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. Then the humpback whale Held out his tail And on crawled snail after snail after snail. Encourage your child to find the words that rhyme. And the whale and the snail Told their wonderful tale Of shimmering ice and coral caves, And shooting stars and enormous waves, And of how the snail, so small and frail, With her looping, curling, silvery trail, Saved the life of the humpback whale. 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 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. 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.
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