Fingerplays & Songs
Five frogs on a log, one jumping off at the end of every verse.
Sing It
Five green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs,
Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were four speckled frogs,
Glub, glub!
five fingers up, rub your tummy on yum, tuck one finger down on the jump
Four green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs,
Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were three speckled frogs,
Glub, glub!
On the last verse the frog jumps in and then there are no green speckled frogs.
Hands & Numbers
frogshold up that many fingers
logrest them on your arm
yum, yumrub your tummy
jumped intuck one finger away
glub, glubbubble with your voice
Keep going with one less frog
three
two
one
none
Try This
Sit five children on a pretend log and let one hop off to the pool each verse.
Watch For
Children who know how many frogs are left, who tuck a finger on the jump, or who shout the yums and glubs.
No materials needed · 5 minutes · Circle time, counting practice, or water play talk
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