Hop, Skip and a Jump! Ribbit Plop SPLASH!!
Today our Laptime is all about a certain little creature, a funny looking creature. Maybe you can guess what he is...
The Hoppameleon by Paul Geraghty
not available at Orem Library
Do you know what they changed the name of that Babylizzyparrothoppameleon to?
Frog!??! No way! You really think so?
Well, that little frog met the chameleon when he was out catching flies, do frogs really eat flies?? Let's see...
The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
I guess they really DO eat flies!
Hmm, can you be just like that wide-mouthed frog?
Let's see...
Open Them Shut Them
Open them, shut them
~hold your hands out, open wide then shut them up in fists /not just your hands, eyes and mouth too!
Open them, shut them
Give a little Clap
~clap
Open them, shut them
~hold your hands out, open wide then shut them up in fists
Fold them in your lap
~fold arms
... now get that mischevious look in your eye...
Creep them, creep them, creep them
~fingers walk up belly and up up up, this is VERY tickly
All the way to your chin...
Open your mouth wide
~open mouth
Oh, but do not let them in!
~hide hands behind back
Oh, I saw some BIG OPEN eyes there! Frogs DO have some mighty big eyes...
Gunk Gunk
Gunk gunk went the little green frog one day
Gunk Gunk went the little green frog
Gunk gunk went the little green frog one day
Gunk Gunk went the little green frog
And his eyes went
Blink blink blink
~blink your eyes - can all the kids do it? Give lots of encouragement!
Oooh, and frogs have such big strong legs! There is a very good reason they've got such hoppability...
Hoptoad by Jane Yolen
OPL Link
A Frog Went a-Hoppin'
an adorable song from Let's Play Music
Oh, and he got a peek of you too! What do you think that ol' froggie did when he saw us? Do you think he went a hoppin' on over the bank...
Down By The Bank of The Hanky Pank
Down by the bankof the, hanky pank
where the bull frog
jumped from,bank to bank
with an
eep, op, ip, ap, a-slop
he hopped on the lilly with a great big
KER-PLOP!
Oh, now that's not fun! I just wanted to be friends with those frogs!
Hmmm, do you think they have friends down there already?
Crazy Crabs
Crazy crabs walk sideways,
~have kids step sideways
What a silly way to go
Snails slip slide forwards
-slide feet forward, slowly
And that is very slow
Ducks waddle, waddle,
- waddle waddle like a duck
And that is funny too,
Bullfrogs hop, hop - hop
And that's the best way to go!
Shall we go chasing those frogs? I really don't want to get wet though. I have a great idea, let's get in a boat!
Row Row Row Your Boat
by Pippa Goodhart- or just sing it without the book -
Row Row Row Your Boat
Row Row Row Your Boat
- pretend oars
Gently down the stream
- keep rowing
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
- more rowing
Life is but a dream
- lay back and say 'ahhhh'(soaking up the sun)
This is the life! Sitting in a boat, rockin' in the waves, the sun is out and it's warm. Ahhhhh.
~ look up, what do you see? Direct kids attention to the sky
What do you see?
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
by Charles Shaw
(I have made felt/flannel board story -scroll down a bit- out of this book, perfect for Laptime or Storytime)
I think frogs get to look up in the sky all day,
I wonder what else they do all day.
Kerplop! What was that I heard?
Kerplop! Oh, there they are...
by Kes Gray and Jim Field
OPL Link
or . . .
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs,
- hold up five fingers
Sat on a speckled log,
- set them on your other arm/log
Eating some most delicious bugs yum, yum
- rub tummy, nod head, yes, yummmy!
One jumped into the pool,
- one finger goes diving off arm
Where it was nice and cool,- hands out shrug shoulders, I know, what can you do, these silly frogs ;)
Then there were 4 green speckled frogs.
Glub, Glub
Four green and speckled frogs...
Grab on old glove, add velcro to the fingertips and to the frogs - tada!
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Another fun frog idea...
Froggie in the Middle
Circle gameFrog in the middle and he can't get out
~everyone on a circle, holding hands, 1 'frog' pretends to try and get out of the circle
Frog in the middle and he can't get out
Frog in the middle and he can't get out
Oh, my lady day-O!
Frog in the middle and he didn't get out
~drop hands and everyone boogies! Particularly our 'froggie'
Frog in the middle and he didn't get out
Frog in the middle and he didn't get out
Oh, my laddie day-O!
~notice the boy and girl versions
