Hop Little Froggy
Submitted by Terrance
Hop little, hop little, hop little Froggy.(hop fingers up arm)
Don't be slow,(shake index finger) and don't be soggy.(shake other
index finger)
Hop little, hop little, hop little froggy,(hop fingers
You'll have flies for breakfast.(spoon up flies)
Hop little, hop little, hop little Froggy.
Don't be slow, and don't be soggy.
Hop little, hop little, hop little froggy,
You'll have flies for lunch.
Hop little, hop little, hop little Froggy.
Don't be slow, and don't be soggy.
Hop little, hop little, hop little froggy,
You'll have flies for dinner,
And ice cream for dessert!(rub tummy)
I'M A LITTLE FROG
(sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little froggy,
Slick and green.
I once was a tadpole,
As you have seen.
Then I grew some strong legs
While swimming about,
And now I'm a frog.
Hurray, let's shout!
"Ribbit!"
FROG FLANNEL BOARD
Five Little Frogs--Flannel story
Five little frogs
Were down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play.
Along came a hungry_________,
And chased one frog away.
Four little frogs,
Were down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play.
Along came a wiggly________.
And chased one frog away.
Three little frogs
Were down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play.
Along came a giant_________,
And chased one frog away.
Two little frogs
Were down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play,
Along came a purple________,
And chased one frog away.
One little frog
Was down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play,
Along came a flying_________,
And chased the frog away.
Then no little frogs
were down at the pond,
Down at the pond at play.
Where do you think the little frogs went.
When they all hopped away.
SCIENCE ACTIVITY
FROG SKIN
Tell the children that some kinds of frogs change their skin from
light to
dark green, depending on where they are. Ex. If a frog sat on a white rock,
would the skin be light or dark green? answer: light green
Ask children other questions like, if a frog sits on a leaf what shade of
green would he be? etc.....
Extension: Go to a paint store and pick up a paint chip card for the color
green. Cut out the individual color chips and mount them on index cards. Let
the children arrange the colors from light to dark.
Stuffed Frogs
Cut two frogs from construction paper. Children can draw on features.
Staple
around the frog leaving an open space. Children can stuff them
with cotton
and staple the opening closed.
FROG UNIT
Submitted by Jan
I'm A Little Turtle
(sung to the tune of "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little turtle with a shell,
I have four legs, a head, and a tail,
When I get so scared I want to hide,
I pull my head and legs inside!
FIVE LITTLE FROGS
Five little frogs
Were down at the pond
Down at the pond at play
Along came a hungry ________,
And chased one frog away.
Four little frogs
Were down at the pond
Down at the pond at play.
Along came a wiggly ________,
And chased one frog away.
Three little frogs
Were down at the pond
Down at the pond at play
Along came a giant ________,
And chased one frog away.
Two little frogs
Were down at the pond
Down at the pond at play
And chased one frog away.
One little frog
Was down at the pond
Down at the pond at play
Along came a flying ________,
And chased one frog away.
Then no little frogs
Were down at the pond
Down at the pond at play
Where do you think the little frogs went
When they all hopped away?
Cooking:
I did this with my children this week and they all enjoyed it. You
could add something for a log and sing
the song Three Speckled Frogs.
Lily-Pad Floats
lime sherbet
lemonade
plastic cups
gummy frogs (three per child)
plastic spoons
Help each child place a small scoop of lime sherbet in the bottom
of a cup.
Fill each cup with lemonade. Add a gummy frog. Enjoy.
FROG CHANT/GAME
Submitted by Kim
One child sits in the middle of the circle, hiding eyes, crouched
down into a ball. Everyone else chants:
Froggy in the Pond, fast a-sleep,
Froggy inn the pond, fast a-sleep,
Little froggy if your wise,
you will open up your eyes!
Leap, froggy,
Leap froggy,
leap, leap, leap!
Child(frog) in the middle wakes up and "leaps" on cue. all take a turn!
Big Mouth Frog Flannel Board Story
Submitted by Jan
The Big Mouth Frog
You will need: 1 frog (or you can use two-one with a big mouth and
one with small mouth), 1 giraffe, 1 elephant, 1 crocodile,
Once upon a time there was a little frog with a Very Big Mouth. The frog use
to drive everyone crazy with his big mouth. He was always opening it and hollering
at people."HI! WHO ARE YOU? I'M THE BIG MOUTH FROG!"(as you say it make your
own mouth big and wide) One morning he decided to find out what everyone ate
for breakfast. He hopped out of his frog pond, hopped to the zoo, and began
to pester all the animals. The first animal he met was a giraffe. "HI! WHO
ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU EAT FOR BREAKFAST?" The giraffe looked down. "I am a giraffe.
