Pacca Alpaca: Square
Pacca Alpaca finds squares everywhere, from a chessboard and ravioli to a clock and a keyboard, then asks children to find some. For ages 4 to 9.
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What is Pacca Alpaca: Square about?
Pacca Alpaca: Square is an animated video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Pacca Alpaca shows them the square in the everyday things all 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 of chalk shapes, and then the word SQUARE appears, made of tiny coloured squares, before a child builds a square from four magnetic sticks.
From there, the word is called out as squares come on the screen in real photographs and film, many of them traced with a bright outline. Children see a drain cover in the pavement, a chessboard, a cushion, the seat of a chair, a bowl of ravioli, the windows of a red brick building, sticky notes, squares of coloured paper laid one inside another, a slice of cheese on toast with a smiley face, a photo frame, a cat's bed, an ice-cube tray, a square clock and the keys of a computer keyboard. Pacca joins in, napping on the cushion with his teddy and relaxing on a beach inside the photo frame.
At the end comes the challenge: "Your turn! Find some squares!" The video lasts about two minutes and is not music-free.
What your child will learn
- A square has four sides that are all the same length, and four corners.
- Many everyday things, like cushions, clocks and windows, are squares.
- We can play a game of finding shapes at home.
Talk about it afterwards
- Can you find a square in this room?
- Can you count the squares in one row of a chessboard?
- Can you make a square with four sticks or straws?
- How is a square different from a rectangle?
Frequently asked questions
What age is Pacca Alpaca: Square suitable for?
Children aged 4 to 9, especially young children who are learning to name shapes.
How long is Pacca Alpaca: Square?
About 2 minutes.
What does Pacca Alpaca: Square teach children?
The square, and how to spot it in everyday things such as a chessboard, a clock, a cushion and a keyboard.
