5.10.2010

Adaptive Art: "Fly" Speckled Frogs

I was inspired by MaryMaking's blog post on a frog painting lesson, but decided to adapt it for my special needs students.  I pre-cut just about all of these pieces for most of my special needs classes, some of them are able to use scissors, and others not.  Each frog has 1 medium green circle (head), 1 large green circle (body), 2 smaller white circles (eyeballs), 1 green heart (cut in half for the legs), 1 long pink strip (curled with a marker of pencil for the tongue), 2 little green half circles with 2 v's cut out (for the feet), and finally 1 large dark green oval (with a big v cut out of it for the lilypad).  First I have students splatter yellow and orange tempera paint (watered down) on the frog pieces with a small brush.  Some students do this "hand over hand" with an aid.  It usually dries really fast, so while waiting we use a dot marker to make the eyes- they can put the black dot anywhere!  Then we glue the lilypad onto a blue background.  Next with a black marker they add 2 little marks for the nostrils and a wavy line for the mouth (hand over hand).  Then we begin gluing the frog together- body first, then head, then legs, then feet, then eyes, and finally the tongue.



1 comment:

  1. Hi, I found your blog while looking for ideas for a frog storytime. The frogs are adorable! How fun!

    I would like to invite you to link your post to my Frog ABC’S Blog Hop. My blog is for librarians, teachers, caregivers, and parents of young children who enjoy sharing Activities, Books, Crafts, and Snacks (ABC’S) with children in a fun learning environment. I think your cute little frogs are perfect for the Activity/Craft aspects, don’t you?

    Here is a link to the Blog Hop: http://librarystorytimeabcs.blogspot.com/2012/04/frog-abcs-blog-hop.html

    I hope you will link up with us! I’d love for my readers to see your speckled frogs!

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