Free Frog Preschool Unit

Here’s our new and expanded FROG PRESCHOOL UNIT!!  We’ve added a few new printables which you can download.

All our printables are in one easy download. Just click the image above to download a single zip file of all the printables. (Can’t unzip it. Try Hamster Free Zip Archiver approved by Amber’s husband. Remember to download carefully.)

You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site! Last year’s printables are also included in this download.
Here are some of the printables that MAY BE included in this unit:

• Frog Life Cycle Puzzle
• Parts of a Frog
• Patterns (ABAB and AABB)
• Spin & Graph
• Letter Sort
• Writing Maze
• Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice
• Size Sort
• Number Order Puzzle (1-10 and 11-20)
• Spelling Puzzle
• Count & Clip
   

Tot Pack
Looking for some ideas for a younger tot? Check out our Frog Tot Pack. (Tot Packs inspired by 1+1+1=1.) Here are the printables included in this pack:  

• Frog Match
• Frog Shapes 
• Count the Tadpoles
• Frog Colors (mini book)
• Size Sequencing
• Frog Picture Puzzle

Looking for more ideas?

• Devotional & Memory Verse Helps
• Frog Center Ideas
• Frog Counting Activities
• Recommended Books 
• Family Theme Night

There are also more ideas, units, printables and crafts available on our Pinterest Board!
We hope you enjoy these printables and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided. 

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not to the file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

Frog Center Ideas

This week we are expanding our Frog unit!!  Unfortunately, I didn’t find you a lot of ideas because I was heading out of town to attend the 2:1 Conference. Hopefully, the ideas I did find will inspire you.  Remember to go over how to do each activity with your kiddo before allowing them to do it independently.

Pretend Play

Sensory bins are a great way to keep kiddos entertain for long periods of time.  Here’s a great example I found while searching the world wide web.  Just follow the link below to get a closer look at what’s inside.

Pond & Life Cycle of a Frog Sensory bin

Games

There are several frog games available for purchase, if you are looking for something quick and easy.

Have fun hoppin’ through these activities.

Frog Counting Activities

Last year I had the idea to make some counting cards for our frog unit.  They weren’t something that we wanted to make a standard printable for each unit, but they were a nice change of pace for counting practice and number recognition.  I decided to expand on them for today’s post!

Number Match Puzzles: Numbers 1-20
These will work on counting and number recognition.  I made them two separate downloads so if your kiddo isn’t ready for all of them you can print off what you need! 

Counting by 10’s Puzzle:
E is showing readiness to count by 10’s.  This is something we will likely add to our units for Kindergarten next year, but just in case you would like to introduce the concept now, this printable will help do just that!

I hope these will help you have some counting fun this week!

Tots in Action: Frogs

Here are some pictures of this unit in action! We hope they help you as you plan your week ahead!  If you have any pics of our units in action, be sure and link up on our Facebook page! 

Frogs!

This week we have been learning all about FROGS! 

Here is what we’ve been doing this week. Let us know what you think.  We hope by providing these materials to you free of charge, it will make your life easier! 

Lesson Plan: The lesson plan includes all the lessons for the week, as well as optional ideas. Items following the lesson plan are just the printables or links to websites we used to teach these plans.  (Please note: On top of our lesson plan we are reading books daily that relate to our theme.)

Memory Verse: This memory card is for daily use during our calendar time.  You can learn more about calendar time at 1+1+1=1 or Homeschool Creations.  Our weekly devotional is an object lesson that will help your child apply the meaning of the verse to them.

Day 1: Frog Intro
F is for Frog Magnet Page- Helps your child with letter recognition, letter formation, and letter sounds. 

Feed the Frog- This activity will help your child begin to read, count and model whole numbers 1-10.

Parts of A Frog- This is a fun science activity that will help your child label and identify the parts of a frog.

Day 2: Frog Habitat 
Lily Pad Letter Sounds- Have your child match the pictures to their beginning sound.

Lily Pad Number Match- Work on recognizing numbers and counting proficiency.
Frog Habitat Craft- Grab some craft supplies and build a frog habitat with your child.  Talk about where frogs live, and that they can live on land and in water because they are amphibians.

Day 3: Frog Life Cycle
Tadpole Spelling Puzzle- This activity will help your child begin to recognize that when letters are combined they form words.

Frog Life Cycle Patterns- Helps your child with critical thinking skills and they observe and re-create patterns. 

Life Cycle of a Frog- Use this craft to create and discuss the life cycle of a frog. 

We hope you enjoy these lesson plans and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided.  

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not the 4shared file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

Froggy Crafts

We’ve been having a blast spending time with family in town, so we haven’t gotten a chance to work on a frog craft yet.  I wanted to show you a few that I found.  I ‘m not sure which one we are going to try yet, but the Rock Frog looks pretty fun.

Crafts:

• Paper Bag Frog from No Time for Flashcards- Your kiddo will love creating this easy puppet that can be played with the whole week.

• Another Frog Puppet from KangarooBoo- Another frog puppet this time with a moveable tongue.

 

• Paper Plate Frog from Unique Craft Ideas- This simple paper plate craft will get your kiddos hopping.

• Rock Frog from Little Page Turners- This is too cute! Take your kiddo out to find the perfect rocks, wash them up and then have fun painting them.

 

Fully Rely On God

This week our theme is Frogs!  Our verse comes from Psalms 59:9-10.

“You, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. ”

Materials:

• A stuffed frog, or a picture of one (like the one on the memory card)

Directions:

• Say the verse above with your tot.  We suggest that you print the verse off and use it every morning with your calendar time.  If you don’t do calendar time still say the verse each morning with your tot before you begin tot school.
• Follow the cues given in this devotional. 

Talk with your child about the following:
This week we’ve been learning about frogs.  Did you know that frogs can help us remember something very special about God.  Each letter in the word FROG can remind us to Fully Rely On God.  Can you say that with me?  Fully Rely On God.  

When we fully rely on God that means that we let Him take care of stuff that is too big for us to handle on our own.  It means that we let Him help us feel better when we’re scared, or sad.  We can also rely on God when we don’t know what to do.  Relying on God is easy really.  We rely on God when we pray to Him and ask Him to help us.  Let’s pray right now and ask God to help us today to rely on Him. 

Dear God, please help us to know that we can rely on you in everything.  Help us to trust you no matter what happens, or how we are feeling.  We know you are bigger, and we know that we can rely on you.  Amen 

Questions to ask:

• What does the word FROG remind us to do? Fully Rely On God
• Who should rely on? God

Frog Books

This week we are learning all about FROGS! We will be talking about what frogs eat, their habitat and their life cycle.

Here are the books we’ve checked out from the library. 

If you have any frog book suggestions that aren’t listed, please leave a comment below. The more choices the better! Thanks.