Pacca Alpaca: Circle
Pacca Alpaca finds circles everywhere, from doughnuts and clocks to a big wheel and a dartboard, then asks children to find some. For ages 4 to 9.
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What is Pacca Alpaca: Circle about?
Pacca Alpaca: Circle is an animated video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Pacca Alpaca shows them the circle, one of the first shapes they learn, in the world around them.
Pacca Alpaca is a fantastically fluffy guide who travels the world with children, discovering languages and cultures along the way. This short episode is part of his shapes series. It opens at a blackboard covered in chalk shapes, and then the word CIRCLE appears, made of bright coloured dots, before a pen draws a circle on paper.
From there, the word is called out as round things come on the screen in real photographs and film, some of them traced with a bright outline. Children see a box of doughnuts, the door of a washing machine, a giant observation wheel and a fairground wheel lit up at night, a wall of clocks, a round "push to open" button, a basketball hoop, a dartboard, a no-entry sign, a bowl of cereal hoops, a spinning coin and the two O's of the word LOOK painted on a road. Pacca pops up among them: peeping out of the washing machine, floating in a circle of light and wearing a police hat beside the road sign.
At the end comes the challenge: "Your turn! Find some circles!" At under two minutes, it is quick to watch again, and it is not music-free.
What your child will learn
- A circle is a round shape with no corners.
- Circles are all around us, in clocks, wheels, coins and food.
- We can play a game of finding shapes at home.
Talk about it afterwards
- Can you find a circle in this room?
- Which round things did Pacca Alpaca find?
- Can you draw a circle in the air with your finger?
- What round food do you like to eat?
Frequently asked questions
What age is Pacca Alpaca: Circle suitable for?
Children aged 4 to 9, especially young children who are learning to name shapes.
How long is Pacca Alpaca: Circle?
About 2 minutes.
What does Pacca Alpaca: Circle teach children?
The circle, and how to spot it in everyday things such as clocks, wheels, coins and doughnuts.
