52 x 10'

A Brand-New Preschool Animation Series

CONTENTS
New Eyes On A New World 4

The Series 5

Production Facts 6

Claude's World 8

Claude's Home 9

The Polarski Family 10

The Neighbours 14

Storylines 16

Educational Rationale 24

Fun with Claude Microsite 28

The Claude Books 32

Producer Profiles 34
 NEW EYES ON A NEW WORLD 
Based on the books by award-winning illustrator
David Wojtowycz, Fun with Claude sweeps young
viewers into the enchanting and colourful world of a
cute, cuddly and lively little polar bear who, like many
children today, has moved to a new home.

Claude has moved with his Mum, Dad and Gran from his icy Arctic home in Little
Snowington to a place that is far, far away and quite opposite – the sunny and
bustling town of Bearhampton, on the other side of the world.

In his new home Claude is intrigued and often bemused by everyday things. Rain
fascinates him, wheels mesmerise him and all the gadgets of modern life amaze
him. There are so many new things to learn about: creatures and plants he has
never seen before, strange and mysterious places he just can’t wait to visit, even
the simplest of things like the tickliness of the green grass is exciting.

Despite Claude’s occasional bewilderment he manages to get to grips with the

different challenges of Bearhampton life and share a little of his polar bear ways too!

It’s not easy being the only little polar bear in a bustling town full of bears of all
shapes and sizes, but our intrepid young adventurer takes it all in his stride and
with the help of his new friend and next-door neighbour Boris, Claude takes little
“paw steps” into understanding and discovering the amazing world around him.

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THE SERIES   52 x 10'
Fun with Claude the TV series takes a quirky and
comical look at an exciting new world.

It celebrates differences and encourages our young audience to take a closer look
at the things around them, introducing the knowledge and skills, understanding and
emotions that children need to make the most of everyday life.

Each 10-minute episode will have a gentle and humorous storyline driven by our
intrepid young polar bear, Claude.

At the start of the episode we see a bird’s-eye view of Bearhampton zooming in on

some comical antics of its bear inhabitants. We settle on Claude's house and finally
Claude, as the narrator begins to tell the audience, “One of the things Claude noticed
about his new home was …”

Each episode sees Claude exploring

something with “new eyes”, triggered
by an animal, a job, an object, an
event or nature. Part narrated, part
character-spoken, Claude will
often talk directly to camera and
the audience at home, making
the relationship between him
and the children more intimate.

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 Production Facts 
Format: 52 x 10‘
Target Age: 2 - 5 year olds
Delivery: 26 x 10’ by mid-October 2009,
26 x 10’ by mid-October 2010
Coproducers: ZDF, ZDF Enterprises and
Playhouse Disney UK

ZDF Enterprises handles worldwide TV, home video and merchandising rights.

With the support of MEDIA Programme of the European Union

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 CLAUDE'S WORLD
Claude's new world of Bearhampton is very different
from his old home. It’s busy, bustling and full of bears -
koala bears, panda bears, grizzly bears, and with the
arrival of Claude and his family - now polar bears.

There's lots of fun in Bearhampton because bears catch planes, drive cars and work in
all manner of jobs, just like in the real world. It's the 21 st century after all.

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CLAUDE'S HOME
Claude and his family have moved into a friendly
street. Next door lives his new and good friend Boris,
with his sisters Doris and Sunny.

Boris and Claude's gardens are connected by a wonderful little door in the dividing
fence. They call this the “bear-flap” and they use it to visit each other.

Near Claude's home is a row of shops consisting of the fur-dressers where Claude's
mum works part-time, the bakers, the grocers, the toy shop and the post office.

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The Polarski Family
Claude

Claude is a 3-year-old polar bear, an intrepid adventurer who is getting to grips with
a new world. He is bursting with energy, brimming with questions, brave, fearless and
endlessly inquisitive. Coming from Snowington, a small village in the Arctic, he’s used
to peace, quiet and snow. The sunny bustling town of Bearhampton is quite a change
for him and a bit of a culture shock – he can’t quite believe his luck! Claude carries a
little blanket around with him – he calls this his “Thinky Blanket”. It helps him come
up with ideas to solve the problems a little bear faces from day to day. Sometimes he
lends it to other people to help them think too. Like the time when Gran couldn’t
work out how this “key thing” could open the front door. Where she comes from they
live in igloos and they don’t have doors!
Despite the thrill of being in a new environment Claude hasn’t forgotten his roots
and a fluffy caribou, snow shakers and a plastic “igloo den” are still some of his
favourite toys. Claude loves anything icy – ice pops, ice cream and snowy slush are
all favourites of his. Having come from a place where there is no television Claude is
ecstatic to find a snowy action hero on the “magic box” in the form of “Super Yeti”.

