Storytime - Frogs

Books:

One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau - This is a fun counting book of frogs where each group makes a different "frog sound" like "Ka-blurp!" or "Peep peep peep!" I had the kids repeat all of the different frog noises to make it more interactive.





Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson - This is a sweet, short story about a baby frog that wherever he goes (even to the moon!) he can always leap back home to his mom. It's nice and short and rhyming making it a good choice for toddler time. You could even have the kids jump up every time you say the word "leap" if you like!


Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan - We own the big book version of this classic cumulative tale so I propped it up on our easel to read. Every time we got to the "Jump, frog, jump!" page I had the kids say the words with me and jump up! It's a bit of a longer read, so the actions really seems to help keep their attention.

Songs/Rhymes:

Five Green and Speckled Frogs (w/ flannel)

Five green and speckled frogs (hold up five fingers)
Sat on a speckled log
And ate up some most delicious bugs,
Yum! Yum! (rub belly)
One jumped into the pool (mimic one finger "jumping" into a pool)
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green, speckled frogs! (hold up four fingers)
Ribbit! Ribbit!

Continue with 4, 3, 2, and 1

If You're a Frog and You Know It...

If you're a frog and you know it, jump up high
If you're a frog and you know it, jump up high
If you want to be a frog, then get up off that log
If you're a frog and you know it, jump up high

Continue with:

If you're a frog and you know it, blink your eyes...
If you're a frog and you know it, stick out your tongue...
If you're a frog and you know it, say "Ribbit!"...


Craft:

Jumping Frog

I found this template from crayola.com. I printed them out onto cardstock, let the kids color them in with crayons, and then I offered either child or adult scissors to cut them out (the parents are with the kids for this storytime).