The frog goes through four main stages in its life cycle: egg, tadpole, developing froglet, and adult frog. In the egg stage, the frog lays many jelly-coated eggs. These hatch into tadpoles, which have tails and gills. As the tadpole grows, it develops lungs and limbs while its tail is reabsorbed, allowing it to live on land as an adult frog.

1. Life Cycle of a Frog
Grade 3

2. Metamorphosis
• Metamorphosis is the changes
that a frog goes through
during its life cycle.
• There are four main stages in
the life cycle of the frog.

3. Egg
• The first stage in the life cycle
of the frog is the egg.
• A frog lays many eggs at one
time.
• The eggs are covered with a
jellylike coating.

4. Tadpole
• The second stage of the frog
life cycle is the tadpole.
• Hatched tadpoles have gills
for breathing in the water.
• They have a tail, but no legs.

5. • As a tadpole grows,
lungs begin to form.
• Back and front legs
begin to grow. These
parts allow the adult
frog to live on land.

6. Adult Frog
• Once the lungs form and
begin to work, the gills
and tail disappear.
• The adult frog is now
ready to live on land.

7. What is the first
stage of the frog
life cycle?

8. The first stage
of the frog life
cycle is the egg.

9. What is the
second stage of
the frog life
cycle?

10. The second stage of
the frog life cycle
is the tadpole.

11. What is the last
stage of the frog
life cycle?

12. The last stage of the
frog life cycle is
the adult frog.

13. Sources
• http://www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/life_cycl
e_of_frogs.htm
• http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/youthspace/ca/L
orraine/frog_life_cycle.htm