Claude is delighted to move into a house next door to a little brown bear called
Boris, and they strike up a firm friendship, sharing their experiences and helping
each other out.

Claude often talks directly to the audience at home, sharing his new discoveries and
making the relationship between him and the children more intimate.

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 Gran

Gran moved to Bearhampton with the family – she didn’t want to miss out on all
the fun! She enjoys life and is slightly eccentric. She loves accessories and carries
her little purple handbag everywhere – it contains everything you could ever need.
Hats are another favourite of hers and these often change to suit her mood. “There’s
nothing like a hat to keep your head warm!” she says. (Which always puzzles Boris as
it’s not very cold in Bearhampton!)

As Claude's dad works full time and his mum works part-time it’s often Gran who
accompanies Claude and Boris on their adventures.

She’s innocent of the new world which she has joined and sees a lack of sense in
certain things which she tries to put right with some comical results.

Like the time Claude and Gran went to see “Captain Koala” at the cinema.
Claude and Gran had never been to a cinema before and on returning
from buying some strange stuff called “popcorn” found that all the lights
had gone out. Instead of sitting in their seats they went off to find the
light switch and became stars of the big screen – much to the audience’s
chagrin! Gran is undaunted by her new environment and like Claude is
keen to explore her new home.

Claude and Boris love spending time with Gran.

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Dad

Dad is the reason the family relocated. In Snowington, a place inhabited by polar
bears, ice cream was very popular. He worked for a company called “Snow Biz” that
specialised in making fish flavoured ice cream, polar bears’ favourite. In order to
expand the business Dad has been sent to sunny Bearhampton to explore and invent
new flavours of ice cream and to win new customers.

Dad is clever in an eccentric way. He’s the Caractacus Potts of frozen desserts – not
that practical but the new neighbourhood kids love him and his ice cream.

Mum

Mum loves Bearhampton, she can’t wait to explore the many

shops! She works part-time in the local “fur-dressers”, where
she washes, cuts and blow-dries fur. Mum is a large jolly
bear and always sees the funny side of things. She’s the
practical one of the household – always ready with a
screwdriver to fix anything that goes wrong, or to
create something handy for the house.

Mum is very loving and has a rather off-the-wall sense

of humour. She gets her ideas for new fur styles from
the world around her, like the time she was influenced
by Dad’s ice cream and gave everyone a “Tutti Frutti”
rinse. Mum thought it looked really pretty and despite
the initial shock, it became all the rage for a while!

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 The Neighbours
Boris

Boris is Claude’s next door neighbour and he’s proud to be 3 months and 2 days
older. He’s a compulsive giggler and once he starts he just can’t stop. He’s also
slightly accident-prone and a bit of a clown.

He’s cheerful, generous and loving and takes Claude under his wing. He is keen to
show Claude everything in Bearhampton. Boris is pleased that a new friend has
moved in next door as living with two sisters can sometimes get a bit…um, crazy.
He likes to get away from it all by going through the “bear-flap” into Claude’s garden.

Boris is knowledgeable about his environment, but he didn’t know there was another
world outside Bearhampton and is keen to quiz Claude on life in Snowington. On the
surface Boris has no fear, but he’s not always as brave as he likes to make out and
often needs a little encouragement from Claude the intrepid adventurer.

Doris

Doris is Boris’ older sister. She is 8 years old but sometimes seems a good deal
older and wiser. Baby Sunny adores her and can often be found clinging to her neck
and resting on her hip, like a bush baby.

Doris is very imaginative and sometimes invents new games and stories for Boris
and Claude to act out. She likes music, dancing and fashion but she also likes to sit
down in the dirt and make sandy empires for the boys’ toy action figures.

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Baby Sunny

Baby Sunny looks cute, sometimes cries, sleeps a lot, eats a lot, giggles and is gen-
erally sunny like her name. She brings out the best in everyone, although there are
occasions when Boris is desperate to escape from her because she keeps hijacking
his games.

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 STORYLINES
Flowers
Bearhampton was a busy place with bears rushing to and fro. There wasn’t a single
flake of snow…

Everything felt different and each day was an adventure…

Claude to camera: “I like adventures!”

