Pom Pom Frog and Rock Frog!

Pom Pom Frog and Rock Frog!

***This is a project that we did back in July of 2009. I was looking at my older posts and I came across this one. The frogs were easy to make, so cute and fun, so I thought I would post this project again. Lauren especially loved her little frogs!

Day 3 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds! Our letter of the week is the letter B, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8 and 0-10.

Project - Pom pom frog. I traced a top from a soup can onto green foam and cut a triangle shape out of it. Then Connor and Lauren glued 1 large green pom pom onto the lily pad with hot glue ( I helped). Then they glued 2 googly eyes onto 2 small green pom poms with hot glue. Then they glued the two pom poms onto the large green pom pom to finish the project! Materials needed - green foam, 1 large green pom pom, 2 small green pom poms, 2 googly eyes, scissors, hot glue or craft glue.

Project - Rock Frog. Connor and Laurent found two smooth rocks by our driveway. They painted their rock green and let dry. Then I drew a frog body onto green foam (2 front legs, and 2 hind legs). After the painted rock was dry, Connor and Lauren used the hot glue gun to glue on googly eyes. (I helped) Then, they glued the rock to the foam from body and the project was done!! Very simple, but fun. They wanted to make more. Materials needed - smooth rock, googly eyes, green craft foam, scissors, green paint, paintbrush, hot glue or craft glue.

Connor and Lauren's completed frogs!

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).

Today's activities

1. The numbers 0-10 - number recognition, fine-motor skills

2. Matching like items - matching and fine-motor skills

3. The letter B, b - recognizing the letter B, b.

4. Shape - Rectangle - recognition.

I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

Egg Carton Turtle!

Egg Carton Turtles!

Day 3 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds and Turtles! Our letter of the week is the letter C, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.

Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).

Today's activities 1. The number 8 - number recognition, counting objects, following directions 2. The concept shortest - Recognition and following directions 3. The letter C, c - letter recognition. 4. Shape - triangle - Tracing and recognizing.

I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

Connor and Lauren with their Turtles! - Smile Lauren :)

Project - Egg Carton Turtle - I found inspiration for this project this morning when I used the last egg to make waffles. I was going to throw away the egg carton when I thought it would make great turtle shells. First, I cut out two individual parts of the egg carton (where each egg sits) Then, Connor and Lauren painted their carton/shell green. Then they sprinkled green glitter onto the wet paint and we let the paint and glitter dry. After the shells were dry, I cut an oval head, 4 skinny oval legs and a triangle tail out of light brown foam. Connor and Lauren helped me hot glue the body parts to the underside of the shell. At the end they glued on googly eyes! Materials Needed - egg carton, green paint, green glitter, hotglue or craft glue, scissors, brown foam and googly eyes

The two turtles

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Counting Frogs!

Counting Frogs!

Day 2 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds and Frogs! Our letter of the week is the letter C, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.

Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).

Today's activities

1. The number 8 - number recognition, counting objects, writing numbers

2. The concept longest - Recognition and following directions

3. The letter C,c - Writing the letter C,c.

4. Shape - triangle - Tracing and recognizing.

I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

How Many Frogs?

Project/Learning Activtivity - I found the above Frog counting activity book on the website http://thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html under the heading/link How Many Frogs Counting book (numbers). I printed off the book and Connor and Lauren read the numbers on each page and colored the frogs according to the color word. At the end of the book, I had Connor and Lauren write their numbers 1-5 under each frog! I am also using the website http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm

4 Yellow Frogs!

Connor's last page - he wrote his numbers and drew another frog in the empty space along with the number 6!

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Paper Plate Turtle!

Paper Plate Turtles!

Day 1 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds! Our letter of the week is the letter C, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.
Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).
Today's activities
1. The number 8 - number recognition, counting objects, following directions
2. The concept longest - Recognition and following directions
3. The letter C, c - Writing the letter C, c.
4. Shape - triangle - Tracing and recognizing.
I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

Connor and Lauren with their Turtles

Project - Paper Plate Turtles. I turned a green, paper, salad plate inside out. I traced and cut out 4 oval shaped legs, a larger oval shape head, and a triangle tail on brown card stock. Connor and Lauren helped me staple the legs, head and tail onto their green plates. Then, they glued large googly eyes onto the oval head. As a finishing touch they decorated the turtle's shell with green buttons, yellow, green, and white tri-beads. Materials Needed - green, paper, salad plate, (or paper plate that can be painted green), brown card stock, stapler, googly eyes, craft glue, tri-beads, buttons or other decorations for the shell.

The finished turtles

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Pocket Plate Frog!

Pocket Plate Frog

Day 2 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds! Our letter of the week is the letter B, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.
Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).
Today's activities
1. The number 9 and 0-10 - number recognition, counting objects, following directions
2. The concepts biggest and smallest - Recognition and following directions
3. The letter B, b - Writing the letter B, b.
4. Shape - Rectangle - Tracing and recognizing.
I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

Project - Pocket Plate Frog - I found the idea for this project on the website, http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mfrogpouch.html I cut a Styrofoam plate in half and stapled it to the back side of another Styrofoam plate. Then Connor painted the plates and we let them dry. I traced the eye, legs and tongue template (provided by the website) onto green, white and red construction paper. Connor glued the inner (white) eyes onto the green circles and used a black marker to draw the inner eyes. After, the plates were dried, he glued the legs, eyes and tongue onto the plates to make a frog. *I stapled the bottom legs to the back side of the plate instead of using glue. The end project has a pocket or pouch. Connor is really having fun placing his "paper treasures" into the pouch! Materials needed - 1 full Styrofoam plate, 1 Styrofoam plate cut in half, green paint, paintbrush, green, red, white construction paper, black marker, stapler, craft glue, scissors, leg, tongue, eye templates (from the website, or draw your own).

The finished frog!

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Paper Frog Puppets!

Paper Frog Puppets!

Day 1 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds! Our letter of the week is the letter B, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.

Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart).

Today's activities

1. The numbers 7 and 8 - counting objects, following directions

2. The concepts biggest and smallest - Recognition and following directions

3. The letter B, b - Writing the letter B, b.

4. Shape - Rectangle - Tracing and recognizing.

I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.

Additional Learning Activity - Writing numbers and ordering numbers.

Connor and Lauren wrote the numbers 1-10 in the boxes below the original numbers. Then they cut their written numbers out and glued them in sequence onto a piece of construction paper. I attached the original row/grid of numbers to their sequenced numbers. I found the template for this activity from the website http://thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html It is called number practice printable.

Number Practice

Project - Paper Frog Puppets!

I found the idea for this project from the website http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/frog First, I folded a green piece of construction into thirds, to form a long rectangle. Then, I folded the long rectangle into fourths, to form a w. The W is the frog! Then, Connor and Lauren glued googly eyes onto the top fourth and added the red tongue I had cut out from red construction paper. All of the directions are on the above website. This is a very simple craft to do, with very little prep work. It was a perfect project for today - we were at a birthday party all morning, so we had to do our "school" after nap time!!

Materials Needed - green construction paper, red construction paper, googly eyes, glue, scissors.

Connor and Lauren's finished Frog Puppets!

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html