Theme: Frogs

Purpose: To show frog life cycle

Reason theme was chosen: To focus on gross motor and fine motor skills

New words introduced: Hatched, gills, tadpole

Suggested books:
Am I a Frog? by Lizzy Rockwell (This is non-fiction.)
I'm a Frog by Mo Willems
Frog and Ball by Kathy Caple
I'm On It! by Andrea Tsurumi (a bit longer and focus is more on directions - up, down, in, etc.)
The Wide-mouthed Frog pop up book by Keith Faulkner - This one is a MUST. Make sure to get the pop-up version.

Songs and fingerplays:

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Activity:
Roll the 2 dice and add them. Hop that many times.

Ask:
How many days in the week? Say and count them. Hop that many times.
How many months...
How many weeks...(Yes - you must hop 52 times.)
How many chairs at the tables?

Etc.

Craft
We pre-cut the pieces.