Materials
plastic rakes
50 or more pieces of red, yellow, brown, and orange scrap paper or tissue paper
masking tape
mural paper
marker
jackets for children to wear
work gloves
trash barrel, plastic laundry basket, or large garbage bag
Instructions
l Find images (from books, magazines, or the Internet) of the following:
l frog spawn
l tadpole with short tail
l tadpole with long tail
l tadpole with long tail and short legs
l tadpole with four limbs and shorter tail
l small frog
l medium-sized frog
l large frog
l Cut out huge lily pads from green paper and arrange these throughout the
classroom about four to six child-size jumps apart. Attach a picture of a frog's
life stage to each lily pad.
What To Do
1. Talk with the children about how in the springtime new young creatures begin
to grow. Show the children images of the frog's life cycle.
2. Show the children the "lily pads" set up around the classroom.
3. Starting at the frog spawn lily pad, have the children take turns throwing the
dice and doing as many squatting frog jumps or hops toward the next lily pad
as the dice allow.
4. When the children reach each lily pad, they look at the image attached to it
and name the frog's stage of development.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Do the children understand the basic life cycle of a frog?
l Are the children able to identify the frog's life stages by looking at the cards
on the lily pads?
l Are the children able to frog-hop from lily pad to lily pad?
