A Frog Poem: Share the poem below with the children. Write it on a chart. Have the children draw pictures of the different parts of the poem. Cut out the pictures for the children to match to the words in the poem. For a parent component see Idea Bags, pages 92-95.
Frog By Sharon MacDonald
First comes the egg,
All gooey and sticky.
A frog from an egg?
Getting out must be tricky.
Next comes the tadpole,
A strange little creature.
It knows how to swim.
Wonder who's its teacher.
Oh, my goodness!
What do I see?
Legs on a tadpole.
How can that be?
From egg to tadpole,
It doesn't take years.
Two more legs grow,
And the tail disappears.
First egg then tadpole,
And finally a frog
That can hop and croak,
As it sits on a log.
