Materials
small plastic, felt, or paper cutout frogs
small plastic, felt, or paper cutout flies
flannel board (if using felt frogs and flies)
small bowls or cups
Instructions
1. Hand out a few frogs and flies to several of the children. Ask them to count
how many of each they are holding. Discuss and decide whether there are
enough flies for each frog to eat.
2. Ask a child to place his frogs on the table or flannel board. Then have him
place a fly next to each frog. Ask the children questions: "Are there enough
flies for the frogs to eat? If not, how many more are needed so each frog will
get a fly? If there are more flies than frogs, how many more flies are there?"
3. After practicing several times with one frog gets one fly (one-to-one
correspondence), change the directions to: one frog gets two flies.
4. Continue practicing with different numbers of frogs and flies.
More to do You can do this same type of activity using other animals and foods, such as
panda bears and bamboo stalks, dogs and dog bones, or butterflies and flowers.
Language and Literacy: Read The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins and do the
activity using flannel board children and cookies!
