Frogs and Turtles Storytime

This cute craft was created by my friend Glee

Toddler Read Alouds
Cat and Mouse in the Rain by Tomek Bogacki
Five Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris
Fribbity Ribbit by Suzanne Johnson
Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh
I Wish I Could Fly by Ron Maris
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Jump, Frog, Jump by Robert Kalan
Jump Like A Frog by Kate Burns
Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson
Little Quack's Friend by Lauren Thompson
Lovely Day for Amelia Goose by Yu Rong
Off We Go!  by Jane Yolen
One Two Three Jump! by Penelope Lively
What Joe Saw by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
This Little Chick by John Lawrence

Preschool Read Alouds
Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long
Down By the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton
Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way by Jonathan London
Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
Hey Frog by Piet Grobler
Hoptoad by Jane Yolen
If Frogs Made Weather by Marion Dane Bauer
If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre - CROWD PLEASER
In the Middle of the Puddle by Mike Thaler
Jo MacDonald Saw A Pond by Mary Quattlebaum
Jump!  by Scott M. Fischer
Look Out, Bird!  by Marilyn Janovitz
Melvin and the Boy by Lauren Castillo ~ pet turtle
One, Two, Three, Jump!  by Penelope Lively
Scoot! by Catherine Falwell
Splash! by Ann Jonas (recently republished?)
Teeny Weeny Tadpole by Sheridan Cain
Toad on the Road by Stephen Shaskan (2017)
Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher
Turtle Splash by Cathryn Falwell

School Age Read Alouds
Beware of the Frog by William Bee
Bullfrog Pop by Rick Walton
Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka
A Frog Thing by Eric Drachman
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Froggie Went A-Courtin' by Iza Trapani
If Frogs Made the Weather by Marion Dane Bauer
Once There Was A Bullfrog by Rick Walton
Spells by Emily Gravett
Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis
Tortoise and the Hare by Alison Ritchie (2015)
Tricky Tortoise by Mwenye Hadithi

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Puppet/Flannel Stories
Grandpa Toad's Secrets by Keiko Kasza
Hole in the Bottom of the Sea (Traditional)
I Can't Get My Turtle to Move by Elizabeth O'Donnell
If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre
Little White Duck by Walt Whippo
Rainy Day Puddle by Ei Nakabayashi
Tortoise Brings the Mail by Dee Lillegard
Turtle Dreams by Marion Dane Bauer

CDs
"Jump Jump Went the Little Green Frogs" on Carol Hammet's It's Toddler Time
"Little Green Frogs" on Raffi's "Singable Songs for the Very Young"

Did You Ever See A Frog?
Did you ever see a frog, a frog, a frog
Did you ever see a frog that hops so high?
Hops this way and that way, and this way and that way
Did you ever see a frog that hops so high?

That hops so fast ~ backwards ~ on one foot

Mr. Bullfrog
Mr. Bullfrog                 (make a fist)
Sitting on a rock           (put fist on flat palm)
Jumps in the water        (jump fist up)
With a big Kerplop!     (one loud CLAP)

Down By the Banks of the Hanky Panky
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky,
Where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky,
With a flip, flop, flippity-flop,
Leap off a lily pad and go KERPLOP!

Turtle Puppet / fingerplay
This is my turtle, he lives in a shell
He likes his home very well
He puts his head out when he wants to eat
And pulls it back when it's time to sleep

Five Little Froggies Puppet Script

Five little froggies loved to swim and play

Along came a ________ and chased one frog away!

(repeat with other puppets, until no frogs are left)

Five Little Froggies Sitting In A Well
Five little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high,
Froggies jumped low.
Repeat until no froggies are left…


Jump Jump Went The Little Green Frogs
Jump jump went the little green frogs one day
Jump, jump went the little green frogs
Jump jump went the little green frogs one day
And their eyes went blink, blink, blink
And their tongues went blup, blup, blup...

Froggie Went A-Hopping
(Tune: Froggie Went A-Courting)

Froggie went hopping and he did hop, Mmm-hmm
Froggie went hopping and he did hop, Mmm-hmm
Froggie went hopping and he did hop,
He flipped right over and landed on his top,
Mmm-hmm - Mmm-hmm - Mmm-hmm

Froggie went jumping and he did leap, Mmm-hmm
Froggie went jumping and he did leap, Mmm-hmm
Froggie went jumping and he did leap,
He got so tired, he fell asleep,
Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm

Froggie stuck out his tongue and caught a bug, Mmm-hmm
Froggie stuck out his tongue and caught a bug, Mmm-hmm
Froggie stuck out his tongue and caught a bug,
The bug got away and hid under the rug,
Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm

Froggie kissed the trees and the bumblebees, Mmm-hmm
Froggie kissed the trees and the bumblebees, Mmm-hmm
Froggie kissed the trees and the bumblebees,
And then he missed and kissed his knees,
Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm

Froggie hopped home and sat on his log, Mmm-hmm
Froggie hopped home and sat on his log, Mmm-hmm
Froggie hopped home and sat on his log,
It feels to good to be a frog,
Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm, Mmm-hmm

There Once Was a Little Green Frog

There once was a little green frog, frog, frog,
Who sat in the woods on a log, log, log.
A screech owl sitting in a tree, tree, tree,
Came after the frog with a scree, scree, scree.
When the frog heard the owl in a flash, flash, flash,
He jumped in the pond with a splash, splash, splash!