Activities on the You're Blushing Little Octopus CD-ROM
The CD-ROM includes PDF files of 41 reproducible activities that supplement the interactive lessons. The activity pages can be reproduced for use by a parent or a classroom teacher.

Click here for a list of all the activities contained on the You're Blushing Little Octopus CD-ROM along with some downloadable samples of these activities.

New Activities & Lessons for You're Blushing Little Octopus
We will also periodically post new activities for the You're Blushing Little Octopus to this website. Feel free to send in your ideas and suggestions for using our products to share with others. We'd love to see samples of student work as well. We hope that this site will become a useful resource for teachers and homeschoolers.

Lesson Six: Colors Under the Sea (149K PDF file) An expanded science lesson from the Teaching Guide on observing different colors of animals on the reef.

Lesson Six - Part 2: Colors Under the Sea Part Two (87K PDF file) An expanded science lesson from the Teaching Guide on observing how animals use color in different ways.

You're Blushing Little Octopus Teaching Guide
The Little Octopus CD-ROM contains a 20-page Teaching guide in PDF format. You can download the Teaching Guide below:

You're Blushing Little Octopus K-2 Teaching Guide (946K PDF file)

You're Blushing Little Octopus Literature Links
You're Blushing Little Octopus can be used as a supplement to each of these books listed. Sample lessons using these books are also provided for some of the titles.

• Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
  Mr. Seahorse Science Lesson (278 K PDF file)
  
  
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  Swimmy Literature Link Science and Math Lesson (263 k PDF file)
  
  
• Over in the Ocean (In a Coral Reef) by Marianne Berkus
  Over in the Oceal Literature Link Science and Writing Lesson (288K PDF file)
  
  
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

National & State Science Standards Correlations
You're Blushing Little Octopus has been correlated to the National Science Benchmarks as well as those of the state of California.

You're Blushing Little Octopus Correlations