It’s Leap Year – and that’s a great excuse for a February 29 celebration and some frog activities! While there aren’t a lot of Montessori posts specifically about Leap Year, there are some great Montessori-inspired activities that work perfectly for Leap Year.
I’ve seen Leap Year themes with frogs, leapin’ lizards, leaping movements, and leaping bunnies. The most common seems to be a frog theme, so I’m sharing some Montessori-inspired frog activities.
Montessori-Inspired Frog Materials
Montessori Print Shop has frog materials available for purchase.
Montessori 123 has free Life Cycle of a Frog Printables in English and Spanish.
Montessori Mom has free Frog Life Cycle Cards along with links to other frog activities.
Montessori for Everyone has frog materials available for purchase.
Montessori Services has pre-printed frog materials and other frog materials available for purchase.
I have a free Montessori-inspired frog pack (a monthly freebie available for my email subscribers).
I have a post with a free Montessori-inspired frog do-a-dot printable along with ideas for creating Montessori-inspired activities with do-a-dot printables.
I also have a post with free Montessori-inspired frog cutting strips.
I have a post with free amphibian printables and Montessori-inspired amphibian activities
Simple and Fun Frog Leap Activity for Kids {Free Printable} from ChrissyChitwood.com (I prepared the trays for this using the free printable!)
Montessori-Inspired Frog Activities
I have a post with links to LOTS of free frog printables plus ideas for creating Montessori-inspired frog math activities.
Montessori Frog Life Cycle Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
“5 Green and Speckled Frogs” with Props and Free Printables
Lots of Learning and Fun with Frogs Sensory Bin
Free Frog and Toad Songs and Educational Videos
Favorite Books for an Amphibian Theme
- Frog Sensory Bin (Photo by Julie from The Adventures of Bear)
Feed the Frog Activity (Photo from The Preschool Experiment)
My post on a Montessori-Inspired Pond Unit has a number of links to frog activities (including a frog sensory bin from The Adventures of Bear – blog no longer available) and Tot School: Ponds from The Preschool Experiment.
Frog Match (Photo from A Bohemian Education)
A Bohemian Education had a Frog Match. (Blog is no longer available.)
Frog Anatomy Work (Photo from Montessori MOMents)
Montessori MOMents studied frog anatomy using free materials from Montessori Print Shop. (The Montessori MOMents blog is no longer available.)
2 Little Seeds has a Froggy Family Birthday.
The Pinay Homeschooler has lots of posts with a frog theme.
Life Cycle of a Frog (Photo from How We Montessori)
How We Montessori has Life-Cycle Frogs using a printable from Montessori Print Shop
Kids’ Leap Year Pinterest Board
Follow Deb @ Living Montessori Now’s board Kids’ Frog and Leap Year Activities on Pinterest.I have a Kids’ Frog and Leap Year Activities Pinterest board with lots of Leap Year information and activities for all levels. There are many frog activities, including frog crafts, games, and party ideas.
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Thanks for sharing, Deb. My classroom is more alive thanks to the inspiration you provide.
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Anna! I love that I’ve been able to help! 🙂
I just saw this on Pinterest yesterday and liked it so I can go back and pin it today. So many great frog posts here!
Thanks so much, Penny! I love frog activities, and this was a lot of fun to put together! 🙂
Boogie doesn’t understand about leap year, but we will do some frog activities again when we do a pond unit, so I am excited to see this round up. Thank you so much for sharing at WOTT, Deb!
Thanks, Sierra! It’s nice that the frog activities work so well in a pond unit. I love that most Leap Day activities can be used more often than once every 4 years! 🙂
What a great frog study. I love all the terrific ideas!
Thanks, Bethany! I do think that frogs are fun! 🙂
I love the idea of using frogs to celebrate leap year – and your activities are so diverse and fun!
Thanks for sharing with the Afterschool Blog Hop 🙂
Thanks, Maryanne! I’m sad Leap Day won’t be back for another 4 years, but I’m happy that spring will be a great time for all the frog activities! 🙂
Visiting from the blog hop. Love all of these activities. You always do a great job curating content on Pinterest.
Thanks so much, Tracey! I really do have fun with that … I’m happy I can put my Pinterest addiction to good use! 🙂
Thanks for linking up to the Afterschool Party. We have some frogs that enjoy our back pond and we love watching them each year go through their life cycle. I can’t wait to use all of these resources.
Thanks, Kim! How fun to have frogs in a back pond … great experience for kids! 🙂
Adorable ideas!!! I hadn’t even thought of leap year activities! 😀 Thanks for hosting the link up…such great ideas!
Thanks, Katie! I probably had way too much fun searching for all the activities. I’m off to find more for my Pinterest board now! 🙂
This is perfect! Just this morning I was thinking that it yould be wonderful to do a unit on frogs, and poof you posted this! Can you read my mind? 🙂
-Kate
Ha, what a fun round up for leap year! Glad you shared at AfterSchool.
Thanks, Kelly! I’m such a fan of celebrating odd holidays like Leap Day. Sometimes those holidays are the most fun of all! 🙂
I’d completely forgotten it was a leap year. I kept seeing all these frog posts and wondered what an earth the sudden obsession with frogs was. Now I see!
LOL! Thanks, The Monko! I’ve had a hard time keeping up with all the holidays this month, too … as much fun as they are! 🙂
I love the idea of using a frog theme to celebrate a leap year. That sensory bin is so inviting, and I love the frog matching work as well. Annabelle recently found my frog life cycle models and spent days carrying them around. It was so nice to see them again! 🙂
Thanks, Melissa! I love those activities, too … and the frog models that are available now. How sweet that you can pass Montessori materials on to Annabelle! 🙂
I love the way you tied in frog activities to celebrate the leap year. Nice round up of activities. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your kind comment, Discovering Montessori! I think Leap Day is really a fun holiday – and I love all the frog ideas available now! 🙂