Dance like a frog!
At this time of year, we should be able to spot frogspawn in ponds all around the UK.
Your challenge today is to make up a dance that shows the life cycle of a frog.
TADPOLES
How do tadpoles move?
Can you wiggle your legs?
Can you wiggle your other leg?
Can you wiggle your arms?
Can you wiggle your bottom?
Can you wiggle your head?
Can you wiggle your head and your bottom?
Can you wiggle your whole body?
FROGLET
What happens to the tadpole when it grows?
Can you make your arms really long – like they’ve just grown?
Can you make your legs really long?
Can you stretch up to the sky? To the side?
FROG
Once the tadpole turns into a froglet, what happens next?
Can you jump both feet together?
Can you jump with feet wide apart?
Can you hop on one leg? Then the other leg?
Can you jump really high? Can you hop really low?
What other animals jump/hop – can you show me how?
LIFE CYCLE
Frogspawn – Start really small, in a ball and start to wriggle.
Tadpole – slowly grow a tail (legs together), tail wriggles, arms by side.
Froglet – slowly one leg stretches out, then the next leg, then one arm, then the next arm.
Frog – move around like a frog – low hops.
Now it is time to cool down.
- Lie on the floor
- Can you hear your breathing?
- Squeeze your toes together – then relax them
Then –
Legs
Bottom
Tummy
Hands
Arms
Mouth and eyes… Then slowly get up.
Hello reception..a great activity to get moving..have fun?
I enjoyed moving like a tadpole and jumping like a frog. I am now very tired.
Kangaroo
Rabbit
Hare
What other animals can hop?
Amber thought of and acted out a kangaroo, rabbit, frog and a horse as animals that can jump/hop.
We also did Joe Wicks this morning, good to get moving!
The tadpoles wiggle with their tail and when they grow they get 2 arms and when they grow bigger 2 Legs and then next more tail and then they become a frog ?
This morning I have painted frogs that I will send by email.
I do the dance like a frog. It is funny.
Hi Miss, I had a lot of fun with this topic! I jumped and hopped a lot. We did a short movie where I play all the life cycle of the frog ? from the egg to the frog.
I learned that tadpole moves like fish and it uses its tail. Starts to grow two hind legs. It can leap around instead of only swimming. Then it grows two front legs and it’s tail becomes shorter.
When it becomes a froglet, it hops right out of the water to learn how being a frog ?.
What other animals jump/hop? Rabbits ?, kangaroos ?, grasshoppers ?. Dolphins ? and whales ? are jumping but in the water.
I loved hopping like a frog. Kangaroos and bunnys hop too.
I would love to see you all doing your frog dances when we’re back at school, Reception! Well done, everyone.
This was really funny.
Rocco thinks that bunny is another animal that hops and jumps.
Ruby-Mae had fun with this dance. She thinks that Grasshopper can jump too.
I also jumped like a bunny and a kangaroo. I like hopping! Relaxing at the end was fun.
Hi Miss, I had fun with this activity! I jumped like a bunny and kangaroo.
Thank you to everyone who had a go at my dance activity! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Dancing always cheers me up and gives me energy when I am feeling bored or tired. I hope you are all well.