<h3>Five Little Speckled Frogs</h3><p>A fun, counting song that is quite easy to learn and sing unaccompanied, with actions.</p>                                                                                                                                    <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Five little speckled frogs</li>            <li>Sat on a speckled log</li>            <li>Eating some most delicious bugs - Yum Yum!</li>            <li>One jumped into the pool</li>            <li>Where it was nice and cool</li>            <li>Now there are four green speckled frogs! Glub glub!</li>            <li>__</li>            <li>And so on, until there is just one green speckled frog</li>    </ul>                                                                                

<h3>Snail, Snail</h3><p>First you could take the children outside to look for snails. Perhaps you will be lucky enough so to see the trail left by a snail or slug. I like to introduce this song by taking in an empty snail shell in a box. The children are always intrigued. </p><p><u class="highlight">Hint:</u> I learned (the hard way!) that it's essential to wash the snail shell first, otherwise it stinks.</p><p>This is a <a href="https://music-playtime.com/member/topics/ourselves-and-our-friends/early-years/introductory">sing-song voice</a> song and it's great fun to do.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <p>Everyone join hands in a big circle. You don't need to teach this in advance Ã¢â‚¬â€œ just do it, as long as you sing the words clearly! As you all sing the song, slowly lead the children in a spiral, curling inwards so that you form the pattern of a snail shell. At the finish, you will be in the middle of the snail and you can sing the song again as, keeping hold of hands, you walk slowly outwards again.</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Snail, snail</li>            <li>Snail, snail</li>            <li>Making such a long, long trail</li>    </ul>                                                                                                                                                

Snail, snail - Video

<h3>Snail, Snail</h3><p>First you could take the children outside to look for snails. Perhaps you will be lucky enough so to see the trail left by a snail or slug. I like to introduce this song by taking in an empty snail shell in a box. The children are always intrigued. </p><p><u class="highlight">Hint:</u> I learned (the hard way!) that it's essential to wash the snail shell first, otherwise it stinks.</p><p>This is a <a href="https://pango.education/lesson/184743/Ourselves & Our Friends Level: Early Years - Introductory">sing-song voice</a> song and it's great fun to do.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/363900095?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <p>Everyone join hands in a big circle. You don't need to teach this in advance â€“ just do it, as long as you sing the words clearly! As you all sing the song, slowly lead the children in a spiral, curling inwards so that you form the pattern of a snail shell. At the finish, you will be in the middle of the snail and you can sing the song again as, keeping hold of hands, you walk slowly outwards again.</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Snail, snail</li>            <li>Snail, snail</li>            <li>Making such a long, long trail</li>    </ul>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/profelis_aurata-758367-unsplash.jpg" alt="Profelis Aurata 758367 Unsplash">    </div>                                                                <h3>Five Little Speckled Frogs</h3><p>A fun, counting song that is quite easy to learn and sing unaccompanied, with actions.</p>                                                                <audio class="lazy_av" controls="" controlslist="nodownload">    <source src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/Lucia_5-Little-Speckled-Frogs.mp3" type="audio/mp3"></source></audio>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Five little speckled frogs</li>            <li>Sat on a speckled log</li>            <li>Eating some most delicious bugs - Yum Yum!</li>            <li>One jumped into the pool</li>            <li>Where it was nice and cool</li>            <li>Now there are four green speckled frogs! Glub glub!</li>            <li>__</li>            <li>And so on, until there is just one green speckled frog</li>    </ul>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/frog-2245024_1280.png" alt="Frog 2245024 1280">    </div>

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Five little speckled frogs - Song

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Five little speckled frogs - Song

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Five Little Speckled Frogs