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Frog Life Cycle Small World

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In preschool and early elementary kids learn a lot about the different animal life cycles. The transformation of a frog’s life is often fascinating to young children. For years we’ve been trying to find our own little frogspawn to watch this all happen, but we haven’t had any luck finding one yet. We’ll be on the lookout again this spring, but for now we set up this frog life cycle small world for some pretend play.

Frog Life Cycle Small World-Learn about the life cycle of a frog with this fun sensory bin idea for preschoolers

FIND EVEN MORE FROG THEME ACTIVITIES IN OUR PRINTABLE FROG LESSON PLANS.

Materials

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Find the full details for this activity in 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids. If your little ones enjoy small worlds, there’s an entire chapter with 16 more small world ideas for inspiration.

  • Frog life cycle figures
  • Small pebbles
  • Glass gems
  • Small driftwood pieces
  • Chia seeds
  • Water
  • Large plastic bin

Preparation

Add about 2 Tbsp of chia seeds to 6-8 Tbsp of water about 12-24 hours before you’ll be playing with this sensory bin. Let the chia seeds absorb the water.

Prepare the sensory bin by placing all the remaining items in the large plastic bin.

Frog Sensory Bin-Water Play and Life Cycle Activity for Preschoolers

Play Time

Tinker started by first playing with the sensory bin without the chia seed “frogspawn”. She had fun finding the different parts of the life cycle and placing them in order. Then she started to engage in pretend play as the tadpole swam and the frog hopped around playing family.

After a while I showed her the chia seeds, and she immediately stuck her hand in to feel them.

Chia Seed Frog Spawn

Then she slowly added the pretend frogspawn to the sensory bin and she continued along with her sensory exploration and pretend play.

Frog Spawn Pretend Play

Note: If you are buying chia seeds just for this activity, you’ll only need a small amount. However, you can put the rest to good use by making chia pets or including chia seeds in a smoothie or pudding recipe.

 

Frog Life Cycle Small World

 

MORE FROG FUN WITH PRINTABLE FROG THEME LESSON PLANS

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

Preschool Frog Activities

 

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Preschool Frog Theme Lesson Plans

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Filed Under: Kindergarten, Letter F, Preschool, Pretend Play, Science, Sensory Tagged With: frogs, Sensory Bins, small worlds

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