Narrator – “One of the things Claude noticed about his new home was the beautiful
flowers…”

One sunny day in Bearhampton the Polarski family were at the breakfast table when
Dad asked everyone to taste his new improved fish flavoured ice cream. “I’m going
to test it out on the bears at work today to see if they like it,” he said proudly. “Soon
everyone in Bearhampton will be queuing up to buy my fishy ice cream.” Claude,
Mum and Gran gobbled up the ice cream, yum!

Dad left for work and Claude went into the garden to play. He gazed at the flowers
in the flowerbeds swaying and bobbing their brightly coloured heads. Then he
noticed, to his amazement, that one of the flowers fluttered up and flew away!
“Hmm,” he thought, “perhaps they are magic flowers”, and because he wanted
to investigate them further, he stuck his nose into one – bears have a habit of
sticking their noses in things. When Claude took his nose out of the flower, there
was a butterfly sitting right on the end of it which made him go cross-eyed! “Hello
flying flower, you’re very tickly!” he giggled, as the flying flower fluttered away.

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Claude noticed that there was a lot of activity in the garden. He watched an army
of ants march across the grass and stuck his paw in their way. He giggled as they
marched over it. Then he heard a buzzing sound. Claude followed the buzz, but the
buzz kept moving. High buzz, low buzz, no buzz. “Where did it go buzz?” He followed
the buzz tentatively into the next-door garden, creeping through the hole in the fence.

Boris was in his garden looking at his books. “What are you doing?” he asked.
Claude explained that he was an intrepid explorer at work, following a buzz. “And I
don’t want to lose it!” Claude looked very serious, he told Boris all about the flying
flowers, “They’re not flying flowers, they’re butterflies!” Boris giggled, “and the buzz-
ing is the buzzing of the bumble bees!”

Claude followed the buzz to a flower – he was just about to poke his nose inside
when a bee popped out and surprised him. Claude looked at its stripy black and
yellow body in amazement. They didn’t have
butterflies or bees where he came from in
Snowington.

Boris explained that a bee is a bear’s

best friend and he told Claude all about
the habits of bees and how they
collect food from the flowers to
make “the most deliciousest,
scrummiest stuff in the world
– honey.” But Claude didn’t
know what honey was. Boris
grabbed Claude by the paw
and led him into his house.
 He took down a big honey pot from the cupboard. “Taste it, go on!”

Claude wasn’t sure at first; it was such sticky, licky stuff that stuck to his paws.
He had never tasted honey before.

Boris was dribbling with excitement; Doris came in, she spotted the honey and
started dribbling too. Claude noticed how the bears loved honey.

Claude and Boris invented their very own bee game, which meant they had to do a
lot of buzzing and flying around, chasing each other into the garden and through the
“bear-flap”.

Dad walked into the garden, he was home from work. He sat sadly on the bench.
“Hi Dad! Bzzzzz! What’s up?” Dad explained to the two friends that the Bearhampton
bears weren’t like the bears in Snowington. He had tried his new improved fish
flavour ice cream out on the bears at work but they didn’t like it one little bit. “I
need to think up a new flavour” said Dad.

Claude heard a buzz and whispered in Boris’ ear. They ran off whilst Dad sat with
Claude's 'Thinky Blanket' thinking.

When they returned, Claude was carrying the honey pot and being followed by
several dribbling bears who were hungrily sniffing the air. Claude handed his
Dad the honey pot. “Try this, bears can’t resist it, it’s their favourite!”

The next day Claude and his family had lots of guests for breakfast.
Dad’s new sticky honey ice cream was a big hit!

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 Disco
Bearhampton was a busy place with bears rushing to and fro. There wasn't a single
flake of snow…

Everything felt different and each day was an adventure…

Claude to camera: “I like adventures!”

Narrator – “One of the things Claude noticed about his new home was how much
the bears of Bearhampton loved music…”

There was tralala music in the supermarkets (see bear with trolley in the super-
market, moving to music), boom-boom music blasted out of car windows as they
cruised by (see car jumping to the beat of the music blasting out), a big brass band
in the park played bomtiddlybombom music and some bears even moved to music
that no one else could hear (see a lady bear going down the street listening to
music on her i-pod). Claude had never heard so many different types of music and
he loved listening to it.

