{"id":14527,"date":"2016-02-26T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=14527"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:28:39","slug":"fun-frog-themed-books-songs-for-leap-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2016\/02\/26\/fun-frog-themed-books-songs-for-leap-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog-Themed Picture Books &#038; Songs for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frog-Themed Picture Books\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Picture-Books.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February has an extra day this year, and I&#8217;m determined to make it a memorable one<\/strong>. Yesterday, I published a bunch of free, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/free-printable-frog-themed-activity-sheets\/\">frog-themed activity sheets<\/a> for celebrating Leap Day. Today, I&#8217;m sharing <strong>some of the frog-themed picture books and songs I&#8217;ll be reading\/singing with my little ones that day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I absolutely loved frogs as a little girl<\/strong> (and am rather fond of them, still), so we already own several books that touch on that topic. Among them are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RI11sz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Wilma<\/a> (by Tedd Arnold) tells the story of a little girl who wakes up green, with an appetite for flies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1WIuhPq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frog &#038; Toad Storybook Treasury<\/a> (by Arnold Lobel) describes the loyal friendship between the title characters, and their shared adventures.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Qi1FxT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frogs<\/a> (by Gail Gibbons) gives factual information about amphibians in simple language, with colorful, clearly-labeled, realistic illustrations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/246rt4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jump, Frog, Jump<\/a> (by Robert Kalan) is a cumulative tale that will have kids chiming in on every page with warnings to the hapless frog. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1XuoOfY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog<\/a> (by Mercer Meyer) is a wordless storybook, full of laughs and high on charm.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/246s9Xi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Froggy Gets Dressed<\/a> (by Jonathan London) is Mom&#8217;s least favorite book on this list (I get weary of reading all those sound effects &#8212; zip! zap! zup!), but it&#8217;s included because my little ones enjoy the Froggy series so much.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, <strong>speaking of my little ones, I talked them into singing a few of the frog songs we know on video<\/strong>, so I could share them with you in this post.<\/p>\n<p>First is <strong>a song I learned almost thirty years ago<\/strong> when I was working with the preschool choir at my church. The words are simple:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A funny fat frog<br \/>\nWinkin&#8217; and blinkin&#8217;<br \/>\nLookin&#8217; so sleepy<br \/>\nSittin&#8217; and thinkin&#8217;<br \/>\nThen&#8230; all of a sudden&#8230;<br \/>\nHe jumps!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My choir students loved it then, and my children love it now, as <strong>you can tell by their giggles and the smiles on their faces<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156830458?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[If you cannot see the embedded video, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/156830458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to view it.]<\/p>\n<p>Next is a song we used to sing when I was doing summer missions in the Dallas projects. It goes like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Blaaaah-ooop went the little green frog one day.<br \/>\nBlaaaah-ooop went the little green frog.<br \/>\nBlaaaah-ooop went the little green frog one day,<br \/>\nAnd it echoed back ooop-blaaaah!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Kids compete to see who can stick their tongue out the farthest<\/strong>, although mine are being a little shy about doing so in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156829429?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[If you cannot see the embedded video, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/156829429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to view it.]<\/p>\n<p>And last is a perennial favorite of bus drivers everywhere (right up there with &#8220;99 Bottles of Pop on the Wall&#8221;). <strong>There&#8217;s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There&#8217;s a hole in the bottom of the sea.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a hole in the bottom of the sea.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a hole, there&#8217;s a hole,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a hole in the bottom of the sea.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a hole, there&#8217;s a hole,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a hole in the bottom of the sea.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a hair on the wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a gnat on the hair on the wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s about as far as we&#8217;ve ever gotten, but feel free to <strong>create new verses that continue the theme for as long as your memory will hold out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You really have to concentrate while singing this one, as it&#8217;s easy to get confused. <strong>It took us several tries before we finally got it right<\/strong> for this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156830970?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[If you cannot see the embedded video, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/156830970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to view it.]<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, I hope you&#8217;ll learn these songs and check out a few of the books. <strong>Your little ones are sure to enjoy them, not only on Leap Day, but all year long!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Songs-and-Picture-Books-for-Children.png?resize=600%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frog-Themed Songs and Picture Books for Children\" width=\"600\" height=\"819\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Songs-and-Picture-Books-for-Children.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Songs-and-Picture-Books-for-Children.png?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Frog-Themed-Songs-and-Picture-Books-for-Children.png?resize=250%2C341&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February has an extra day this year, and I&#8217;m determined to make it a memorable one. 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