Leap Day Activities

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We are lucky this February and have an extra day in the month. It’s a leap year, and we’ve got Leap Day. I am a member of the St. Louis Zoo, and they sent the cutest postcard with frogs on it to tell everyone about the leap day activities online. I never thought about dedicating the day to frogs when I was teaching in the classroom, but it is so clever and makes perfect sense.

The St. Louis Zoo actually had to send out these cute postcards because they left Feb. 29 off the February calendar. They remembered it on the top of the March page, but not February. So, they sent a Feb. 29 sticker with the cute frog postcard. At the same time, the zoo said that all over the world, people are celebrating the Amphibian Ark, which is a consortium of zoos and aquariums worldwide joining together to fight the disappearing amphibian species. Currently on their home page,you can find out information about FrogWatch USA. On the postcard, they state they will have frog activities and puzzles starting on Leap Day. So be sure to share these FREE resources with your children or students.

My daughter has a super cute frog picture book, perfect for preschoolers to second graders. Your hand can become the frog in the book–so there’s a hand puppet with it. It’s called Wendy the Wide-Mouthed Frog by Sam Lloyd. It’s perfect to share with kids to teach about manners, being a good friend, having humility, and just plain having fun. There’s a lot going on in this book–perfect for a fun day like Leap Day.

Do you have a favorite frog book? Are you celebrating Leap Day?

And remember. . .it’s not easy being green.