You can explain to them that you are looking for words that sound the same at the end, but remind them that these words might not be spelt the same.

Encourage your child to find the words that rhyme. Print the FREE resource below and cut up the pictures. I’ve made a rhyming game for you to play with your child based on the words in the book. On your second and third readings of the story you can point out the rhyming words as you come across them e.g. When you initially read the book, you can place an emphasis on the rhyming words on each page.įor example, on the first page you could say:Īnd a great big, grey-blue humpback whale In one sequence, the snail is looking up. Due to the number of rhyming words in this story it makes it the perfect opportunity to work on your child’s awareness of rhyming words. Produced in a stop-motion/CG hybrid style, the story is a simple one a snail yearns to see the world, so it catches a ride on the back of a whale. Together they go on an amazing adventure – but when the whale gets beached, what will the snail do? Follow the tiny snail’s exciting journey around the world… Here are my top The Snail and the Whaleactivities you can do with your child to help support his/her speech & language development:ġ. Longing to see the world, a tiny snail hitches a lift on the tail of a humpback whale. This book by the award-winning Gruffalo partnership is about a tiny snail who longs to see the world, and the enormous grey-blue humpback whale who gives. The Snail and the Whale A Savannah Kids Live Show adaptation of the wonderful story by Julia Donaldson A humble sea snail with a big imagination slides around. Snail and the whale is better imo but tiddler has more ocean content Sharing a shell is nice for that age too.

The snail and the whale