Ricky can’t go out because of the rain. He makes a water picture inspired by Turner, as well as a ‘Whatever the Weather Hat’. When it turns out the weather isn’t so bad, it inspire him to make art using a hose pipe and luminous paint.
Grade levels: Preschool
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Day of the Bug
Ricky has a cold, so he makes an unusual ‘Nose Tissue Dispenser’ to help keep it at bay. The last thing he needs is to make art in a freezing cave with his mate Michael, but their fluorescent creation brings light relief and amazing results!
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Day of the Decoration
Ricky is redecorating. He makes some Escher inspired wallpaper to add pizzazz to his flat, and he uses paint filled balloons to help add colour to Sarah’s flat!. Turns out this wasn’t the kind of painting Sarah had hoped for!
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Day of the Trash
Ricky is tidying up. His dad brings around a box of his old junk including a robot, which helps him to create a pointillism picture with cotton buds. His old pogo stick inspires Ricky and his friends to make a huge pogo painting.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: Air and Wind
In this program, Bailey learns about the wind as he experiences it. With help from his magical magnifying glass, Bailey and viewers learn about the complexity of wind and air and they come to understand that air is moving all around us.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: It’s Hot Outside
Bailey is planning a fun summer days activity with Boggs. Bailey realizes that knowing what the weather will be is important and comes to understand that the middle of the day is the hottest time. They learn about keeping themselves and their food cool. Maggie explains how the sun rays can be harmful and that people need to plan for protection as well as for fun.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: It’s Freezing
When Bailey plans for some wintertime activities, he looks at cold weather and discovers how he can stay warm, and retain heat by insulation. Animated graphics help viewers to learn about different temperatures.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: It’s Raining
In this program Bailey learn follows a rainstorm from the begining to the end. Through his magical magnifying glass, he comes to understand what happens to cause a rainstorm and why? Bailey learns how people are affected by rain as he explores the properties of water.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: Powerful Weather
Bailey learns the way in which weather affects people all over the world. Through his adventure, he comes to understand how weather affects the clothes we wear, our homes as well as the animals and land all around us.
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Bailey’s Big Backyard: The Tropical Rainforest
Bailey is an adventurous and inquisitive kid whose curiosity leads him to explore the world with the help of his two friends, Boggs, a mischievous Frog, and Maggie the magical magnifying glass. This program opens with Bailey exploring his “animated” backyard. As he plays, he discovers, and that naturally leads to questions. Bailey’s questions are posed to Maggie who invites them to take a closer look into her glass. There the answers await. Maggie then transports Bailey and Bog to a real world rainforest to help them find answers to their questions.