Learning languages through nature is a way to bring children into a natural environment in order to encourage learning. By adding a specific nature topic that your children are interested in is a definitive bonus.
When children are outdoors they become more inquisitive and also more open to taking on information that in a normal classroom environment.
This bilingual freebie about snails is there for you to help improve your child’s language learning in either English or German using nature.
So his can we use this freebie that can help you and your child’s language learning journey?
The freebie includes the following;
- Some types of garden snails/ Verschiedene after von Gartenschnecken
- Colouring in a snail/ Ausmalbild Gartenschnecke
- Nature spotting/ Natur-Beobachtung
- The letter S/ der Buchstabe S
- Poem/Gedicht
If you have younger children between the ages of 4-10 then there are some easy language learning ideas for you.
Flashcards – Types of Garden Snails
These flashcards can be used for a basic games of memory of also for some snail spotting activities. One you have spotted the certain snails you can also learn the names of the various types and then check the names in English and german.
Colouring In a Snail Page
This could be used to learn colours and also parts of a snail. Think about some easy sentences that could be learnt here, for example The snail ist grey (Die Schnecke ist grau).
Nature Spotting Sheet
Get out there in the forest and spot some snails. Maybe you can also spot other species and name them in English and German. If you do not know what type they are draw them or take a picture of them and use it for a research project!
The Letter S
If you have going children that are still learning their alphabet then this sheet is for you! Get practising writing the letter S.
Poem
This could be used as an understanding exercise or a mini translation exercise. If you have not been learning English or German for long together then look through the poem and identify words that you know and ask for them in English and german.
Slow little steps that is the key to language learning with younger children.
If you are looking for other resources about snails check out this blog post from Raising Little shoots.
If you are interested in other free resources, take a look here
Have fun learning languages with snails!