I eat leaves for breakfast." "Well, I'M THE BIG MOUTH FROG! I EAT FLIES FOR
BREAKFAST!" He stuck out his long tongue, and SLUUUUURP, he caught a fly. Continue
with: elephant - leaves; monkeys - bananas; The Big mouth frog went to visit
the crocodile. "Hi! WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU EAT FOR BREAKFAST?" "I am the
crocodile. I eat BIG MOUTH FROG for breakfast. Who did you say you were?" I'M
THE BIG MOUTH-Ooops! I'm the small mouth frog.(have your mouth go form wide
open I eat FL-Ooops... mo-o-squi-i-to-o-es for breakfast."And the small mouth
frog hopped right back to his pond. oooh...ooooh(his mouth is making a tiny "o")
Re: Frog Poem
Submitted by Sally
Five Little Froggies
Five little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high,
Froggies jumped low.
Four little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high,
Froggies jumped low.
Three little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high,
Froggies jumped low.
Two little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high,
Froggies jumped low.
One little froggy sitting on a well
He looked up, and down he fell.
Title: FROG ACTIVITIES
Following cross-curricular ideas submitted by Peg
Five Tadpole Flannel Board
Five little tadpoles swimming near the shore.
The first one said, "Let's swim some more."
The second one said, "Let's rest awhile."
The third one said, "Swimming makes me smile."
The fourth one said, "My legs are growing long."
The fifth one said, "I'm getting very strong."
Five little tadpoles will soon be frogs.
They'll jump from the water and sit on logs.
Math:
Sequence the above story
Science:
Observe tadpole growth. Most bait shops have tadpoles. Or scoop
water from lake, pond, fountain, or muddy puddle and you will usually
catch some. Put in glass bowl. Observe and graph.
Fine Motor:
Cut large lily pad shapes out of construction or butcher paper. Put small
dab of green on shape and let children pretend fingers are frogs hopping from
here to there as they spread the paint.
Art:
Make a Big Mouth Frog. Need paper plate, 2 cotton balls, and 2 small black
circles, red tongue and 4 green strips for legs cut from construction paper.
Fold paper plate in half. Glue cotton balls on top. Add black circles to cotton
balls to make eyes. Glue red tongue to inside of folded plate. Glue 4 legs to
bottom of plate.
Snack:
Lily Pad Cookies
Round cookies or crackers, Green icing
Let each child spread icing on cracker
Title: Mary had a Little Frog
Submitted by Peg
Tune: Mary had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little frog
Little, frog, little frog
Mary had a little frog
It's skin was green as grass
And everywhere that Mary went
Mary went, Mary went
Everywhere that Mary went
The frog would jump and splash
Title: Frogs (flannel board activity)
Following submitted by Shelley
5 little frogs sat on the shore, one went for a swim and then there
were 4.
4 little frogs looked out to sea, one went swimming and then there were 3.
3 little frogs said, "What can we do?" 1 jumped in the water then there were
2.
2 little frogs sat in the sun, this one swam and then there was one.
1 little frog said, "This is no fun." so he dove in the water and then there
were none.
Some activities to go with this:
1) Feed the frog: Draw a large frog on a poster board. Cut
out the mouth and have the children throw bean bags through the frogs
mouth.
2) Frog fishing: Use a magnetic fishing rod to catch precut frog
shapes with an attached magnet. Add letters, numbers, shapes, etc. to
make this game more challenging.
3) Have the children paint precut frog shapes. After they have
dried add a popsicle stick to create a puppet
4) Bring out the bells at circle time and use to this song. Adjust your
bell playing volume soft, loud, etc.
5 little froggies sitting on a well,
1 peeked in and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high, froggies jumped low
Froggies jumped everywhere, to and fro!
 5
Green and Speckled Frogs - Must be unzipped first. Print
pond scene on legal size paper. Print and cut out frogs. Using
Velcro attach frogs to log and pond. Children move frogs from
log to pond as they sing song and count down.
Title: 5 GREEN AND SPECKLED FROGS
Submitted by Dottie
5 green and speckled frogs sat on a freckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs,
Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool.
Now there are 4 green speckled frogs.
Glug, glug!
4 green and speckled frogs…
3 green and speckled frogs…
2 green and speckled frogs…
1 green and speckled frogs…
Then there were no green freckled frogs. Glug, glug.
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