Travelling Tales: The Snail and the Whale

Take pupils on an adventure around the globe with Travelling Tales: The Snail and the Whale. The Travelling Tales series are a one-stop shop for teaching storytelling to KS1 pupils. They include everything you need to teach a cross-curricular series of lessons based on a quality text, including a Teacher Guide with ideas and inspiration for lessons.

In this Travelling Tales, teachers are provided with a copy of The Snail and the Whale written by the amazing Julia Donaldson and illustrated by the talented Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is a heart-warming story about one snail's dream to see the world, and the unlikely friendship that sparks adventures around the globe.

• Also included in the Travelling Tales story sack is a variety of resources that can be used alongside The Snail and the Whale to teach effective storytelling lessons.
• Give your voice a break and let the incredible talent of Imelda Staunton read The Snail and the Whale to your pupils by playing the included CD.
• Tell the story using physical representations of the characters with soft toy versions of the Snail and the Whale.
• Use the play mat to help pupils envision the journey the two protagonists take.
• Teach cross-curricular themed lessons using the Catch and Count maths-based game.
• Explore creatures from the ocean using the tub of plastic sea mammals and fish and learn all about them with Kings of the Ocean, a non-fiction book that investigates large ocean creatures.

What's in the Travelling Tales sack?

1 x copy of The Snail and the Whale*

1 x copy of Kings of the Ocean**

1 x soft toy representation of the main characters*

1 x play mat**

1 x Catch and Count game**

1 x tub of plastic sea mammals and fish**

1 x Teacher Guide**

Contents may vary from the description.

*"The Snail and the Whale" is a registered Trademark of Julia Donaldson, c/o Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency

**Products are not affiliated with or approved by, Julia Donaldson or Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency.

Reasons to Love

• Quality texts from well-known authors, are great for sharing with children; the patterned language promotes choral reading and retelling, naturally encouraging audience participation!
• Each bag provides a window into a new world where the children can learn new ideas and information through engaging and exciting stories
• Good quality materials support the texts, allowing children to create their own play with the characters, further developing vocabulary and language
• Each bag contains a related non-fiction text, developing the idea of the story with further information
• The games link to the text and provide the opportunity to work collaboratively and take turns while extending and developing the story

Learning Outcomes

• Provide opportunities for children to express views about events or characters in a story and to answer questions about what happened.
• Provide a wide range of media and materials to share thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
• After listening to stories, children can express views about events or characters in the story and answer questions about why things happened.
• Expose children to a wide range of reading material with lots of opportunities to engage with books that fire their imagination and interest.
• Pupils are given the opportunity to explain their understanding of books whilst developing comprehension skills as well as increasing vocabulary.
• Resources allow children to adopt, create, and sustain the roles of characters in the stories.
• Opportunities for improvisation as well as script drama are provided.
• Many opportunities for discussion of stories and books with the teacher including non-fiction texts.