Tadpoles, Tadpoles, Frogs...

The Reception children have been enthralled by the arrival of our new visitors, the tadpoles. Miss Poulter and Miss Tynan kindly arranged to bring some of our pond creatures into our Reception outdoor area. The tadpoles have been an amazing addition to our outdoor area and the children have loved observing and commenting on them. With magnifying glasses at hand, the children have been observing the tadpoles and talking about how they will grow and change.

As part of this terms unit of work, Growing and Changing, we have added the tadpoles and frog investigation area. The children will be able to make observations of all the developments they can see, while finding  out more about the life cycle of frogs. This is to encourage the children to talk about the changes that occur throughout the development and the differences between the stages from tadpoles to frogs. The children have looked at posters of the life cycle of frogs and commented that as the tadpoles grow they will become frogs. 

“ Tadpoles turn into frogs.” Awwal

“Do you know how I know they are tadpoles? I watched Ben and Holly and they had tadpoles and they turned into frogs!” Ellie-Maie