It’s Leap Year – and that’s a great excuse for a February 29 celebration and some frog activities! I’ve written posts before about having some calendar fun. 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
Frog Match-Up and Memory Game (Image from Montessori Print Shop)
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.
Simple and Fun Frog Leap Activity for Kids {Free Printable} from Fit Body Full Life (I prepared the trays for this using the free printable!)
Montessori-Inspired Frog Activities
New in 2016: 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 (update – my post)
Frog Sensory Bin (Photo by Julie from The Adventures of Bear)
My post on a Montessori-Inspired Pond Unit has a number of links to frog activities (including a Frog Unit from The Adventures of Bear– photo) and Tot School: Ponds from The Preschool Experiment.
Feed the Frog Activity (Photo 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.
Following his Lead Today has an In the Pond Unit with a number of frog activities.
Life Cycle of a Frog (Photo from How We Montessori)
How We Montessori has Life-Cycle Frogs using a printable from Montessori Print Shop and Australian Animal Dice Fun (including moving like a frog) using a free Wildlife Movement Dice printable from Wildlife Fun 4 Kids.
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.
Are you celebrating Leap Year this week?
Discovering Montessori says
February 27, 2012 at 4:49 amI love the way you tied in frog activities to celebrate the leap year. Nice round up of activities. Thank you for sharing.
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 7:37 pmThanks for your kind comment, Discovering Montessori! I think Leap Day is really a fun holiday – and I love all the frog ideas available now! 🙂
Melissa says
February 27, 2012 at 6:17 amI 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! 🙂
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 7:40 pmThanks, 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! 🙂
The Monko says
February 27, 2012 at 1:06 pmI’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!
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 7:41 pmLOL! Thanks, The Monko! I’ve had a hard time keeping up with all the holidays this month, too … as much fun as they are! 🙂
Little Wonders' Days says
February 27, 2012 at 2:50 pmHa, what a fun round up for leap year! Glad you shared at AfterSchool.
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 7:43 pmThanks, Kelly! I’m such a fan of celebrating odd holidays like Leap Day. Sometimes those holidays are the most fun of all! 🙂
My Oatmeal Kisses says
February 27, 2012 at 4:26 pmThis 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
Katie says
February 27, 2012 at 5:08 pmAdorable ideas!!! I hadn’t even thought of leap year activities! 😀 Thanks for hosting the link up…such great ideas!
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 7:45 pmThanks, Katie! I probably had way too much fun searching for all the activities. I’m off to find more for my Pinterest board now! 🙂
Growing Play says
February 27, 2012 at 8:08 pmHere is a fun printable to celebrate the Leap Year – http://yourtherapysource.com/motorminuteleap.html
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 9:39 pmThanks so much … that’s great! I pinned it to the Kids’ Leap Year Activities Pinterest board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/kids-leap-year-activities/. I plan to share it at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page tomorrow! 🙂
Kim says
February 27, 2012 at 8:40 pmThanks 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.
Deb says
February 27, 2012 at 9:40 pmThanks, Kim! How fun to have frogs in a back pond … great experience for kids! 🙂
Tracey says
February 29, 2012 at 10:28 amVisiting from the blog hop. Love all of these activities. You always do a great job curating content on Pinterest.
Deb says
March 7, 2012 at 8:57 pmThanks so much, Tracey! I really do have fun with that … I’m happy I can put my Pinterest addiction to good use! 🙂
maryanne says
March 3, 2012 at 7:04 pmI 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 🙂
Deb says
March 7, 2012 at 8:58 pmThanks, 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! 🙂
Bethany says
March 4, 2012 at 5:47 pmWhat a great frog study. I love all the terrific ideas!
Deb says
March 7, 2012 at 8:59 pmThanks, Bethany! I do think that frogs are fun! 🙂
Sierra at H is for Homeschooling says
March 6, 2012 at 8:08 pmBoogie 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!
Deb says
March 7, 2012 at 9:01 pmThanks, 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! 🙂
Penny says
January 12, 2013 at 11:54 amI just saw this on Pinterest yesterday and liked it so I can go back and pin it today. So many great frog posts here!
Deb says
January 14, 2013 at 8:22 pmThanks so much, Penny! I love frog activities, and this was a lot of fun to put together! 🙂