Frogs

 We started our investigation of Frogs with a book that clearly showed the stages of a frog's life cycle.







Then we glued the five stages from egg to frog on our paper.

 We learned some new vocabulary: amphibian, tadpole, pondweed.

Frogs are born from eggs. They develop into tadpoles that have gills, then develop into frogs that have lungs.


Their tails disappear and they grow legs.

Math time had us counting out 5 green frogs and we added the speckles from the three-hole-punch.










We also sang a song about 5 Green and Speckled Frogs using our flannel board.

 We counted and sang through this song several times so everyone had a turn to choose a frog from the board.

Ask your child to sing it for you. Remember to rub your tummy after "eating the most delicious bugs, yum yum!"

Easel painting gave us some large, green lily pads which we decorated with lovely pink paper blossoms.










If you have a chance, take your child to a pond to view real lily pads and if your lucky, see a frog having a rest on one!

Our writing practice focused on the letter "Ff" for Frog.

Some of us follow dotted lines, some trace over a previous drawn line, and some are independent writers. Everyone is growing and progressing.





Read-alouds are one of our favorite times of the day.

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs, baskets, bunnies, and more!

We counted paper eggs after gluing them to our baskets.

 We created a ramp to race our eggs down.

 Running from one end to the other, we raced eggs, cars, and anything else that would fit onto the gutter.

 It was fun to guess which items would go the fastest.

We made bridges with our legs, and worked at taking turns.

 The eggs moved into our kitchen area naturally. We practiced cracking them open.

 Group time gave us new ways to use eggs.


We balanced them on our heads and tried holding them with with our bodies in many different ways.



 Eggs filled with popcorn made great maracas for music time!








Large paper eggs were our canvas for many decorative elements.
More glue!

Making decisions about WHAT to add to our eggs and WHERE to place those pieces helps us develop critical thinking skills.

Water colors brightened our Easter Bunnies before they hopped into our school bags.

We got a jump on our gardening theme coming up in a few weeks.

 Ms. Amy helped us place soil and seeds into a cup. We watered them and placed them in the window.

Now we wait.