The Wide-Mouthed Bullfrog

• DOMAIN(S)

  Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CLL4.4d
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

You will need simple headbands or puppets for a variety of animals found in the forest or on the farm, such as a rabbit, cow, pig, duck or butterfly, and a long sock to fit over one child's arm to be the snake. (And a wide-mouthed bullfrog!) Encourage the children to make animal sounds such as “Mooo” or “Quack!” as they act out the story. The teacher tells the story, pausing for the children to add in the dialogue.

Once a wide mouth bullfrog was walking along and he met a cow.

The bullfrog said, (Pause for child to fill in dialogue) “Who are you? And what do you eat?”

The cow answered, “Moooo! I'm a cow and I eat grass.”

The bullfrog said, “I'm a wide-mouth bullfrog and I eat flies!” (Frog opens mouth very wide)

(Continue story, repeating the same dialogue with different animals.)

Finally the wide mouth bullfrog was tired and he started home. Suddenly he saw a snake.

"Who are you? And what do you eat?” he asked.

The snake said, “SSSSSSSSSSS! I'm a snake. And I eat wide-mouth bullfrogs!” (Frog looks scared; makes mouth very small)

“Well so long Mr. Snake! I'll see you later!”

This could be done in large group.  

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