Snail Resources for our Young Children in Spring Time!

Outside in nature, pay attention!
You may find a snail! 



In spanish: 
SNAIL with a SHELL  ~~~~ CARACOL
SLUG with no shell ~~~ BABOSA

Snails can bring out the best in humans. We can get so quiet, and focused just watching them.  They are tender and curious. They have a lot to teach us.

You could make a spring terrarium with a pet snail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ith6tv5KM

FIRST, FOR ADULTS!!!
The Sound of the Wild Snail Eating.... by Elizabeth Tova Baily
Renowned Neural Doctor, Dr. Oliver Sacks, gave this book to every person he loved dearly on the holidays of his last year of life.  It is EXQUISTITE!!!!
         a video preview of this wonderful book


Now, LIVE SNAIL OBSERVATIONS for EVERYONE!

Mindful moment!  Watch a real snail moving with calm music


WONDERFUL SONGS ABOUT SNAILS

A classroom singing with hand gestures of the snail!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNAl6nrVkLc

A very fun animated song, by Bob Brown

A song about how to respect a snail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c4QizatGts

Sammy the Snail, a jazzy song about traveling around the world, by Mama Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8eIOmdSQ4E


SOME GREAT SNAIL STORIES!!!


A book about Spirals in Nature:
Swirl by Swirl by Joy Sidman with
wonderful illustrations by Beth Krommes
read:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwkUvtxobU
illustrations with music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlI23OI4bBo

Snail Brings the Mail read by a little girl named Clover 
by Russell Punter and Marai MacKinnon

Snail Trail by Ruth Brown, by a really fun reader named Phonic Fairy
with a HUGE REAL snail on her lap!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsCgl6DobN4

An illustrated story:  Tiny Snail by Tammy Carter Bronson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUj8No-GPa0


A rhyming story:  "The Snail and The Whale" by Julia Donaldson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hheolVGZVvs

Book: Are You A Snail? By Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5PiUuAPv4

Sensitive Snail Song! by Kids Kiddy HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wr0XFTIEf8

SNAILS IN OTHER LANGUAGES! 
Counting snails in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZRWdAWC-M

Spanish Song about Caracolita:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkcK8uIlb1Y


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