Saturday, June 11, 2011

Frog Pond

Friday was sunny and warm and PERFECT for a walk down the bike path to scope out some real live frogs in their authentic habitats. We have been learning about frogs, their life cycles, and their habitats for the past few weeks. Four Winds did a great presentation on frogs at the beginning of the week where we heard recordings of how various frogs sound.

We did our very best to be quiet at the pond, and the children were very respectful of the nature surrounding us. We saw at least 7 frogs, and we even spotted a submerged turtle through the murky water and leaves. We heard frogs croaking all around us and followed their 'voices' to find them. A few were rather large and a few were quite small. We had a blast, and even got in some great photos...



On our way down the bike path to the frog pond.

Gorgeous day for a kindergarten adventure!

Best friends!

Flowers along the way.

A frog has amazing camouflage! 

Psyched to be out in the fresh air!

Look! Another frog!!

We had to be super quiet so that we wouldn't scare our frog friends away. 


On the lookout for frogs and turtles...

Shhhh!

Looking and listening for frogs... 
Can you see the frog?

How about the turtle?

This guy posed for us so we could get an up close picture!


This frog blends in with brown sticks AND green leaves!

We could hear this guy ribbiting, so we followed the sound...and there he is!

This is the shot of the day! This frog was about the size of my hand. SO COOL!


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