The big widemouthed frog by keith faulkner from the okefenokee swamp comes a frog with a wide mouth that he just loves to use. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The big widemouthed frog is a lovely rhyming story with lots of repetition about a frog that eats flies. May 16, 2016 big wide mouthed frog activities for kindergarten and first grade. The big widemouthed frog printables, classroom activities. The big widemouthed frog paperback august 4, 1999 by ana martin larranaga author, illustrator. She had babies and she didnt know what to feed them. The big widemouthed frog brags to every creature he meets, but soon earns that sometimes its better to keep his big wide mouth shut with seven colourful jigsaws and simple rhythmic text, it is an ideal early reading book to share. Recently i came across the book the widemouthed frog. This loud wide mouth frog loves eating bugs and wants all the animals he meets to know who he is and. It includes activities for listening comprehension, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and targeted language skills as well as a fun summarizing activity. Hey you big thumping feet who are you and what do you eat. If your children havent read the widemouthed frog or heard the big mouth frog joke, you will totally want to share it with them. The widemouthed frog is a great readaloud text for younger readers.
When i read this story to my parents, we like to make up a silly voice for the widemouthed frog. In the rainforest, a frog with a very big mouth catches an enormous fly. Activities for the big widemouthed frog or other frog books march 20, 2020. See any resemblance between my felt guy and this big mouth guy. He soon learns, however, that sometimes keeping his mouth shut is for the best. My son is 21 months and he loves the rhyming sentences and silly words. The frog with the big mouth kindle edition by bateman, teresa, terry, will, terry, will. Gay lynn van vleck, henrico county library, glen allen, va.
When his brothers and sisters disregard his accomplishment, the frog travels the rainforest, boasting of his flycatching skills to the toco toucan, coati and capybara, asking what they like to eat and hopping away with a final dont you wish you were me. Larranagas illustrations use bold blocks of color and work strikingly well. When it is time, i remove the wide mouth to reveal the small one. A big widemouthed frog asks every creature he meets what they like to eat, but when he meets a crocodile he doesnt li the big wide mouthed frog. Wanting to brag just a little longer, he tells a jaguar. This is a great story, and all of my students love it. As each animal introduces himself, they do so in rhyme.
On saturday night after the dinner dishes had been cleared we sat around the table discussing our day. The big widemouthed frog is a great story to include in your frog. The frog with the big mouth by teresa bateman, will terry. Im a big widemouthed frog and i eat flies, says the chirpy big widemouthed frog to the kangaroo, the koala, the possum and the emu. Pdf the big wide mouthed frog download read online free. This lesson is intended to be a companion to the big widemouthed frog by ana martin larranaga. The frog with the big mouth brims with personality as he suspends from a tiny vine or leaps from a tree branch. Childrens services of united counties of leeds and. My 22 months old likes this book except the last page where the long alligator mouth pops out, she was scared of it. Then the big widemouthed frog meets a crocodile and finds out that sometimes its better to keep your big wide mouth shut. Some of the text can be clumsy and challenging for newer readers. For a class project using flash, after effects, and final cut.
It is not uncommon for requests for the big wide mouth frog to be read several times per day in my classroom. He loves to draw, so it was a fun activity for him and i dont think he thought of it as an assessment. You may have already heard about it and read it to your children. The frog with the big mouth bateman, teresa, terry, will on. Oh, in case you missed it, the mouth on the frog is interchangeable. A big thankyou to our new patrons, vladas gaidys, zdenek lev, krystian kuna and yuu shimizu. They would read it at day care and he wanted it in the evenings, so we had to buy it ourselves. Pdf the wide mouthed frog download full pdf book download. The frog with the big mouth visits other animals like toco toucans, coatis, capybaras and jaguars. He was always going up to others and shouting, who are you.
The widemouthed frog popup book is great for young readers. The big wide mouthed frog jigsaw book book summary. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. The big widemouthed frog ana martin larranaga, ana martin larranaga on. Once im sorry once there was the big water smells frog, the biggest white smile froggie ever did see and one day that big white male frog hopped off to see the world. Books similar to the big widemouthed frog the big widemouthed frog. The little frog with the big mouth easy stories in english. Enjoy one of my most favorite stories and this fun song what else can the widemouthed frog eat. The frog brags to a toucan, a coati, and a capybara.
This version of the wide mouth frog is different from what im used to but entertaining just the same. A frog searches the world and meets many other types of animals, all the while shouting about himself. I dont want to be a frog read aloud story time bedtime story read along books duration. The locale here, the south american rain forest, refreshes the familiar storythe frog with the big mouth brims with personality as he suspends from a tiny vine or leaps from a tree branch. The frog with the big mouth kindle edition by bateman. Need to find i think the library will eventually want theirs back.
Will terry in this version of the classic folktale, an argentine widemouthed frog sets out through the rain forest to brag about his flyeating abilities and encounters a toco toucan, a coati, a capybara, and. We talked about all the yard work we had done and the great books that we had checked out of the library. Small children will enjoy joining in the frogs refrain, while beginner readers will find the repetition helpful. Then, i gave the student a test to see how well he understood the words. For the past four years, the children in my fouryearold preschool classroom have laughed and enjoyed the big widemouthed frog. United states there was once a slimy, green frog with a very big mouth. This is an inventive version of a longfavored tale. The widemouthed frog encounters several challenges that he overcomes with humor and guile. Heres what you need to make a wide mouthed frog puppet. Hes particularly interested in the eating habits of other creatures found in the great outdoorsthat is, of course, until he comes upon a big green one with lots of teeth who. The big widemouthed frog asks all the animals he meets what they like to eat, even the frog eating crocodile. Activities for the big widemouthed frog or other frog. I place the small mouth on first and then the wide mouth over it.
The widemouthed frog tells the crocodile that he is a samllmouthed frog and hops away. I dont want to be a frog read aloud story time bedtime story read along books. Sequencing, story elements, comparecontrast and so much more. We follow him on his journey as he meets lots of different animals and asks them what they eat. A young argentine widemouthed frog cant help but brag when he eats the biggest fly in the whole world. A simple story about a widemouthed frog who jumps around and talks to other animals, and then is afraid that is going to be eaten by a crocodile. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the frog with the big mouth. She went to the cow, talking with her mouth real wide, she said. Big mouth frog fun way to work on fine motor and inhand manipulation skills parmesan cheese container easy to make and fun to do with the kids. The children get the humor in this book, which is simple and straightforward. From the okefenokee swamp comes a frog with a wide mouth that he just loves to use. Email me your ideas and i will be able to use them. Hes particularly interested in the eating habits of other creatures found in the great outdoorsthat is, of course, until he comes upon a big green one with lots o.