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Camp ideas
By Sue

Thanks ever so much! I never went to camp and would have never thought up some of those great ideas! I don't recall the words to that song, but I can probably find out. The stump and canteen and mess hall ideas are great!
I do have a canopy/awning I can use.
I don't know that I would be able to even compare with the ideas that you came up with. However, when I first thought of frogs I thought of "Readit, Readit" for a frog call.
A indoor lassroom pond came to mind -- set-up like the ones they build in garden centers.
Garden centers have all sorts of concrete "frog" statues.
Bulletin Board Idea:

You could have a bridge crossing a pond. You could have clouds in the sky with certain themes or units. Your class mascot could move along the bride as the year goes by.

You could have the students cut and color frogs and stick their pictures on them. And put them on the board.

Bottle Biology -- study the ecosystem of pond water using coke bottles.

Venn diagrams -- toads vs. frogs

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel makes me think of Lily pads cut from green felt or green vinyl.

Monet prints of his pond and lily pads for artwork

You could also use that indoor/outdoor grass carpeting thing I am doing.

Cattails decorating the room.
You could have them or some mock up of cattails in a can for attendance.

OH! I have a frog made from a wooden kitchen spoon painted green with a popcicle stick glued on for arms. (There are wooden buttons for eyes and ladybugs drawn on.) A BIG spoon would make a great pointer.

Fishing poles. You could "fish" students names (via magnets and paperclips) out of the "pond" to decide who would be leader, helper, etc. The stuffed frog (Kermit) could hold the name for the week.

What about a take-off on Animal Planet's Steve Irwin? You could be TAD POLE HUNTER! Looking for young tadpoles. You could wear a khaki shirt and safari or ranger hat but have on waders and a net for scooping frogs (students).

You could use metal pails like your idea for the picnic baskets.

If you study amphibians in general, there is also a book called The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball (or dance)

Isn't there a song "Froggie went a courtin?"

Of course there is Kermit the frog -- he could be a class mascot. Of better yet, you could keep a real frog or toad in the classroom. Fish stores have white frog that live in an aquarium that gets huge.

You could also use several of the outdoorsie ideas you cave me.

Thanks for helping me. I hope this helps you.