured activities. 12 PDH Developing large muscle control and balancing skills through activities such as walking (front and backward) skipping, running, climbing, hopping, stretching, reaching etc. 13 PDH Uses a variety of tools & materials to build grasp & release skills, scissor skills & ability to use thumb/forefinger in pincer grasp. 14 PDH Developing eye-hand coordination using a variety of materials. 15 PDH Developing pre-writing & drawing skills using wide variety of tools 16 PDH Learning about importance of nutrition and healthy routines and how they benefit their bodies (i.e. diff between health/junk food, dental health knowledge, etc.) 17 PDH Demonstrates increasing ability to complete self-help/personal care tasks & life skills independently (washing hands, toileting, dressing, brushing teeth, using eating utensils, etc.) Social Science & Knowledge (SSK) 18 SSK Developing understanding of their personal and family structure. 19 SSK Developing awareness of their family, the community, the classroom and their responsibilities in each. Mathematical Knowledge & Skills (MAT) 20 MAT Developing ability to recognize numbers recite them in order and recognize that numbers represent quantities. 21 MAT Uses numbers, one-to-one counting & subitizing (identifying number of objects in a set without counting them) to determine the quantity. 22 MAT Developing ability to identify, predict, create & extend patterns. 23 MAT Developing ability to measure wide variety of objects using many different attributes (weight, length, size, etc.) 24 MAT Developing ability to classify, compare, sort and order a wide variety of object by different attributes. 25 MAT Identifies basic shapes and beginning to identify their parts. 26 MAT Developing understanding of ordination & positional language (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd ), directionality (up, down) and spatial awareness (next to, on top of) & how to apply to items, stories, etc. Scientific Knowledge & Skills (SCI) 27 SCI Developing observation & inquiry skills using their senses & tools (including technology) to gather & investigate information. 28 SCI Makes predictions and inferences about changes in materials. 29 SCI Communicates & documents information gathered using a variety of methods (drawing, maps, graphs, charts &through discussion) 30 SCI Developing knowledge of science concepts through exploration of the different sciences (Life Science, Physical Science, Earth/Environmental Science, Technology Science) Creative Arts (ART) 31 ART Visual Arts: Uses a variety of materials to make art creations to reflect thoughts, feelings, experience or knowledge 32 ART Drama: Participates in dramatic play using creativity, imagination and objects/props to express themselves 33 ART Dance & Movement: Participates in expressive dancing and movement activities 34 ART Music: Participates in music through activities by listening, performing, singing or using musical instruments. Language & Literacy Development (LLD) 35 LLD Understands and follows at least 2-3 step directions. 36 LLD Uses increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, grammar and syntax in conversations and storytelling. 37 LLD Speech is clear and understood by others. 38 LLD Developing awareness of print (in books & environment) and recognizes that print conveys meaning (i.e. recognizing own name) 39 LLD Recognizes how books are read (front to back, one page at a time) and characteristics of books (title, author, illustrator) 40 LLD Listens to & describes items/actions in books; retells stories 41 LLD Notices and discriminates sounds of language (rhyme, alliteration, etc.) and that letters have distinct sounds associated with them (such as beginning and/or ending sounds) 42 LLD Recognizes & identifies letters of the alphabet in print, environment, and/or own name. 43 LLD Demonstrates increased emergent writing skills such as random marks, controlled scribbles, basic shapes, letter-like marks or letters to represent words, stories, ideas, experiences or objects. English Language Development (ELD) 44 ELD Demonstrates progress in understanding & listening to English 45 ELD Demonstrates progress in speaking English 7 DISCLAIMER: These standards were developed based on research of some of the standards used in the early childhood field such as Head Start, DRDP, RIELDS, MA EEC Guidelines, as well as my own established preschool developmental child outcomes and standards. Copyright Preschool Plan It

8 Frog Path Game Make your own path game! Don't be intimidated! It does not have to be fancy! Simply have a start and end space on a large piece of construction paper or use the template in this packet! Add stickers to get from start to finish. They could be flies, drawings of rocks or actual rocks glued to the paper! Give the children plastic frogs to use a player pieces. Give them a homemade or commercial die (I like homemade because then I can program it to have only the numbers we have been working on!). Let the children make up their own rules on how to play! I always love writing down their ideas on how to play a game to send home with families! EXTENSION: Provide extra materials for your preschoolers to make their own individual games to bring home! 8

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10 Directions: Frog Life Cycle Seriation Game Print and laminate both sets of life cycle cards on the following pages. Glue the set with the number of the life cycle and words in the file folder. The children match the second set to the first. Encourage them to state the name of the life cycle. 10

11 Frog Life Cycle Seriation Game eggs tadpole tadpole with legs 4 5 frogling frog 11

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13 Lily Pad Count Activity Mat Directions: Print and laminate the lily pad, frogs and number cards from the following pages. The children choose a number card and place the corresponding number of frogs on the lily pad. VARIATION 1: Provide playdough and have the children make snakes out of playdough and cut the snake shapes into pieces using scissors. They use these frogs instead of the picture card frogs. VARIATION 2: Provide dry erase markers for children to draw frogs on the lily pads. EXTENSION: To make this activity self-correcting: Before you laminate the number cards, draw in the corresponding number of dots on the back of each number square so the children can count the dots. This will help the children to practice rational counting (by counting the dots); 1-1 correspondence by placing a frog on each dot and number recognition by associated the number of dots they counted with the printed numeral. You ll find blackline masters of the lily pad and frogs in case you want to color them yourself using different patterns. 13

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22 Green and Speckled Slime Recipe Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) clear glue 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) water Green food coloring Glitter 2 tsp (10 ml) Borax solution* Directions: 1. Combine glue & water. Stir until completed mixed. 2. Add food coloring and glitter. Stir until mixed. 3. Add Borax solution*. Stir until it is one blob. If it does not clump together, add a little more borax solution. 4. Drain excess liquid and knead for a minute. *Borax solution: Stir 1 Tbsp. (15 mg) of Borax soap detergent into 1 c (250 ml) of warm water until dissolved. You can replace the clear glue with white school glue, but for frog slime, clear glue is the best! 22

23 Song Card & Song Poster How to use: Print and laminate the song card below (it is 5 X 3 ). Place in a can or box with other cards of songs your children love! In transitional times (waiting to go outside or wash hands, etc.), pull out your song box or song can (I use a decorated coffee can!). Shuffle the cards in your hands saying Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle and your children yell STOP! When they yell stop, whichever card is on top is the one you sing! The kids LOVE this! Each month you ll receive one of these cards that correspond with the song poster for the month to add to your Song Card Collection! On the next page, you ll find the Song Poster! Print and laminate for use over the years! 23 Preschool Plan It

24 Five Green and Speckled Frogs Five green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Now there are four green speckled frogs Four green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Now there are three green speckled frogs Three green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Now there are two green speckled frogs Continue until there are no more frogs! 24

25 Patterns for Games and Activities The following images are from the calendar pieces. You can use these in several ways: Print and laminate several pages for the children to use to create patterns. Either you begin a pattern using 4-5 of these cards and encourage the children to continue the same pattern. Or, have the children create their own patterns using the cards. Print and laminate several pages for the children to use as a matching/memory game. 25

26 Frog Theme Patterns for Games and Activities ABCDE Pattern 26

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32 Frog Theme Calendar Pieces ABCDE Pattern The blank card below is to add the month you would like! 31 Simply cut out, laminate and print the month s name with a dry erase marker so that you can erase and use whenever you like throughout the year. 32