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	PAINT IT Read or listen to instructions and paint the pictures. A Bedroom A clown's face A flag Pets A playground A rainbow Sea creatures A box of sweets An ice-skater A magic spell Transport

	colours

Practise words for the colours you can see around you every day. Go on a trip into space with Billy and Splodge and meet some scary but colourful animals. Here you'll find lots of things to listen to, read and colour. You can also learn a song about the colours of the rainbow. "Red, yellow, pink and ..."

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		match the colours
		Billy and Splodge went on a space adventure and they visited lots of planets. Here are some of the colourful things they saw. Match the words and pictures.

		what's the colour?
		What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow? You can use your paintbox to help you, but you have to hurry. Read the clues then guess the colour.

		colour quiz
		Which planet is red? Are buses in London really purple? How much do you know about colours? Try this quiz

		i can sing a rainbow
		"Red and yellow and pink and green..." Can you sing a rainbow? Listen to a song and paint a rainbow online.

		our colourful world
		Billy and Splodge are in a spaceship. They are visiting different planets. They visit a red planet, a blue planet, a green planet...what do they see on the different planets? Read and listen to a story about our colourful world.

colour chart

A chart to help you learn the words for different colours.

Print chart (53.5 KB)

write the colours

Read, write and colour the stars and paint pots.

Print Activity (197.97KB)

colour match

What colour is a crocodile? Look at the pictures and match the things to the colours.

Print activity (408.36 KB)

colour the insects

What colour are the insects? Read, colour and write!
Print activity (127KB)

more colours

What is turquoise? And shocking pink? Practise more colour words in English.

Print activity (200KB)

Pictures to colour

Print pictures to colour

The circus
Trees
A magic spell
Insects
Flags
A clown's face

FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
Parents and teachers can find ideas for using these resources in the classroom on the British Council/BBC Teaching English website.