Frog Storytime
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Where possible, authors are noted.
Fingerplays and Rhymes:
Five little frogs sitting on a log (hold up five fingers)
This little frog is still a polywog (point to thumb)
This little frog wears a happy grin (point to index finger)
This little frog is tall and thing (point to tall finger)
This little frog can jump real high (point to ring finger)
This little frog wants to fly (point to little finger)
So he calls out "Ribbit!" and a bird flies by,
And takes him for a ride way up to the sky! (make wings with both hands)
(From Storytime Crafts)
-children's nursery rhyme author unknown
Craft:
Make a frog face:
Photocopy template onto green colored paper.
Cut out circles & shapes.
Have children glue and color the shapes together to make their own frog face.
Life cycle of a frog http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mfroglifecycle.htm
Craft:
Easy fold frog
Cut green paper and fold into "W" shape to form the mouth of frog. Glue long red rectangle for mouth and two wiggly eyes.
Coloring pages at first-school: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_amphibians/cp_frog.htm
coloring page: http://www.coloring.ws/animals/frog.gif
Books:
Little Green Frogs by Frances Barry (2008)
Jump by Scott Fischer (2010)
Bee Frog by Martin Waddell (2007)
Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold (1993)
Jump, frog, jump by Robert Kalan (1981)
Hop, Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh (1993)
Froggy gets Dressed by Jonathan London (1992)
The Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner