JUMPING FROG DAY-May 13th

A lot of what we do for preschool is based off of "holidays" so instead of telling you what we did last week (I combined with a friend for Cinco de Mayo) and you having to a wait a year I thought I would try posting a week ahead.  So here is our contribution to Preschool Corner for this week.







These are some ideas for JUMPING FROG DAY-May 13th

Celebrating the famed Jumping Frog of Calavares County by Mark Twain.

Locate Calavares County in California for a Geography Lesson.

Discuss Mark Twian and his writings with older children.

www.frogtown.org has all the particulars of the contest.

Holding your own jumping contests with plastic jumping frogs, origami frogs, plastic tiddlywinks or just using your own body has Math applications in measuring and estimating.

Our favorite song is 5 little speckled frogs. Catch it on YouTube - Five Little Speckled Frogs

Read a Frog and Toad story together.  Work on the fr and fl blends, frog handwriting, coloring page, tracing page, f is for frog, and a maze.

Make chicken wings and call them frog legs for dinner. Continue with the Fr blend sound and have French Fries and Frozen Yogurt.

Building character-

Two Frogs: An Inspirational Short Story about Perseverance (I would simplify it for preschoolers and take out the first frog but you get the idea.)
Two young frogs fell into a bucket of milk. Both tried to jump to freedom, but the sides of the bucket were steep and no foundation was to be had on the surface of the liquid.
Seeing little chance of escape, the first frog soon despaired and stopped jumping. After a short while he sunk to the bottom of the bucket and drowned.
The second frog also saw no likelihood of success, but he never stopped trying. Even though each jump seemed to reach the same inadequate height, he kept on struggling. Eventually, his persistent efforts churned some milk into butter. From the now hardened surface of the milk, he managed to leap out of the bucket.
The moral of this little inspiring story:
--Those who don't give up and persevere may be in for a pleasant surprise!

Shake your way to fresh butter and buttermilk.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
Heavy cream
A Jar with a lid
Preparation:
1. Fill a jar halfway with heavy cream (baby food jars work great for small batches), and screw the lid on tight.
2. Shake the jar up and down until the cream thickens and begins to stick together. about 10 min. it takes patience and work better with several kids.
3. Then, open the jar, and pour any remaining liquid into another container; this is the buttermilk. Everything else is butter.
4. Knead the butter under cold running water for several minutes to work out any remaining buttermilk (otherwise the butter will spoil quickly). optional step
5. Knead in salt, if desired.
6. Refrigerate.

Eat on crackers or fresh warm biscuits.