Each of these activities will create a foldable that are ideal for science journals and focus on vocabulary, a frog’s anatomy, habitat, diet, classification, predators, defenses, species and comparing frogs and toads.
1. Frog Craft Visor Hat – What an adorable way to create interest in frogs. Make a frog craft and every time you are reading about frogs and toads, have your students don their frog craft visor hats.
Teaching frog and toad will feel simple with these 25 ideas and activities. You’ll find science and reading sources about frogs and toads, the life cycle of a frog, frog facts and a frog craft or two to round it all off.
This resource can aid your investigations (great for science journals) or become its own activity for younger grades.
About Frogs and Toads
20. Frog Life Cycle Craft – You can create a cute frog craft that starts with the frog egg and then unfold as an accordion book.
24. 3 Frog and Toad Comprehension Games – If you’re on the hunt to find more fun ways of learning about Frog and Toad (the classic book characters) then you’ll want to be sure to check out these Frog and Toad printable games with comprehension multiple choice cards.
This strategy is perfect for frog informational writing and creating a class frog book.
This is a beautiful, full-color chart of the frog's life cycle. From egg to adult students can learn the different stages in development. Hang this beautiful chart in your classroom and follow up with the worksheets below.
Learning about the frog life cycle provides you with a fantastic opportunity to take your students out for a field trip. Homeschoolers LOVE field trips just as much as students in a standard classroom setting. Early spring is a great time to visit a local pond or wetlands to go listen to the frogs croaking. If you have a net and a tank you might go tadpole hunting to bring a little learning back to your classroom. Follow-up with these free Frog life cycle printables:
This is a free printable frog life cycle minibook for students to color, cut out and assemble. Each piece of the pie shows a different stage in the frog life cycle.
This is a free printable writing worksheet for beginning writers. The page features the different stages of the frog life cycle and prompts students to write sentences with sequencing transitions.
Life Cycle of a Frog Chart
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This is a beautiful, full-color chart of the frog's life cycle. From egg to adult students can learn the different stages in development. Hang this beautiful chart in your classroom and follow up with the worksheets below.
Learning about the frog life cycle provides you with a fantastic opportunity to take your students out for a field trip. Homeschoolers LOVE field trips just as much as students in a standard classroom setting. Early spring is a great time to visit a local pond or wetlands to go listen to the frogs croaking. If you have a net and a tank you might go tadpole hunting to bring a little learning back to your classroom. Follow-up with these free Frog life cycle printables:
This is a free printable frog life cycle minibook for students to color, cut out and assemble. Each piece of the pie shows a different stage in the frog life cycle.
This is a free printable writing worksheet for beginning writers. The page features the different stages of the frog life cycle and prompts students to write sentences with sequencing transitions.
Life Cycle of a Frog Chart
Looking for more Kindergarten Science? Try Smart Start Science for fun thematic Science Experiments:
5. Frog (Amphibian) Poem – Teaching through songs and poems can be huge when helping students to recall frog and toad vocabulary.
It’s a great way to get students connected to a character and extend their learning.
This resource can aid your investigations (great for science journals) or become its own activity for younger grades.
18. Frog Life Cycle Booklets – You’ll love that you can have a full page, full color version of this frog life cycle booklet to use with your whole class.
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Students will be fascinated with the flip book concept (it works like a comic strip) and it will make for a great addition into a science journal or notebook. You can always use the left blank page to label the page on the right to, to incorporate writing.
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Here are some affiliate Frog and Toad books I recommend to go along with the literature side of things.
This strategy is perfect for frog informational writing and creating a class frog book.
It’s almost as if you had a time lapse document camera in your classroom right down in a tub of water watching a tadpole grow before your eyes.
3. Comparing Fiction and Non-Fiction Frog and Toad Books – If you have been exploring frogs and toads with your students or reading Frog and Toad books, then comparing and contrasting the features of these books into fiction and non-fiction categories is a perfect way to review.
8. Life Cycle of a Frog Vocabulary Cards and Poster – Here is a great set of cards that include labels (nomenclature cards) for the life cycle of a frog. You’ll find cards for spawn, tadpole, froglet and adult frog.
Frog and Toad Books
Compare the two characters, Frog and Toad using a bubble thinking map and then have your students write from the perspectives of both characters in little journals.
22. Frog Informational Writing – Give your students the tools they need to write an informational piece about frogs using this tip. Use green, yellow and red construction paper strips to plan out the beginning, middle and ending sentences before transferring them to a final product like pictured above.
21. Frog Cinquain Poem Organizer – I think this finished product is a beautiful example of tying science into other subject areas.
Students can use these free science worksheets to record their findings, compare frog eggs to chicken eggs and draw the life cycle of a frog.
Use these cute sticky notepads to jot down numbers, addresses, and other important information. Each pad is white with a green and black border and a frog in the corner holding up his finger with a loop of string tied to it. Beside the frog are the words, "Don't Frog et!"
This handy little address book will help you keep track. The foam cover has a built-up 3D frog image made with colored foam cutouts, and a 50-page address book is tucked inside.
Kermit is leaning over the edge of a large yellow star. The large size gives you plenty of space to write a name and even a short message.
This little brag book holds up to 24 4"x6" photos. The front has a drawing of a big frog and a baby frog, and says "Hoppiness is being together!"
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You can also use them for craft projects, like making your own frog favor bags. Just glue or staple a froggie to the bag! Or you can use brads or yarn to link their hands together and create a banner of froggies.
These great frog accents are made from glossy cardstock and are perfect for decorating a frog birthday party, classroom, or bible class! They do not have adhesive but can easily be tacked, taped, or stapled. Scatter them on a table for a party, or write names on them for place markers. Decorate a bedroom or bathroom with a froggy theme.
This journal has a really awesome design of a bright colored and rather quirky frog on the front cover.