First Grade · Frog Life Cycle

Frog Eggs

Stage 1 of 5. Read, look, and listen.

Frogs lay thousands of eggs that do not have shells. They are covered with a jelly-like substance that helps protect them from being eaten by creatures in the water. The eggs stick together to form frog-spawn that floats to the top of the water. A few days later the tadpoles hatch out.

  • A close-up of frog eggs in clear jelly. Each egg has a dark dot in the middle.
  • Many round frog eggs packed together in jelly.
  • A small clump of frog eggs floating in water.

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