Have I mentioned my new favorite blog lately?  I have?  Well, I’m mentioning it again.  No Time For Flashcards has tons of fabulous ideas and I used another one with Hailey.

Hailey absolutely loves the song Little Green Frog- here are the lyrics if you don’t know the song:

Mmm mmm went the little green frog one day
Mmm mmm went the little green frog
Mmm mmm went the little green frog one day
And they all went mmm mmm ahhh!!

But we all know frogs go ladedadeda
ladedadeda ladedadeda
We all know frogs go ladedadeda
ladedadeda ladedadeda
They don’t go mmm mmm ahh.

If I was brave like Allison over at No Time for Flashcards I’d sing it for you so you would know the tune.  But I am not that brave, so instead I’ll give you a link to her post.  If you need the tune you can get it here.

So, here is our frog that we made to go along with the song:

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper- red, white and black, paper bag, green paint, paint brush, scissors and glue.

Cut one long strip of red paper and roll it up.  Then cut 2 medium sized black circles and 2 small white circles.

Paint the paper bag green.

Open the bag up and stand it up to dry.

Glue on the eyes and tongue after the paint is dry.

Hailey loved playing with the frog.  We used it as a puppet for singing Little Green Frog.  And then Hailey used it to carry her (play) cell phone around in for the rest of the day.  Oh well, she had fun with it.

The other day as Rich was clearing our yard getting ready to mow he found this cute little toad.  And Hailey was just thrilled to see a real live toad.

The cute little toad.

Hailey got a little bit brave and tried to feed the toad a piece of grass.

Then we put the toad in some water.  This left quite an impression on Hailey as she is still talking about the toad going swimming more than a week after it happened.

One last touch which brought on lots of giggles.

Then we let the toad go so he could find his mommy, which also left quite an impression on Hailey as she
has also talked quite a bit about the toad going to find his mommy.

I saw this very simple craft for making a turtle in one of my Mailbox magazines.

What you’ll need:

• paper plate
• construction paper- green, yellow, brown
• glue
• marker
• scissors

Directions:

• Have child tear apart the construction paper into little pieces.  (This is an excellent way to help strengthen their hands)
• Glue pieces of torn paper onto paper plate.
• Depending on the age of the child- you can have them cut out the pieces for the head and legs.  I would probably start doing this around age 3.
• Again- depending on the age of the child- they can draw the eyes and mouth onto face.

Hailey wouldn’t have anything to do with tearing up the paper, so she just watched me do it.

Gluing, on the hand, Hailey loves to do.  If I tried to help her she said, “No, no, no.  I do.”

Gluing the torn pieces onto the paper plate.

The finished turtle.

Cute and easy.