Coming off a fun row of
The Salamander Room, Tyler decided he'd like to learn about frogs and turtles. We used the B4FIAR title,
"Play with Me" by Marie Hall Ets, as the basis of our row and did a few things from the manual, but here is all the other stuff we covered over two weeks!
Frog 100's Chart: Can you see the frog? After Tyler completed it, he couldn't figure out what it looked like...
The Continent Hop &
Continent Twister: we learned that frogs are found on every continent except Antarctica, so after becoming breathless from the Continent Hop from
Spell Outloud, Tyler played Twister-- "Continent Style"-- he didn't last long! He had never played before!
Frog Hop Math: Using a homemade 100's Chart and the
Fill it In Worksheet, we practiced 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, and 1 less.
Frog Life Cycle: The green paper plate is our lily pad and each picture shows a different part of the life cycle; we used sticky dots for the body and Tyler labeled the stages and drew parts.
Frog Anticipatory Set: LOVE making these!
Paper Plate Frog: Tyler wanted his frog to be blue! We also added a party-blower for some froggie tongue action!
Lily Pad Vowel Hop: I drew 5 lily pads and wrote a vowel in each one. I said a simple CVC or CVCC word to Tyler and he had to jump on the correct vowel.
Turtle Pancakes: Our turtle looks nothing like
the original.... still tasted good though!
Snappy the Turtle Syllable Game:
Tyler loves tracing, so I printed off some more worksheets from Homeschool Creations PreK Pond Pack
Paper Plate Turtle:
Comparing Turtles and Frogs
Froggie ABC order:
The only thing left to do is go to a pond and see if we can spot any turtles or frogs! We still have to do our Nature Walk from The Story of Ferdinand, too--- do you see a pattern here, "nature" based learning isn't something I'm good at implementing!
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Love the frog lifecycle and the paper plate frog complete with tongue! Thanks for the ideas and for linking to me, too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow what a wonderful list of frog/turtle ideas, I will be pinning for sure! I adore the frog with the party blower it is sooo cute!! Thanks so much for sharing! Have a wonderful week!!
ReplyDeleteNicole
wow, I love all your idea's. Especially the turtle pancakes and the frog 100 chart. My son would love that. He's such a math kid :)
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What fun ideas!!!! We are all about frogs here and every frog is called Jeremy Fisher! My Teach Me Tuesday post is here: http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-tuesday-tabletime.html
ReplyDeleteLove all the ides! The frog 100 chart is so cool. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! You can up with so many wonderful ways to hop through learning.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
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ReplyDeleteI love the frog life cycle and the lily pad vowel hop!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)
What a fantastic frog life cycle! I love the comparison chart between the turtle and the frog. Thanks for linking up this week to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Love the lillypads. Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday!
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These are awesome! You have so many great ideas here! We've been into frogs a lot lately too--we saw a couple in our yard and my daughter's swim team is the "Fightin' Frogs," lol! Thanks so much for sharing at Teach Me Tuesday!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute swim team name! Thanks for stopping bye : )
DeleteThis is so much fun! I need to pull out our BFIAR manual and row a few titles from it over the summer with my two littles. Thank you for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteYour turtle pancakes turned out great! I love the way you compared frogs and turtles too.
Thank you for thinking of me and linking to me too! Your school always looks like such a fun time for you and your kids!
So many great ideas! Love the pancakes :) Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
ReplyDeleteSO MANY clever ideas! You guys have the best weeks =-) LOVE the frog lifesycle, number game, and pancakes. Thanks for sharing on TGIF! Look forward to seeing you again later today =-)
ReplyDeleteBeth
What a great unit! I love that you have so many hands-on and movement-oriented activities - and even outdoor activities! Thanks so much for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and pinned your post to my Pond Unit Study Pinterest board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/pond-unit-study/
ReplyDeleteDeb-- Thanks for the feature on your Facebook Page and pinning on Pinterest! I LOVE looking through your boards and montessori monday round-ups! Thank you for all the great links : )
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