Does anybody have an idea for a frog themes in preschool class?

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Does anybody have an idea for a frog themes in preschool class?

Answer 1

Here are some that I've collected over the years.  Many are from The Mailbox Preschool. If you don't subscribe to the wonderful magazine...consider it...it's tax deductible.  :-)

Spots on Frogs:  Make a spot stamper by cutting a one-inch shape and a two-inch shape from a textured material such as corrugated cardboard, bubble wrap, or mesh shelf liner. Hot-glue the cutouts to opposite ends of an empty film canister. Make as many as desired. Store the stampers (small shapes up) in an empty tray. Place the tray, shallow container of tempera paint, and a class supply of large frog cutouts at the center.  Have the children paint an assortment of spots on his frog, feeling each texture as he paints with it.

Lily Pad Look Alikes:  Cut a triangle shape from the rim of a small thick paper plate. Then paint the plate green. Next, use food coloring to tine a container of water red. Fold a coffee filter in half several times, dip one corn of the folded filter into the water, and then unfold the filter.  When the painted plate and filter are dry, gather and twist the center of the filter and tap (or staple) it near the point where the triangle was cut out.

That’s Life:  Reinforce the different stages of a frog’s life.  Make two copies of the frog life cycle patterns. Color the patterns, laminate, and cut out. Then ready them for flannelboard use. Also, cut from felt the following shapes: a large blue pond, a brown log, and green lily pads. Place the prepared props near your flannelboard. Before introducing the center, acquaint the children with the life cycle of a frog through a read=aloud book, such as Leaping Frogs by Melvin Berger.

Fancy Frogs: Fill a plastic (sensory) tub with assorted lengths of blue crepe paper (for water).  Next, make a template of the swimming frog pattern. Trace the template onto green craft foam to make six or more frogs. Use three different designs to decorate the frogs, repeating each design as often as desired. Then cut out the frog shapes and scatter them under the crepe paper water.  A child removes the frogs form the water and sorts them by their designs.

Splish Splash:  Trim two or more kitchen sponges into lily pad shapes. Then put the sponge cutouts and a few plastic frogs at your water table. Invite little ones to use the supplies to explore a variety of froggy behaviors, such as sitting on a lily pad, hopping into the water, and swimming.

Five Little Speckled Frogs- I painted an aluminum foil tube brown to make it look like a log.  Then I put 5 slits on the top that fit the wooden "icecream" spoons and glued a frog on the wide end of the spoons.  Then they had a visual for this song.

What Is It?

Tune:  Do Your Ears Hang Down

Does it hop, hop, hop

‘Til you think it will not stop?

Does it make a “ribbit” sound

On a day that’s very hot?

Does it swim very well?

Then I know that you can tell

That it is a frog.

“Pond-ering” Good Books:  Place a blue blanket on the floor to represent water and add a few green pillows for lily pads. Provide a supply of frog-themed books For added ambiance, softly play a recording of rushing water or frog sounds. Have the children help in making cattails from construction paper and gift wrap tubes. Display the cattails around the pond in weighted containers.

Frogs and Logs: Make eight green construction paper copies of the large frog pattern and one copy of the rhyming cards. Color the cards, cut them out, and then sort them into four sets of three rhyming cards each. Glue one card from each set onto a 3” x 12” strip of brown construction paper (log).  Glue each remaining card onto a different frog. Laminate the pieces; cut out the frogs and trim the brown strips into a log shape.  A child chooses a frog and names its picture.  Then he sets the frog on the log that has a rhyming picture.

Lily Pad Puzzlers: Make five colorful construction paper copies of a large frog pattern.  Draw an equal number of lily pads on green construction paper.  Laminate the patterns and cut out. Then cut each lily pad into two pieces, using a different puzzle cut each time. As the children complete a puzzle they can top it off with a frog.

Feast for Froggy:  Copy the large frog pattern onto green construction paper. Cut five 1 ½ inch x 6 inch strips of pink construction paper for tongues. Label the bottom of each tongue with a different number from 1-5. Then laminate and cut out the frog pattern and the strips.  To the front of each tongue, attach Velcro dots (hook side) to match the programmed number. Also attach the hook side of a Velcro dot just below the frog’s mouth. Then, to the back of each tongue, near the top, attach the loop side of a Velcro dot. Place the prepared pieces at a center along with 15 pompoms for bugs. A child attaches a tongue to the frog. She counts orally as she puts a bug on each Velcro dot. Then she removes the tongue and repeats.

