Leap Ahead Learning Preschool: Reptiles and Amphibians

We were grinning from ear to ear this week, just like these cute turtles we made from an oriental trading co. kit. We had a hoppin' good time learning about our favorite frogs, turtles, snakes, and other reptiles and amphibians this week.

Hop on over to our math center, where we placed the correct amount of frogs on their respective lily pad.

And, put them in order from 1-10, then did a little hopping ourselves.

We worked on some of the those tough to remember letters this week. We first reviewed them, and then we stated the letter, stamped the letter, and lastly we wrote it. I had each child visit this center, so although their papers don't always make it home with them, each child practiced these letters this week.

This fun sticker set from Oriental Trading Co. helped us learn the life cycle of a frog.....

And, these stacking blocks were a great hands-on reminder of their life cycle. If we couldn't quite remember, we stacked them from biggest to smallest, and the pictures helped us remember.

We reviewed our colors and counting with this topsy turtle game. He instructed us what color and how many of each stepping stone he needed to keep him from wobbling, and we did our best to keep him from falling.

We had fun coloring at this center. These color changing chameleons were just the right reptile to practice coloring in our lines. These color changing markers were the perfect addition to help our chameleons change to just the right color.

And, this chameleon scurried around our room looking for food! We tossed them in as he scrambled by with his mouth open and ready.

Your kids are doing great practicing their name each week. Hopefully these frog faces are cute enough that your kids want to continue to practice at home!

Our leap pad frogs helped us with our numbers this week. We played number bingo with Tad and his friends!

We also practiced spelling 3 and 4-letter words with our boggle game. Even if they don't know every word they are spelling yet, the pictures help them to recognize it, and the letter recognition and picture correspondence are a great start!

And, although they may be scaly, slithery, and shed their skin, we embraced these intriguing creatures this week and learned some fun facts about snakes! We learned that they shed their skin a couple of times a year, that they don't have eyelids, and they eat their food whole. We used rulers to measure different snakes and practiced writing our numbers. We also used bubble wrap to represent snake skin. We had fun popping it, and when popped it looks a lot like the skin a snake leaves behind.