Dragon & Tadpole Week

Outdoor Explorers

Week 2

Say Hello to Fizz and Mrs Mack and listen to what we are up this week at Outdoor Explorers - Indoors.

Film 44 Seconds

Catching Tadpoles

This is the best time of year to take a closer look at tadpoles. Watch this video and you will see that you can catch so many tadpoles, just by putting a net into a pond. Remember our Outdoor Explorer Ninja rules- Respect the tadpoles and put them back in the pond straight away, so that they can grow into frogs, be Safe by always having an adult close by when you visit a pond, be Ready to watch the fun in this 30 second video.

Watch and Make

Play dough

Watch this Outdoor Explorer making play dough and perhaps you could follow this 2 minute 45 second video and make your own.

Play-Doh

Play dough can be a fun way to make words .....

And Dragons

If you send us a photo of what you have made with play dough we can put it on our creative carousel

Watch and Draw Toothless

1 minute video

How to train your Dragon is a favourite film for some of our Outdoor Explorers, so we thought you might like to see if you can draw him. We would love to see your pictures, so just take a photo, send them in and we will display them on our picture carousel next week.

Toothless

Make a junk Dragon

Rolfie and Mrs Mack show you how to make a junk dragon in this 2 minute video. Can you make something from junk and send it to us to display on our creative carousel. Have a look and see if you can see us playing a game with our new friend Junk the Dragon?

Rolfie and Junk the Dragon

Pancakes for hungry dragons

film 1 minute 17 seconds

Follow this Outdoor Explorers delicious pancake recipe

What's the time Mr Dragon?

This game, which usually features a 'wolf' is a big favourite with many Outdoor Explorers. We thought we would include it this week, giving it a dragon twist. Play along if you dare....

Video 1 minute 53 seconds

When you miss the beach..

Staying safe by being close to home, means that at the moment we can't go to the places we usually enjoy, like the beach. However, this Outdoor Explorer has found an alternative to splashing in the sea.

Video 27 seconds

When we went down to the woods today ...

We are so lucky that we live close to the forests and woodlands in Smithton and Culloden. When Mrs Stephenson and Alfie went for a walk in the forest this week they discovered lots of new life starting to grow in the pond. Here are 5 fun facts about tadpoles:

1 A tadpole or polliwog is a young frog that breathes and lives in the water. 2 They hatch from small eggs laid in a pond or lake by their mother. 3 Frog eggs are round and toad eggs are laid in long strings. There is enough food in each egg to last 21 days. 4 After a few weeks, they begin to grow back legs, then front legs. 5 Soon after, the froglets begin to breathe air and lose their tails. They will grow larger, and in a few months, become adults.

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