This week, in Nursery, we would have been observing and drawing our tadpoles and frogs.

• Draw and colour in life cycle pictures of birds, butterflies, ducks and frogs. 
• Encourage the children to name their work (name writing practise) and to write about what they have drawn (encourage mark making and emergent writing skills).
• Share books and stories about animals and life cycles.
   

Life cycle books and stories to look for:

• The Big Wide Mouthed Frog by Ana Martin Larranga
• Dog on a Frog by Kes and Caire Gray
• Oi Frog by Kes Gray
• Froggy Learns to Swim by Johnathan London
• H Prince by Leo Leonni
   

 Sing Life Cycle nursery rhymes and action songs:

• Little Arabella Miller

• Frog song (life cycle of a frog – Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes and kids songs)
• Spring is here by the Learning Station
• Hungry Caterpillar by the Learning Station
• Little Tommy Tadpole is a popular rhyme (words below)

Little Tommy tadpole began to weep and wail,

For little Tommy tadpole had lost his little tail,

His mother didn’t know him, as he sat upon a log;

For little Tommy Tadpole was Mr. Thomas frog.

All the listed books and stories and action songs and rhymes can be found online mostly on You Tube Kids.

https://www.youtubekids.com/