We have had our tadpoles for 7 weeks now and the children have been able to watch their development from eggs in jelly to our strong, large headed, speckled tadpoles.
The children were most excited when the tadpoles first began to wriggle free of the jelly and to swim about. We are now freezing then defrosting spinach leaves to feed our tadpoles.
In the next few weeks their gills will disappear and they will develop back legs; front legs come later, their lungs develop and they will absorb their tails, mouths will change and the tiny frogs will be complete.
It has been a wonderful experience for our children to have been able to observe these miraculous changes first hand, hopefully helping to develop a love and respect for nature at an early age and to gain an understanding of growth and change.
Ideas for home:
Next year maybe you can find frogspawn for your children to watch at home.
Perhaps you could talk to your children about metamorphosis in insects.
Getting active, going for walks looking for frogs and the places you might find them.
Children could wriggle like tadpoles and jump like frogs.
Reading stories rhymes and singing songs about frogs will help to embed their new learning.
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