Created for children ages 5 - 9.
Included in this Purchase:
- Carly the Chameleon Hardcover Book
- PDF Digital Downloads:
- Resource & Activity Pack
- Music & Movement Pack
- Online access to:
- Resource & Activity Pack
- Music & Movement Pack
- Flip Book
- Music Video
- Video Resources
Carly the Chameleon - Bundle Collection
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Inside Carly the Chameleon Resource & Activity Pack:
CELEBRATING ME AND WE — SOCIAL STUDIES
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Spin It, Twin It, & Win It!: Find a matching or opposite partner and race to a spot to score points.
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Mirror, Mirror: Children take turns sharing something positive about themselves while looking in a mirror.
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One of a Kind Certificate: Children receive certificates celebrating their unique strengths.
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My True Colours: Children explore their opinions and learn about others through colour-coded choices.
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How I Am Special: Children record personal details, such as fingerprints and height, and fun facts to celebrate their uniqueness.
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Five Things I Do with My Hands, Feet and Brain: Children identify and draw their strengths.
UNDERSTANDING COLOUR — ART
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How Colours Make Me Feel: Children explore how different colours make them feel through drawing and discussion.
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Carly Colour Matching: Children connect colours with their written names.
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Chameleon Copycat: A fast-paced game where children match colour patterns.
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Colour Bingo: Players match coloured cards to their colour bingo boards.
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Colour Mixing with Carly: Children predict and mix colours to explore how they change.
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Colour by Numbers: Children colour Carly by matching numbers to the correct colours.
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Classroom Chameleon: Children each add a decorated scale to a large chameleon to show and celebrate what makes them unique.
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Colour Me Unique: Children draw and colour a picture of a chameleon in a way that represents themselves.
LEARNING CAMOUFLAGE — SCIENCE
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Animals that Camouflage: Children learn about camouflage and match animals to five camouflage types.
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Chameleon Hide and Seek: Children search for Carly using sound clues that get louder as they get closer.
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Spot the Chameleon: Children find hidden chameleon outlines to sharpen observation skills.
LITERACY
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Carly Letters: Letter-writing practice sheets.
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Carly Word and Letter Searches: Children practise letter and word recognition with a letter search and three word searches at different difficulty levels.
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Carly Write and Discuss: Children discuss the story and practise writing words and stories.
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Word Scramble Maze: Children follow the lines to unscramble the positive message.
NUMERACY & PROBLEM-SOLVING
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Carly Numbers: Number-writing practice sheets.
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Carly Maths: Carly Maths combines playful counting, colouring and drawing activities to help children build early number sense.
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Creating Graphs with Carly: Children sort 32 cards by colour, record their findings in a tally chart, and create bar and pie graphs.
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Carly Mazes: Children navigate through mazes of varying difficulty.
HOMEWORK & PROJECTS
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Brain Boost Weekly x10 Homework Sheets: Carly-themed homework sheets for the whole term.
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Chameleon Projects: Children choose to make a poster, booklet, report or slideshow about chameleons.
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Inside Carly the Chameleon Music & Movement Pack
SING THE SONG
1. Lyrics & Music Download: Sing along with Carly’s catchy original track or use the instrumental version for solo or group singing.
2. Karaoke & Music Video: Watch and sing to Carly’s karaoke video.
3. Carly’s Vocabulary Match: Build vocabulary, support the story, and strengthen lyric memory.
4. Three Strikes You’re Out: Watch and sing to Carly’s karaoke video.
5. Fill in the Lyrics: Fill in the missing words to help learn and remember the song.
6. Lyric Puzzle: Rebuild the song by ordering cut-up lyric lines.
7. Act it Out: A charades-style game where children act out lines.
8. Echo and Alter: Children echo lines from the song in different vocal styles.
9. Carly’s Confidence Ladder: Children explore Carly’s feelings from the story and connect them to their own experiences.
10. Reflection and Connection: Understand the flow of the lyrics and strengthen recall.
PLAY THE SONG
11. Bells & Boomwhacker Video: Play along with colour-coded notes using bells or boomwhackers.
12. Chord Charts: View chords to the song on guitar, ukulele, and piano.
13. Play the Song on Piano and Guitar: Learn how to play Carly the Chameleon on piano or guitar.
14. Carly Chorus Notation: Follow along to the chorus of the song with simple notation.
15. Basic Cajon Lesson: Learn about why and how we play the cajon for percussion.
16. Play Cajon to the Song: Learn how to play cajon with Carly the Chameleon.
MOVE TO THE SONG
17. Exercise Video: Follow simple exercise movements set to Carly’s song.
18. Music Movement Patterns: Create your own rhythm patterns using the key, then clap, tap, or play them out loud.
19. Rainbow Moves - Game: Match colours to actions and test memory.
20. Camouflage Like Carly - Animal Twist Game: Find and touch colours like chameleons.
MUSIC WORKSHEETS
21. Musical Spelling: Decode the hidden message by labelling the blank notes.
22. Colour-Coded Notes: Colour in the notes with the correct corresponding colour.
23. Rhythm Challenges: Read and clap rhythms to build timing and coordination.
24. Mnemonic: Create your own silly sentence to remember the treble clef line notes.
25. Music Maths: Add up the beats of the notes to solve each maths equation.
26. Music Appreciation Worksheet: Listen and reflect on the song’s instruments, style, and message.
27. Answers: Check your answers to the activities and worksheets.
Dive into the colourful world of Carly the Chameleon as she goes on her journey of self-discovery and acceptance. With vibrant illustrations, an empowering message, and an upbeat song, this heart-warming book will captivate young readers and inspire them to love who they are.
