Impromptu Game Made from his Pre-K Prize: We had so much fun!

When I went over to school to pick up Froot Loop today, he was super excited! He had won a prize for being the ONLY kid in the pre-k class to go over to the carpet squares and sit down quietly. I am so proud of him. 

His pre-k teacher gave him a plastic flippy frog as a little reward. It's really cute and he was so excited. He kept flipping it all over the house. Suddenly, I got a flash of inspiration and decided to make him a little game for it. 

I took a blue piece of giant 12x18" construction paper and a piece of regular green paper. 

I cut out four green lily pads and taped them to the blue paper. 

I asked Froot Loop how many points each lily pad is worth and he told me 1, 100, 4, and 30 points. 

Then we took turns trying to get the frog to land on one of the lily pads. It didn't count unless he had at least 3 feet on the lily pad. 

I can see lots of ways of expanding this activity. We can work on adding, following rules, or I can make the lily pads into letters for a different game. I am really looking forward to this! 

Plus, I LOVE that flipping the frog works on his fine motor skills! 

So far today we've played with this for a good half hour and he's played with it on his own for at least another half hour. This is a perfect quiet time activity! 

How many points are your lily pads worth?