Play School (1966)
Season 113
TV-G
Preschoolers are provided with learning opportunities through music, crafts, stories, games and information. The aim is to encourage a child to wonder, think, feel and imagine, striving to reflect a modern, diverse Australian society.
Where to Watch Season 113
5 Episodes
- Horses - Monday
E1Horses - MondayMONDAY: Exercise / Movement Presenters Karen Pang and Mark Owen-Taylor Activities A game is played with a person drawn on a wheel. The wheel is spun and wherever it stops eg head, arms, or legs appropriate actions are done. Karen finishes painting a Palamino cardboard roll horse. It joins a grey, bay and piebald horse, ready to be exercised and fed. Finally they are put in a box stable. The Play School Sports Carnival features a sack race, a pebble and spoon race and jumping event. Songs A Jump Carobics My Horsey’s A Walking Giddiap Bravo Bravo Story One Horse Waiting For Me by Patricia Mullins (Margaret Hamilton Books) Film Aussie Rules Horses/Humans Montage - Horses - Tuesday
E2Horses - TuesdayTUESDAY: Decoration Presenters Karen Pang and Mark Owen-Taylor Activities Shoes are used for a matching game. Jemima is dressed up as a fine lady to ride on Ripple, who has his mane and tail plaited. In a cardboard box car, Mark collects some of the toys for a noisy ride. Songs One Day A Hand Went Walking New Shoelaces Ride A Cock Horse Animal Ride Ten Galloping Horses (chant) Story New Blue Shoes by Eve Rice (Puffin Books) Films Chocolate Car Making Horses/Humans Montage - Horses - Wednesday
E3Horses - WednesdayWEDNESDAY: Grooming and SIckness Presenters Leah Vandenberg and Rhys Muldoon Activities A Shetland Pony, Pebbles, visits and features such as eyes, nose, hooves etc., are looked at. Leah feeds Pebbles some apples. Using soap flakes a thick paint is made. Different colours are added to make a picture. Leah makes a simple horse out of a chair and takes Big Ted for a ride. Songs Miss Polly Had A Dolly This Is The Way Splish, Splash, Splosh Ponies Story Miss Polly Had A Dolly (Traditional) Films Dog Grooming Horses/Humans Montage - Horses - Thursday
E4Horses - ThursdayTHURSDAY: Created Horses Presenters Leah Vandenberg and Rhys Muldoon Activities Pictures are created by rubbing a crayon over different textured objects. With a candle, Leah rubs to make an invisible leaf shape. It is revealed when painted. Three famous paintings of horses are enjoyed. From rubber gloves, zebra and horse puppets are made. The Play School fun fair is made and includes a mini clothes line carousel, a slippery dip and a lazy susan boats ride. Songs Doodley Doo Put A Spot Over Here Horsey Horsey Where Is Thumbkin? Giddiap Round And Round And Round We Go Story What Do You Suppose? (Rhyme) Carousel by David Miller (Hodder Headline) Film Grandma And Child Make A Leaf Picture Horses/Humans Montage - Horses - Friday
E5Horses - FridayFRIDAY: Food Presenters Karen Pang and Rhys Muldoon Activities Cardboard box houses are set up and visits are made to Jemima, Humpty and Banana. Apples, celery etc., are prepared for a Waldorf Salad. A cowboy on a horse are added to a scroll box which is manipulated to create the feeling of movement. Songs Bananas In Pyjamas Humpty Dumpty May I Come Over To Your Place? Two Little Apples Singing A Cowboy Song Story Little Red House - Traditional Ten Galloping Horses (chant) Film Pony Club 2000 Horses/Humans Montage