Frogs

Here are some links to some of the songs we have been singing this week...

 Five little speckled frogs song

Fly, fly, fly the butterfly song

and the story Tiddalik the Frog

The class have been so excited with the arrival of the tadpoles that it's the first thing many of them ask about when they get to class! We talked about about what frogs and tadpoles eat and some of the class knew that frogs like bugs but what do tadpoles eat?

 After some research it appears that tadpoles like pond weed, or failing that ....boiled lettuce! So we set about making some food for our new pets.

 We had fun, chopping, mashing, soaking and straining our lettuce heads to make a green and stinky pulp which we will freeze for the tadpoles and add to their tank every couple of days.

Some of us completed our paper plate frogs and we looked at the different stages of a frog's development and made our own frog life cycle craft.

We are playing more and more team games which involve following instructions and practising self control. This week we introduced "Seed,Seed, Grow" also known as "Duck, Duck, Goose". The whole class were able to participate and loved chasing each other! 

  We also sang the butterfly song and attempted to make butterflies with our hands... it wasn't as easy as it seemed!

  We counted spots and and used the magnifying glass to study our tadpoles. We observed many changes over the course of the week and were able to identify different stages of development we recognised from the frog life cycle. The class were so excited to see some tadpoles grow legs and even a little froglet!

As nursery really enjoyed collecting leaves last week, we decided to go on a nature walk and collect objects from the field to make prints with.

 We found all sorts of strange shaped leaves, twigs and stones and pressed them into the playdough to make imprints which we painted and used to make prints! So many different skills in use here,  looking at colour, shape and texture as well as working on our fine motor technique and exploring nature... .

 5 little speckled frogs! 

 Since we had Peppa Pig (Kana) join us on Friday, we decided to make some muddy puddles for the frogs and us to jump in! Mixing the soil and water was fun and most of the class were keen to get their paintbrushes dirty..... but not their hands!!

                                                           We made some mud paintings

 And the frogs had a blast, oozing their way through the squishy mess!

  Some of us were brave enough to slide in the icky, sticky mud with some encouragement ....

                                                     While others couldn't stay out of it!!!

 Here are some pictures of some of the other things we got up to this week!