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Frogs
By Darci

Hi! I loved the ideas that Alice sent you! WOW! How wonderful!
I bought a wooden frog cut out that stands up and with a huge wooden watering can and painted "Hop on in" on the can.....I placed it outside my window.
Outside
of my classroom I had paper frogs on lilly pads and had each students' name on a lilly pad (I kept the actual frogs to use again later). I had a big frog on a larger lilly pad for me....I titled it "Come on into my learning pad!"
In my room I used small paper frogs with the students' names on them (laminated) and the "Toad-ally Awesome Behavior" for the title. Anytime a student

would break a classroom rule I would not have to stop the class. I would simply ask them to move their frog to the lilly pad (by the door)that meant they owe me five minutes of recess to talk to me about their choices. If it gets moved into the pond (on the door) they owe me the entire recess. It stopped a lot of wasted time because it made the students in charge of their own behavior, and I could keep right on teaching.
Also, I visited a school that had pond for a reading corner. It was a plastic wading pool with water in it and an air pump(to keep the water moving and air in it.....whatever). Anyway, they placed water plants in it, and had little trees in pots around it....complete with a bench to sit on and read. To top it off, the teacher had placed real goldfish in it and the class had raised frogs for science.....they were both in the "pond." She said the frogs stayed right there in the pond.....It was exciting!
Good luck with your classroom.....The kids love the theme....(For science we studied "Frogs are Fantastic.")