One sunny day Claude could hear music coming from Boris'garden. He poked his
head through the gap in the fence to see what was going on and he saw Boris'sister,
Doris, acting rather strangely – she was waving her arms in the air and kicking her
legs up high. Claude asked Boris what Doris was up to and Boris explained that she
was dancing. “Dancing eh?” Boris started dancing too, but Claude just stared at
them. He really wanted to join in, but he felt a bit silly. Boris invited Claude to the
Grizzle Hall Afternoon Disco. Claude went back through the fence to ask his family
if he could go, secretly wishing he could dance like the bears in Bearhampton.

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Claude sat on the step with his “Thinky Blanket”. He really wanted to go to the
disco but he felt a bit silly because he couldn’t dance like Boris and Doris. Gran
sat down next to him and told Claude that she would teach him. In Snowington
she used to dance to polar music. She delved deep down into her little purple bag
and she pulled out a CD. She put the CD in the music box and started to dance,
moving her hands above her head, throwing her paws around and ducking down.
“This move’s called 'the moose'!” Claude joined in giggling at Gran. Mum heard
the music and joined them with her fur in rollers. “I remember this one!” she said
and she taught Claude to do “the polar shuffle”, which involved sliding backwards.
Claude's dad came out of the shed with his apron on, he couldn’t resist joining in
too. He taught Claude to do “the Gogo snow’, which involved making your paws into
balls and rolling them around each other. Pretty soon the family had put together a
whole routine.

Boris and Doris peeked through the fence. They couldn’t believe what a cool
dance Claude was doing. Claude and his family got dressed in their glad
rags, Mum took out her rollers and Gran put on her special dancing hat.
At the disco, Claude and his family watched the Bearhampton bears
showing off their dance moves. They were mesmerised by the colorful
lights and the unfamiliar rhythms and they felt a little awkward about
joining in. Then Boris had an idea. He whispered in Gran's ear and took
her by the hand, leading her to the DJ. She delved deep into her little
bag pulling out the CD, which the DJ happily put on.

Soon the disco was jumping to the sound of polar music and Claude
knew all the steps! Claude and his family got up on the dance floor and
boogied away. The Bearhampton bears thought the dance was really cool
and they all wanted to join in, so Gran got on stage and taught everyone
the moves.

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 CHANGE
Bearhampton was a busy place with bears rushing to and fro. There wasn’t a single
flake of snow…

Everything felt different and each day was an adventure…

Claude to camera: “I like adventures!”

Narrator – “One of the things Claude noticed about his new home was how grown-ups
got to do really fun things …”

It’s a sunny day in Bearhampton and Dad is pulling a wicker fishing hamper out of the
garage. Claude is watching fascinated. Dad tells Claude he is going on a fishing trip
after work tonight. Claude wishes he could go fishing tonight too. Dad rubs Claude’s
head and says when he is grown up he can go, but right now little bear cubs can’t stay
up late fishing, they need their sleep.

Claude decides to see what Boris is up to. He crawls through the bear-flap and finds
Boris and Doris playing frisbee down the garden. “Hi Claude, want to play?” calls
Boris. “Yes please!” says Claude. Boris throws the frisbee. It flies right over Claude’s
head and accidentally lands on the roof of the garage! It has landed on the highest
apex of the roof and is out of their reach. Claude and Boris stand on tiptoes and
jump up and down, but neither of them is tall enough.

Gran pops her head over the fence. “Everything OK?” Claude tells her that they can’t
reach Boris’ frisbee and asks if she could get it for them. Gran says she is too old to
be reaching up there. Claude wishes he was grown up so he could get it himself. He
asks Gran if he’ll be grown up tomorrow. Boris says he thinks it takes about a hundred
years to be grown up. Gran chuckles – it will be a few years before they are grown up
but not quite a hundred years. They are growing up all the time, they just don’t realise
it. Claude and Boris are confused. To explain Gran takes them to the living room and
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shows them a photo album. She looks on as Claude and Boris leaf through. They see
a picture, a photo of a little bear cub holding a fishing rod and a fish, looking rather
like Claude but wearing little round glasses, standing next to an adult bear who looks
like Mum except she is wearing a hat and holding some knitting. “Who do you think
that is?” she asks. “It’s Claude” says Boris. Gran explains that it is actually Claude’s
Dad when he was a little cub. Claude turns the pages and shows a whole sequence
of pictures. In each picture Dad (and the fishing rod and fish) gets taller compared to
Gran. She tells them that bears start out very small, but every year they get bigger and
bigger until eventually they are grown up. ”But we want to be bigger now!” say the boys.
Gran chuckles. They sound just like Dad when he was a little cub. He was impatient to
grow up too. That’s why he ate lots of fish because he thought it would make him grow
up quickly. “But you just have to be patient”, she says shutting the album.

