"I'm just a kid who's four, each day I grow some more, I like exploring, I'm Caillou."

Caillou is a 4-year-old boy who is learning about life, one step at a time. This animated character, first introduced to the world in storybook format, is believable and fun. Caillou's adventures involve rather simple stories about growing up--learning exactly what his limits are, developing patience and understanding, and solving problems that many real children his age face. 

In between Caillou stories, children watch vignettes starring live-action puppets. These puppets are meant to be Caillou's pet cat, Gilbert, and his toy stuffed animals, although it is hard for many children to make that connection, simply because this puppet world is very different than the animated world of Caillou. In these interludes, the puppets learn new words (such as "plethora") from the dictionary, Gilbert tries to compose an "ode" but struggles with writer's block, and Teddy is sad but he can't find words to express himself. Other vignettes feature live-action song-videos all about books and wordless communication. 

Although we are not quite as smitten with the puppet vignettes as we are with the Caillou stories, the video is worthwhile for its social lessons and simple stories. Even though the video's title might suggest that kids will learn some reading basics, the video is actually an exploration of communication in general.

http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=1752027

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrTyDw01Eng&feature=related

http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/characters/?preset=caillou

http://www.caillou.com/indexEN.shtml

http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/index.html

http://www.tudiscoverykids.com/personajes/caillou/

http://www.cartoonito.co.uk/parents/shows/caillou

其他網站

http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=188

http://coloringpagesforkids.info/caillou-coloring-pages/

http://www.123coloring.com/heroes/coloringpages,caillou.html

http://pbskids.org/

http://www.njn.net/kids/videoplayer.html