Frog resources?

Tagged: , , ,

Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • April 24, 2014 at 10:59 pm
    Katrina in AK
    Participant

    For our summer term, we are going to raise tadpoles and study frogs.  What books and/or resources would you consider vital for this?  My boys will are 6 and nearly 8. 

    April 25, 2014 at 11:25 am
    pianogirl363
    Participant

    Hi Katrina,

    I wrote a blog post about our amphibian nature study that contains our favorite books on frogs:

    http://wheremytreasureis.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/learning-together-tuesday-amphibians/

    Hope this helps! 🙂

    ~Anna

    April 25, 2014 at 11:51 am
    rejoicevermore13
    Participant

    we are reading thornton burgess Adventures of Grandfather Frog right now with my 4&5 yo and they are loving it! short chapters but very amusing and you really do learn so much from burgess’ books! 

    April 25, 2014 at 1:21 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    Great list, Anna! I found a couple I will be adding to my library.

    Just a hilarious “warning” which I’ve posted before. The spring of my oldest’s kindergarten year a lady who knew we were homeschooling brought us two tadpoles. We enjoyed the whole process of watching their transformation. Well that son is now 23 years old AND WE STILL HAVE THOSE FROGS!!!!! I kid you not. My 10yo just finished feeding them, I told my oldest he would be the first ever to take his kindergarten project to college with him. He decided to leave them here. At their age, he was afraid it would traumatized them. 😀 Anyway…just a heads-up that it may be a long-term commitment. 🙂

    April 25, 2014 at 5:20 pm
    Katrina in AK
    Participant

    Anna, thanks for the lovely book list!  I will be seeing what our library has.  I have a few generic frog life cycle books, but am always looking for more. 

    rejoiceevermore13, we have read The Adventures of Grandfather Frog and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I think I have Old Mr. Toad on the shelf. 

    Robin, that IS a hilarious warning. Yes, we will see what happens to our leopard frogs when they come.  Up here in AK, we only have wood frogs where we live, which are pretty remarkable creatures, too.  They freeze SOLID in the winter, and reanimate in the spring.  God’s creatures are so cool!  🙂

    We are going to do a Citizen Science project for the wood frogs at our local lake (counting peeps for 3 minutes, daily, for a couple of weeks), and I found a model frog to dissect.   And, my beginner reader may enjoy reading Frog and Toad, as well. 

    Thank you all!

    April 25, 2014 at 6:53 pm
    andream
    Participant

    Anna, just wanted to say I love your blog posts! I have used them in the past and find what you post so helpful. Thank you for sharing!

    April 26, 2014 at 5:34 pm
    HSMAMA
    Participant

    Love the blog post, Anna! Could I pester you to ask how/where to find info on the care and keeping of the frogs at each stage? I’d love to try this with the kids!

Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)
  • The topic ‘Frog resources?’ is closed to new replies.