Are you a Frog?

One day we walked down to the frog pond and noticed a frog sitting on a lily pad. My son became fascinated. He crouched down and began to imitate the frog. Are you a frog? I asked him. He just sat there, like the frog, and blinked.

Preschoolers can be amazing observers of nature. That day, my son sat there imitating the frog for a very long time. Suddenly, the frog hopped off into the water with a splash. How that surprised us!

We started talking about what we had observed then we drew the frog in our Nature Journals. This day my son drew not only the frog but also himself being a frog.

Touch your tongue. Is it long and sticky?

Feel the top of your head. Are there two bulgy eyes like marbles up there?

Are your eyes on the top of your head? Are you a frog?

These are some of the questions we posed to ourselves as we sat by the frog pond. These are questions that can be found in a cute little book about frogs by Ann Milton called Ask Me If I'm a Frog.

We used this experience of observing the frog at the pond with the story, Ask Me if I'm a Frog to learn about the anatomy of frogs, compare it to the anatomy of humans and create a Venn Diagraph of these comparisons. You can lean more about our conclusions at Characteristics of Frogs.