--- title: "Nursery - Maths - Five Little Speckled Frogs" url: "https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-05-06-nursery-maths-five-little-speckled-frogs" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Maths - Five Little Speckled Frogs ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/IMG_6791.jpeg) 6 May 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/IMG_6791.jpeg) This week the children have shown high levels of engagement with the chia slime, exploring its texture with their hands, describing it as "slimy" and "squishy." When prompted to search for the hidden frogs, they demonstrated great observation skills, carefully moving aside the twigs, leaves and plants within the slime. As each frog was discovered, the children showed excitement and a developing understanding of object permanence. Upon finding a frog, most children were able to place it onto the designated log. As a group, they participated in singing "Five Little Speckled Frogs,". The children used some number language when counting the frogs, with some friends counting all of the frogs accurately. [Nursery](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Maths](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/maths) [Music](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/music) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-05-02_16_18_31.jpg)](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-05-02-year-5-pshe) Previous ### [Year 5 PSHE ](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-05-02-year-5-pshe) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/fostering-a-sense-of-belonging.jpg)](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-05-07-fostering-a-sense-of-belonging) Next ### [Fostering a Sense of Belonging](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-05-07-fostering-a-sense-of-belonging) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news) - [Events](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/events) - [Clubs](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)