Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... frogs

Let children takes a leap of imagination with a project on a popular amphibian, that's ideal for springtime, with ideas from Helen Bromley.

Along with the transformation of caterpillar to butterfly, the metamorphosis of tadpole to frog is a fascinating phenomenon. No-one can fail to be amazed by the way in which frogspawn transforms into small amphibians.

Unlike their close relatives, the Great Crested Newt and the Natterjack toad, frogs are not protected by law, so it is permissible to have frogspawn in your setting for the children to watch (if you are fortunate enough to have access to some). But it is important to keep the frogspawn out of strong heat and to return the resulting tadpoles to the pond from which the spawn was taken.

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