Claude & Boris head back into the garden. Boris sighs, it doesn’t look like he’ll ever
get his frisbee down. Claude reckons that maybe it’s time to get Thinky. Claude thinks
about the frisbee high up on the roof. He thinks about how they tried to reach it, then
he thinks about Gran’s pictures of Dad with his fishing rod and then… He leaps up.
“That’s it!”

They might have to wait to be grown up and tall but they don’t have to wait to go
fishing. Boris doesn’t understand. But there are no fish to catch here. Claude races
off to find Gran again with Boris and Doris close behind. A little while later Boris, Doris
and Claude stand in Boris’ garden next to Gran who has Dad’s old fishing rod in her
hands. Claude directs as she ‘fishes’ for the frisbee on top of the garage roof. After
a few close calls she finally hooks it and lowers it down to a grateful Boris. Everyone
cheers. Doris says Boris should be more careful next time. Boris says he will and
invites Claude for another game of frisbee. “Do you think we’ll still be able to play
frisbee when we’re all grown up!” says Claude. “Oh yes!” says Boris, “and we’ll always
be able to get it off the garage roof!” They all laugh.
 Educational Rationale
Preschoolers’ natural inclination toward exploration
and curiosity are key ingredients in the develop-
ment of their emerging cognitive skills. Discovery-
based learning, which encourages children to gain
knowledge of facts and relationships through their
own interactions with the environment, taps the
power of these inherent tendencies and has been
advocated by numerous researchers, educators,
and developmental psychologists. Fun with
Claude draws on this approach by nurturing
preschoolers’ investigations of the world,
thereby paving the way for effective
problem solving, independent thinking,
and greater understanding.

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As a 3-year-old polar bear in a new environment
far from the Arctic, Claude is a “fish out of water”
who possesses a preschooler’s sense of wonder.
Navigating an unfamiliar community with interest
and enthusiasm, he takes responsibility for his own
learning and models useful strategies for finding
answers to questions, solving problems, and making
sense of perplexing situations. A brave explorer in
his own home, Claude offers a fresh perspective on
everyday things: animals, plants, transportation,
colors, smells, food, objects, customs, and events.

Fun with Claude will support children’s acquisition of knowledge

and love of learning through three primary educational goals. The
series will:

1. F oster an active, inquiry-based approach to learning. In

addition to modeling an attitude of curiosity, discovery, and
exploration, the series includes interactive, participatory
moments when Claude speaks directly to camera, asking
questions and engaging viewers in his problem solving
process.

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 2. Offer useful strategies for problem solving and obtaining new understanding.
Over the course of the series, Claude will present a variety of practical tools,
including: asking questions, hypothesizing, predicting, identifying, using trial and
error, observing details, listening, considering information, and reviewing and
using prior knowledge. At the end of each episode, Claude is rewarded for his
efforts with new information and insight.

3. Support preschoolers’ emerging metacognitive skills. “Thinking about one’s

thinking” helps children to become more independent and successful learners
and problem solvers. The series includes features that will further this goal by
helping to organize children’s thinking and highlighting the process of learning …

The Narrator
 The narrator underscores Claude's thought process throughout each
episode by re-stating the problem and / or underlining Claude's questions,
ideas, or plan of action. Additionally, at the start of each story, this voice-
over helps to draw attention to the topic that will be addressed (i. e., “One
of the things Claude noticed about his new home was…”). This set-up is
particularly helpful for preschoolers, as it orients them toward key content
in advance of its presentation.

The “Thinky Blanket”

The appearance of Claude's special blanket in each show signals to viewers
that there is a problem or question which requires attention and careful
thought. As a tool which inspires confidence and independent thinking, the
blanket is a visual reminder to Claude to pause and verbalize his thought

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 process. During these self-reflective moments, Claude clearly defines the
issue at hand, reviews and assesses all available information, considers
what might still be needed, forms a hypothesis, selects a plan of action,
and moves forward toward a resolution. This important break in the
narrative (“This needs thinking about!”) highlights a learner-centered
approach to problem solving.

Repetition
By presenting multiple examples of a similar problem, episodes provide
viewers with opportunities to practice applying new knowledge and
problem solving skills.

