When we were looking for signs of spring we were paying close attention to birds building nests and were on the lookout for frog spawn. Richelle brought some of her tadpoles into the class for us to look after. We have watched our baby tadpoles Alex, Sophie and Paulita, turn into frogs. We had to feed them boiled spinach, but we learned they stop eating while they are absorbing their tails into their bodies. We used spring water to top up their bowl because it has no chemicals and keeps their home nice and clean(ish). We had to tip the tub at an angle to let the tadpoles walk out when they got their front legs and stop them from drowning because they stop using gills and start breathing air.

Watching them get back legs and front legs was really interesting and exciting. We felt sad when we had to let them go but they had to live the rest of their life in the wild and have babies of their own!

You can help frogs by making a nice habitat in your garden – you could even use a bucket filled with rainwater and some plants!

Check out the videos we made about it using our DoInk app and stop motion!

https://youtu.be/8XqUcDXR39M

https://youtu.be/wjqaG122XD8

https://youtu.be/k_obJQMomYQ

https://youtu.be/UOSAzojJnoE

https://youtu.be/glSZ76pYVV4

https://youtu.be/pVeSjReR2oo