Zip and the Magic Rainbow - Activity Pack

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Zip and the Magic Rainbow - Activity Pack

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Notes for the grown-ups – PLEASE READ

Welcome to the Zip Dog Bumper Activity Pack.

Of course, you know the level that your child can work at and their attention levels.

Below is merely a guide, this is not official educational material just a bit of fun and hopefully

material you and your little one(s) enjoy.

Colour Me Happy Page

Colouring and reading session – together or independently.

Zip Quizzes

All the ‘Zip Quizzes’ sections are based around the extract on the ‘Colour Me Happy’ page along with

extra questions to stimulate your child’s thinking and to discuss different topics.

3y-4.5y - a great interaction opportunity to discuss the ‘Colour Me Happy’ page

4.5y-6y – a great chance to grab a cup of tea and biscuit while they go through and answer the

questions on their own!

Word searches / Crosswords / Games / Opposites Poem

Age guide same as above, fun activities and talking points with the younger children and for the

older more confident children a time for you to sit back and relax for 10 minutes whilst they work

alone.

Please note, as mentioned above, this material is not official educational material and compiled as

lock-down started in an effort to help entertain the little ones as quite often they may need a little

extra to keep them busy in these indifferent times.

Please note that the ‘Colour Me Happy’ page is the start of a

new pack.

Good luck and we hope these packs are enjoyed.

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Colour Me Happy

Meet Zip,

Zip is a happy pup.

Zip just loves having fun,

he likes to play, skip and run.

Zip goes to puppy school during the week,

he loves to learn and play ‘Hide and Seek’.

At the weekend it is time to explore

the great outdoors, shall we find out more?

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Zip Quiz

1 – Is Zip a happy pup or a sad pup?

2 – Can you name all the different colours on Zip?

3 – How many different colours are on Zip?

4 – What game does Zip like to play?

5 – Can you think of 5 words that rhyme with Zip?

Word search with Zip

Can you find….

1 zipdog 6 pup

2 happy 7 play

3 red 8 school

4 blue 9 yellow

5 fun 10 weekend

CAN YOU FIND THE TWO ANIMALS – BOTH THREE LETTERS LONG

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Colour Me Happy

Zip has never seen this wonder before,

he asks Ducky to explain.

Ducky tells Zip, “That’s what happens

when the sun shines through the rain.”

“The light is reflected, it is a magical flow,”

Zip barks, “Ah, my very first rainbow!”

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Zip Quiz 1 – Do you think Ducky is a clever duck or a silly duck?

2 – How many colours are in the rainbow?

3 – What colours make up a rainbow?

4 – What two things are needed to make a rainbow?

5 – Can you think of 5 words that rhyme with ‘flow’?

Crossword with Zip Can you solve the puzzle using the story you have read so far?

Down

1 – What colour is the sun?

2 – What colour is Zip’s body?

3-Where does Zip live?

5 – What colour is Zip’s right ear?

7 – Is the sun happy or sad?

Across

2 – Does Zip woof or bark?

4 – What colour is the second stripe of the rainbow?

6 -What colour is Zip’s left ear?

8 – What is falling from the clouds?

9 – Zip is a happy ……. (can you remember from the last Zip Pack?)

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Colour Me Happy

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Zip Quiz 1 – How does Zip get to the seven strips of the rainbow?

2 – How many lands is Zip going to discover?

3 – Can you remember what colours make up a rainbow?

4 – How many times can you say

“Let’s skip Zip, skip. Skip Zip, skip”

Without laughing?

5 – Can you think of 5 words that rhyme with ‘skip’?

Games with Zip 1. Can you join up the pairs?

2. Play ‘Find the pair’ – Cut out the pictures .. turn them upside down and take turns

trying to pick a matching pair. The player with the most pairs – wins!

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Colour Me Happy

The “Who Does What Poem” by Jay Tee

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Zip Quiz

1 – Can you remember five different jobs from the poem?

2 – Who would you find working in space?

3 – Can you remember Zip’s friend’s name?

4 – How tall are you?

5 – What job would you like to do when you are a grown up? Why would you like to do that

job?

Word search with Zip

Can you find …..

zip vet baker pilot ducky

dentist fireman plumber nurse tyre

Extra challenge – for the brave… there are two jobs in the poem that are hidden in the

wordsearch? Can you find them?

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Colour Me Happy

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Zip Quiz

1 – What is your favourite fruit?

2 – Can you name five fruits that are not in the story?

3 – Can you name and write all the colours that make up Zip?

4 – Can you remember how many colours are in the rainbow and can you name them?

5 – How many words can you think of that rhyme with ‘red’?

Easter egg hunt and quiz, with Zip and Ducky

Zip and Ducky have got their eggs mixed up – can you help them?

Quiz

What are the numbers on the eggs that Zip has found? ___ and ___

What are the numbers on the eggs that Ducky has found? ___ and ___

Can you add up Zip’s numbers? ____ + ____ = ____

Can you add up Ducky’s numbers? ____ + ____ = ____

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Colour Me Happy

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Zip Quiz – The Big Beach Quiz 1 – What do you like to do when you go to the beach?

2 – Can you name five things that you find at the beach?

3 – Can you think of five words that rhyme with bat and five words that rhyme with ball?

4 – When you go to the beach, if the lifeguard has his red flag flying what does it mean?

Beach Crossword

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1 – What do you eat in a cone at the beach?

2- What do you need to play catch?

