Supplies
- Shallow bin/tray
- Frog figurines
- Lily pads (can be purchased or made out of green craft foam)
- Water beads
Instructions
- Fill a shallow bin or tray with water.
- Toss in the frogs and lily pads.
- Water beads can be used as frog eggs.
- Allow children to explore the frog habitat and life cycle through play.
Adaptations or Extensions of Play
- Parents and educators can utilize this opportunity to discuss the habitat and life cycle of frogs
- Teach scientific terms and language such as eggs/spawn, tadpole, gills, adult and frog
- Include a book on frogs
- Give children a small fish net to catch the frogs
- Foam numbers can be used to match the frogs to corresponding numbers
- Add any play set to water to create a new and exciting learning opportunity
Skills
- Sensory: wet, warm and cool
- Fine motor: as they pick up and play with small items
- Gross motor
- Eye hand coordination
- Pouring
- Dumping
- Squeezing
- Stirring
- Math: More/less empty/full, many/few
- Problem solving: Will this object float? sink?
- Making hypothesis: I think this will sink
- Socioemotional skills: Relaxing, calming, an opportunity for conversation
- Language: An opportunity for new vocabulary – eggs/spawn, tadpole, gills, adult and frog
- Story telling skills and small world play and more
- Social skills
- Imagination!
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