Preschool art project - cut out a cookie cutter-type frog out of a 9 x 12 sheet of

Answer 2

I was just looking on this website  for ideas for my staff and their school-agers. Saw a Frog theme! :-)

SPLAT LIKE A FROG PAINTING...

Suggestion: Do this outside...

Place butcher paper on the floor/cement and tape down. Fill a nylon stocking with popcorn kernels. Fill trays with paint. Have children dip the filled stocking into the paint trays and drop the filled stocking to the ground while they hang onto the end. It will bounce up just like a frog’s tongue!

FINGER PLAY

5 LITTLE FROGS

Five little speckled frogs

Sitting on a hollow log

Eating some most delicious bugs

Yum Yum...

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are four speckled frogs

Glub, glub...

(...and so on in descending order )

Have frog books and puzzles available for the kids to read and play with.

Use frog printables for the kids to COLOR.

Play MUSICAL TOAD STOOLS, like Musical Chairs..or...

Musical Lily Pads - Instead of chairs, you could use green card stock and cut out lily pads about 18″ wide.

Play PIN THE TONGUE ON THE FROG.

Play FROG, FROG, TADPOLE----like Duck, Duck, Goose. Or...RIBBIT, RIBBIT, JUMP!

The player is tapped on the head when the word "jump" is said. They must hop and try to catch the other player who must also hop around and get back to the empty spot.

A FROG PINATA may also be a lot of fun for the kids.

Play hot potato (Squirmy Frog) using a plastic, plush toy, or rubber frog; pass him quickly because frogs are squirmy!

PIN THE CROWN ON THE FROG Game

Enlarge a picture of a frog and cut out gold crowns in proportion to the frog. As in pin the tail on the donkey, kids are blindfolded, spun around and have to try to pin the crown on top of the frog's head.

FROG HUNT

Print out as many frogs (in what ever version you prefer) and hide them. Have the kids search for hidden frogs around the room or outside.

Talk about leaping animals---besides the frog.

Make LIME SHERBERT FROGS

INGREDIENTS:

Lime sherbet

Green decorators' gel

Junior Mints

Green gummy ring candy

1. To make one, set a scoop of lime sherbet on a small green paper plate (trim the plate to resemble a lily pad first, if you like).

2. Cut one green gummy ring candy into quarters and place the four pieces under the sherbet scoop for feet.

3. Set a Junior Mint candy and half a gummy ring in place for each eye. Finally, add a green decorators' gel mouth and nostrils.

Combine lime sherbert with 7-Up soda for a SWAMPY PUNCH. Place a plastic frog in the punch for further decoration. Freeze raisins into ice cubes for added decoration in the punch.



Serve frog legs (chicken wings)

Flies on a log (peanut butter on celery with raisins on top)

Fly dip (black bean dip) with nachos and chips

Frog log mix (Chex Mix with extra pretzels)

Green M&Ms,

Green chocolate mints

Gummy frogs

Chocolate raisins

Frog and fly gut sandwiches (cut out into frog shapes and filled with any thing)

Have cupcakes frosted with green frosting and have different jellybeans and decorations to make frog faces and red shoestring licorice for the tongues.

Make a batch of frog sugar cookies using a frog cookie cutter, and have the kids decorate with green frosting, candies, and sprinkles...OR the cupcakes that are above... the kids could also decorate plain sugar cookies as the cupcakes above are decorated :-)

Don't Forget the The Muppet Movie -

With all the frog activities, the most famous frog ever... has to be included . . . Kermit!

(I don't think Barb will mind-that I copied this from her site...)

Answer 3

Last year, my two year old class made felt green headbands. We cut big circles out for the eyes, glued them on and then glued big google eyes on the circles. They wore them all day and looked SO cute. We jumped around and 'ribbit'ed. It was a blast! Wish I had a picture to show you.  

Answer 4

Start with the "frog & Toad" books by Sobel.  Good story about the lost button that you can turn into a math lesson.  also check out abcteach.com for printables & coloring, if you're inclined that way.  You can also hop like frogs, sing "five green & speckled frogs". Sorry.. can't remember more -- it's been a while since I've been around preschoolers.

Answer 5

you can take a paper plate, color it green, fold it in half, then make frog legs and arms glue it on, make a long red tongue glue that on, and put on the moving eyes, and voila, you've got your very own frog

Answer 6

rain forest, since frogs come out in the rain