i became a tadpole. i had little gills for breathing and a mouth and tail, and soon, i started to swim, but knew i could be more than a tadpole. that's when my life changed. i started to grow legs, my body got longer, my head looked more like, well, a head. before i knew it, i had arms and a tail! but i still wasn't all that i could be. after a while, i lost my tail, and i hopped out of the pond. - and you became a frog! - that's how we became frogs, too. - yes. my story is your story, except i wanted more. that's why i became a singer! - sing for us, jumpy! - sure! ♪ forget your troubles ♪ come on, get hoppy ♪ leap all your cares away - that frog's a born singer! - next on the frog channel "the tales of peter ribbit," followed by "raging bullfrog." - oh. oh. thanks, tv. thank you. boy. elmo wants to learn more about frogs. how can we find out more? [doorbell rings] well, who could that be? come in! - hiya! ha ha! want to talk to a frog? ribbit! ribbit ribbit! - oh, yeah. we can talk to a frog! yay! - if

tadpoles. yes.oles, and he found these in a neighbor's pool. why do you think we just sang the speckled frog song? child: because there was tadpoles. woman: because there was tadpoles? second child: the tadpoles turn into frogs. because the tadpoles turn into frogs. good thinking. hendrick: in this more interactive and collaborative approach, the teacher and children seek out answers together. the teacher continues to make plans, but adjusts them as she pays attention to the children and finds out what is particularly interesting to them. she's also constantly looking for problems to present to the children so they can propose their own solutions-- their solutions, not hers. woman: what about-- yes, natalie? child: i have tadpoles at home. if you want to see it alive, i'll be able to bring one to school. that would be great. hendrick: for example, perhaps the children are raising a baby rabbit. the teacher might ask them for ways they can make him comfortable and healthy. do they think he's lonely?

return, from tadpole to total live.ature undergoes one of the most astonishing transformation you will ever see. right here on "animal >> do you know the name of this small, wart-covered amphibian? it may not be the prettiest animal in the world but it undergoes one of the most astonishing physical transformations on earth. a toad is actually a type of fraud. but it has some distinct differences. frog. unlike frogs, who spent most of their time in or near water, toads spend most of their time on land because their skin is tougher and does not need to be kept as moist. also have worked all over their body which actually serve as important purpose. >> the warts on their skin seem to be for camouflage. they are usually a dark brown color and this allows them to blend in. some of the wars are associated with different types of glands that produce menem's and poisons, and things like that. >> what about the rumor that touching a toad will give you warts. talhat is an old wives' complete nonsense. >> ok then. toad is cycle of

i became a tadpole.ur troubles ♪ come on, get hoppy ♪ leap all your cares away - that frog's a born singer! - next on the frog channel "the tales of peter ribbit," followed by "raging bullfrog." - oh. oh. thanks, tv. thank you. boy. elmo wants to learn more about frogs. how can we find out more? [doorbell rings] well, who could that be? come in! - hiya! ha ha! want to talk to a frog? ribbit! ribbit ribbit! - oh, yeah. we can talk to a frog! yay! - if you can catch me. whoa! [ribbiting] - frog! oh! ha ha ha! frog, frog, frog, frog, wait, wait, wait, frog. wait, wait. elmo wants to know what it's like to be a frog. - i haven't the froggiest. ha ha ha! ribbit! ooh, ooh. watch this! i have a long tongue for catching flies. [fly buzzing] - oh! - whoo! - ha ha ha! fast food! - yeah. ha ha! oh, and i can breathe through my skin. breathe in, breathe out. just like that. - oh. elmo bathes through elmo's nose like this. [inhales] [exhales] - ooh! ooh, ooh! that's not all i can do. i can camouflage myself! [grunts]