3 – In the yellow land of the rainbow there is a palm ……?

6 – What do you need to drink plenty of when you go to the beach?

7 – What makes the beach hot?

Across

2 - What do you need to build a sandcastle?

4 – What colour is the flag when you must not go in the sea?

5 – What do you need to dry yourself with after you have been in the sea?

7 – Where would you find the fish when you go to the beach?

8 – What walks sideways at the beach?

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Colour Me Happy – Disco Stu has lost his

colouring pens – can you help him make Zip and

Zap colourful again?

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Zip Quiz – ‘Same same, but different’

1 – Who is taller – Zip or Zap?

2 – How many spots does Zip have? How many spots does Zap have? How many spots do

they have altogether?

Zip spots___ + Zap spots_____ = ____

3 – What parts of Zip and Zap’s body are the same colour?

_________ ________ __________

4 – Who has the most stripes? (this could be a trick question….)

5 - How many words can you think of that rhyme with Zip and Zap?

Zip Zap

The ‘The Opposites Poem’ by Jay Tee

Tall, short,

Wide, thin,

Loose, taut,

Frown, grin.

Sad, glad,

Hot, cold,

Finish, start,

Soft, hard.

Wet, dry,

Dark, light,

Near, far,

Dull, bright.

Poem Quiz

What opposites do you now?

_______________________________________________________________________

The ‘Same same, but different poem’ by Jay Tee

Hair, fur.

Hand, paw,

Nose, snout,

Foot, claw.

Poem Test

What animal has fur? What animal has a paw? What animal has a snout?

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Colour Me Happy! – Join Zip as he discovers a land of monkey

puzzle trees and busy buzzing bees.

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Zip Quiz – The Forest Quiz 1 – What is Zip sitting on?

_________________

2 – How many bees are busy buzzing around Zip?

__________

3 – Which big grey animal would you find living in a rainforest in India? (Hint: Trunk) Can you

draw this animal?

4 – In the green stripe of the rainbow there are ‘dandelion fields full of magic and wishes’ –

what would you wish for if you were there?

5 – Can you think of three animals that live in a rainforest?

______________________ ____________________ ____________________

Wordsearch with Zip

Can you find …..

Zip bees green monkey explore

rainbow shamrocks enchanted toadstools rainforest

Extra challenge – for the brave… there are two animals that live in the rainforest that are

hidden in the wordsearch? Can you find them?

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Colour Me Happy

– Join Zip in the ocean!

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Zip Quiz – The Big Ocean Quiz

1 – What fish changes colour in the story?

_________________

2 –How does Zip get into the sea?

__________

3 – Why do you think that a stingray would burrow into the ocean bed?

__________

4 – If you went swimming in the ocean with Zip what fish and sea creatures would you like

to see? Can you draw them?

____________

5 – Can you name the colour of the rainbow that comes after blue?

_________

Zip Pack Crossword

Questions

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1 – What is Zip wearing on his paws to help him swim?

2 – Zip is a colourful _ _ _

3 – What month comes after October?

5 – How many legs does the starfish have in the picture?

6 – What does Zip ‘wag’?

Across

2 – What animal goes past in dash?

4 – What colour comes after blue in the rainbow?

7 – What watery creature is burrowing in the ocean bed?

8 – What colour does the cuttlefish change to?

9 – A watery _ _ _ _ of aqua delight.

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Colour Zip Happy

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Zip Quiz – The Big Colour Quiz

1 – What colours do you mix to make green?

Can you draw an animal that is green?

2 – What colours do you mix to make orange? What is orange that you might carve at

Halloween?

3 – How many words can you think of that rhyme with red - can you think of 7?

4 – What colour can you make if you mix blue and red?

5 - What is your favourite colour and why?

The Colour Challenge

Send a message to a teacher, friend or relative.

Colour in the picture, add a little message for them in the box!

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Colour Zip Happy

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Zip Quiz – The Waterfall Quiz 1 – If you could sail into the stunning violet waterfall where would you like to go?

2 – Can you remember which colours make purple?

3 – Can you name three things that you can eat that are purple or violet?

4 – Can you think of 5 words that rhyme with ‘delight’?

5 - Zip is sailing on a stream, what other bodies of water can you sail on?

Wordsearch with Zip

Can you find …..

waterfall stream violet purple breeze stripe boat delight dream Zip

Extra challenge – for the brave… there are two hidden colours hidden in the wordsearch?

Can you find them?

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Colour Zip Happy

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Zip Quiz – The “Zip And The Magic Rainbow” Quiz

1 – What do we need for a rainbow to appear?

2 – Which land in the Magic Rainbow would you like to visit with Zip and why?

3 – What fruits did you see in the land of red?

4 – What did Zip like to play in the land of yellow?

5 – What animals did you see in the land of blue?

6 – What colours do you need to make green?

7 – What colours do you need to make orange?

Zip – The Rainbow Crossword

Across

1 – What day did Zip have his adventure in the Magic Rainbow?

3 – Where does Zip race around in the land of orange?

5 – What are busy buzzing in the land of green?

7 – In the land of blue, the dolphin and the whale go past in a _ _ _ _

8 – Blue and what colour make purple?

9 – In the land of violet Zip sails along the purple _ _ _ _ _ _

Down

1 – How many lands are in the Magical Rainbow?

2 – Which fruits are sparkling in the land of red?

4 – Zip likes to build sand _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6 – What are twinkling in the land of green?

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