Pacca Alpaca: Red
Pacca Alpaca finds red all around, from strawberries and a double-decker bus to a post box, then asks children to find something red. Ages 4 to 9.
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What is Pacca Alpaca: Red about?
Pacca Alpaca: Red is an animated video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Pacca Alpaca shows them the colour red 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 very short episode is part of his colours series. It opens with a painter's easel and the word "Colours!", and then the word RED is written out in red wool.
From there, the colour is called out as red things come on the screen in real photographs and film. Children see a crate of red peppers, strawberries, a double-decker bus, a red feather, a boat in a harbour, a red traffic light, a telephone box, a window box of red flowers, an old red tractor and a post box on the street. There is messy fun too: a child's hands covered in red paint, pressing handprints all over a sheet of paper. Pacca joins in, riding on the bus, standing by the boat in a captain's hat, driving the tractor in a straw hat and waiting beside the post box.
At the end, the pictures come back as snapshots, and then the challenge: "Your turn! Find something red!" At just over a minute, it is quick to watch again and again. It is not music-free.
What your child will learn
- Red is one of the colours all around us.
- Fruits, vegetables and things in the street can be red.
- We can play a game of finding colours at home or outside.
Talk about it afterwards
- Can you find something red in this room?
- Which red fruit did you see in the video?
- What red things might you see on a walk down the street?
- Would you like to make red handprints like the ones in the video?
Frequently asked questions
What age is Pacca Alpaca: Red suitable for?
Children aged 4 to 9, especially young children who are learning the names of colours.
How long is Pacca Alpaca: Red?
About a minute.
What does Pacca Alpaca: Red teach children?
The colour red, and how to spot it in food and in the street, from strawberries to a post box.