Fun with Claude’s educational objectives will support preschoolers’ emerging

cognitive skills. As Claude meets the challenges of a new world head on, viewers
will benefit from his role as a curious
explorer and active learner who
models strategic thinking while
gaining ownership over the
pursuit of information.

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 Fun with Claude - Microsite
The microsite invites young viewers to go on an
interactive voyage of discovery with Claude.
They can meet Claude's family and friends, join
him in exploring Bearhampton, his new home, and
playfully discover Claude's world while solving the
little problems of everyday life with him.

Just as in the TV episodes, a narrator provides a commentary throughout the

microsite. He supports Claude's thoughts and ideas, and formulates questions
and activities projected by our little polar bear friend. This is very important for
the learning and study habits of preschool children. Various games will keep
children amused while stimulating their cognitive processes, and encouraging
their creativity and their eagerness to make discoveries. The games borrow action
elements from the episodes and give children the chance to plunge into Claude's
world. Not only are the games fun – they also help develop the educational approach
of the series. Children are free to move about Claude's world in an interactive
"learning by discovering".

The special roll-out package for all platforms

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Examples for such games are:

Can you count?

Children join Claude on a walk through Bearhampton, where they become
familiar with simple numbers through play.

What's that noise?

Bearhampton and the yard in front of Claude's house are full of interesting
noises. Frogs croak, birds sing… In this game, Claude helps youngsters
discover noises and find out where they're coming from.

What belongs together?

In this memory game, children exercise their cognitive abilities
and have to find figures and objects from the series that belong
together.

Put some color into Claude's world! /

Coloring and play material
Fun motifs from the series can be printed out and colored, thus
making Claude's world brighter. The cut-outs allow Claude's
fans to have their own hand-colored "pictures" of Claude and
his friends.

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 Online games are skilfully combined with activities that can also be enjoyed without
a computer. The creative and motor abilities of children are thus fostered both in the
real and virtual worlds.

Claude appears with his "Thinky Blanket" in the course of each application, thus
signalling to the user that a specific problem or matter demands more attention.
These "self-reflective moments" are also supported by a narrator who introduces
the topic and explains the game. The toddlers’ metacognitive abilities are thus
stimulated.

The microsite is specially developed for children in the preschool age and is
coordinated with their learning habits. Thanks to an intuitive control mode, a
child-friendly design, and the consequent use of audio elements to explain all the
functions, even very young preschoolers will find the microsite instructive and
exciting. The games can be set to different levels of difficulty. This makes them fun
for all children in the target group, independent of their age or phase of development.

The design is inspired by well-known elements from the TV series, and presents
the users with a familiar world in which they will immediately feel at home. The
narrator, who accompanies the children in the series, leads the youngsters through
the microsite and motivates them to discover it.

Children can visit the microsite alone or with their parents. For parents, there is
special information and material on the series and its pedagogical approach.
The combination of TV series and microsite gives rise to a colorful, appealing,
multimedia world of cheerful learning.

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 The Claude Books
The Claude titles were first published in 2000.
Written and illustrated by award-winning illustrator
David Wojtowycz. Copies have sold in the UK,
Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Japan.

David Wojtowycz is well-known for the Purple Ronnie

cards - and also for his best-selling picture books, which
include Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the
Ocean. He has also illustrated Once upon an Animal and
Teacher Alligator, poetry collections by Faustin Charles,
for Bloomsbury. David lives in Berlin.

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 PRODUCER PROFILES

Marion Edwards founded Red & Blue Productions in February 2004. Prior to that
she was Managing Director of Telemagination, one of Europe’s largest 2-D animation
studios. Marion’s previous credits include The Cramp Twins, Metalheads (BAFTA-
nominated 2001), Pongwiffy (BAFTA-nominated 2003) and The Last Polar Bears
(BAFTA-nominated 2001). Marion was recently appointed as Vice President Current
Programming at Hit Entertainment where she is responsible for the production of all
TV shows including the CGI relaunches of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends.

Dot To Dot Productions was set up in 2004 by producer Jo Killingley. Jo, a former
primary school teacher, left teaching in 1995 to pursue her first love, children’s
television. She has contributed to many award winning shows including Art Attack,
Smart, The Wombles, Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids, The Fimbles, Get Your Own
Back and Angelina Ballerina. She also devised and produced the hit BBC series Big
Cook Little Cook and, more recently, the highly acclaimed Get Squiggling!

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