Created for Book Week 2026
Celebrate Frogs Are Our Friends by Toni D'Alia and Madeline White with this cross-curricular activity pack, designed to inspire nature, habitats and garden friendships in early years and primary classrooms.
This resource is packed with craft, literacy and maths activities inspired by the little green frog's life in the garden and pond. Perfect for planning a whole-day Symphony of Stories experience or weaving into your Book Week celebrations!
What's included:
Book Craft
Frog life cycle craft - two versions: a spinner craft showing eggs, tadpole, froglet and frog stages, and a fold-out scene of a frog leaping across lily pads
Differentiated Literacy Activities
Open-ended writing prompts - 10 prompts inspired by the frog's life in the garden, with three differentiated templates
Rhyme time - match rhyming words from the book, then create original rhymes, across differentiated levels
All about frogs: information report - research and record frog appearance, habitat, diet and an interesting fact, with a labelled drawing, across differentiated levels
Spotlight on verbs - find verbs from the story, then draw, define and use them in original sentences, across differentiated levels
Comic strip: frog vs predator - draw a comic strip showing the frog spotting a predator and escaping to safety, using speech bubbles and sound effects
Dear diary - write a day in the life of a frog, with an option to include descriptive language, verbs and a near-miss with a predator
How to build a frog-friendly garden - draw a frog-friendly garden, list materials needed, and write the steps, across differentiated levels
Differentiated Mathematics Activities
Frog subtraction - subtraction within 10, 20 and 30, plus creating your own word problems, across differentiated levels
Frog addition - addition to 10, 20 and 30, plus creating your own word problems, across differentiated levels
Design a frog garden (position) - design a frog garden on a grid, then describe positions using positional language or grid coordinates, across differentiated levels
Spin & graph - spin and graph numbers to 10, multiples of 10, or 2x tables multiplication problems, across differentiated levels
Design Activities
Design a poster - design a poster teaching people why frogs are important, including a slogan, picture and fact from the book
Frog shelter - design a safe shelter for a frog using garden materials, labelling how it keeps the frog cool, hidden and protected
Camouflage challenge - design a frog that would blend into a habitat of your choice
Book cover - design a cover for the next book in the series, inspired by the original book's style
Want it all?
Grab the matching Frogs Are Our Friends slide deck to bring the story to life. Includes writing prompts and maths tasks (linked to the worksheets), as well as additional design prompts.
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