Fascinating Frogs Week

Frogs are fascinating creatures. This week we are going to explore their world. Let’s have some fun and learn all about frogs.

Here are a few Basic Frog Facts

* There are over 4,000 different species of frogs in the world.
* Frogs are known as amphibians.
* Most frogs have long hind legs, no tail and short bodies.
* They can live both on land and in the water.
* Most frogs live in tropical rainforests.

Now for some Fun Frog Facts

* Frogs are good jumpers. One frog, the Australian rocket frog can jump over 50 times its body length, which comes to over 2 meters or over 6 feet.
* The brighter the frog, the more dangerous it is. Look at the poison dart frogs below to see how brightly colored they are.
* A group of frogs is called an army.

Here’s a fun coloring page for you to print out and color.

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How far can you leap?
Can you leap as far a frog? Let’s see.
1. Borrow a tape measure from your mom or dad and lay it out on the floor.
2. Standing by the 1” mark, squat down and L E A P!
3. How far did you leap?
4. Try it again. Did you go farther this time?
5. Try it one more time. Which time did you leap the farthest?

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Here are some fun frog games for you to play online.
Musical frogs - make the frogs sing!
Frog Mania – see how many dragonflies your frogs can eat.

Fun With Words

Have fun with this word sheet of words that end in “og”.

Let’s take a journey into the world of the

Poison dart frog.

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Did you know…
* Their scientific name is Dendrobatidae. What a long word for such a tiny frog.
* There are about 200 different species.
* They can live up to 10 years in captivity.
* They are only about 2 inches long.
* They live in the tropical forests of Central and South America.
* Native tribes use toxins that comes off of the frog's skin to make their darts poisonous. That's how they got their name.
* They like to eat insects.

Our second frog for the week is the

African Bullfrog.
This is one of the largest frogs in the world.

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Did you know…
* Their scientific name is Pyxicephalus adspersus. Pyxie frogs are what most people call them. Kind of a strange nick name since they are some of the largest frogs in the world.
* They can grow up to 9 ½ inches long and weigh in at 4 ½ pounds.
* They live in Southern African savannas.
* During the dry season, they bury themselves underground and make a cocoon so they don’t dry out and die. When the rains come again, the water goes down through the ground and soaks the cocoon. The frog wakes up, eats it’s cocoon then goes up above ground again.
* They eat anything they can fit in their mouths including other frogs, scorpions, birds, snakes and insects.
Do you like hidden pictures? I sure do. We have one this week made especially for us!

Thank you Amanda Sorensen for sharing your wonderful talent with all the children at zoo camp. You can see more of Amanda’s art here.
Here are some great online coloring pages you can print out and color at home.

Crayola
 Frogs!


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It's Arts and Crafts time!

There are many fun frog arts and crafts projects. I’ve picked four for you this week. Do them all or do just one. Have fun!

Let’s start with learning to draw a frog with simple shapes.
Thanks Bill Bear 4 Kids!


Now let’s make this fun puppet from a paper bag.


Our exhibit for the week is the poison dart frog. Print it out, color it and save it for the last week when we put our zoo together.


Next up is a toilet paper roll frog. Isn’t she /he cute? What did you name yours?

Our last craft for the week is a paper plate frog. Have fun with this one.
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