Play School (1966)
Season 262
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 262
5 Episodes
- Once Upon A Time (Monday)
E1Once Upon A Time (Monday)PRESENTERS Teo Gebert - Essie Davis PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Princess and the Pea (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Going to Bed (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Read a fairy tale about a royal family such as “The Frog Prince” by the Brothers Grimm or “The Swineherd” by Hans Christian Andersen. SONGS Let’s Dress Up Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin/Control Making a Hat Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent Publisher: Origin/Control I am the King Composer: Ronald Gamack Publisher: Control Five in the bed Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ ABC Music Publishing Munch an Apple Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent Publisher: Origin/Control ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK Today the Once Upon a Time Storybook introduces us to King Wally and Queen Shirley, who are granted three wishes by the Magic Teapot. For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf - Once Upon A Time (Tuesday)
E2Once Upon A Time (Tuesday)PRESENTERS Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Meekapunzel (A story based on the traditional tale Rapunzel and told by the Play School team) FILM Tropical Fish (Marie Davies) ANIMATION Der Glumph (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER * Dress up as a fairy using flowers and leaves from the garden! Collect some large, hard leaves (Frangipani leaves are good). Use a single hole-punch to make a hole at the top of each leaf. Thread the leaves onto a long piece of string and tie around your waist for a skirt. Put some flowers in your hair and use a scarf for wings. You’re ready to fly! * Make a wobbly jelly fish from a plastic lid, sticky tape and some dangly scraps, such as curly ribbon, cut up plastic bags or threads and cords from a sewing box. Tape the dangly bits onto the lid so they hang over the sides like tentacles. Add a loop of ribbon for a handle. SONGS Two Fat Gentlemen Composer: Mary Champion de Crespigny Publisher: EMI Tippy Toe Tap Tap (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Composer: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Publisher: Public Domain Der Glumph Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Three Little Speckled Frogs Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Here is the Sea Composer: John Fox Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Diving Composers: S Aplin & P Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Friends all Together (Friends, Friends, Friends) Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK Today in the Once Upon a Time Storybook Emma the mermaid has an underwater adventure. For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf - Once Upon A Time (Wednesday)
E3Once Upon A Time (Wednesday)PRESENTERS Essie Davis – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Emperor Big Ted’s New Clothes (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Book Parade (ABC Play School ) IDEAS FOR LATER * Tell a story with some friends or your toys! You might like to make some props to help. Use a large piece of paper to paint a picture. * Listen to different pieces of music as you paint and let your painting reflect how the music makes you feel. Is the music fast, slow, loud, soft, smooth, jagged? SONGS Painting a Picture Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin Seventy-six Trombones Composer: Meredith Wilson Publisher: Frank Music Co Ltd Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things) Composers: S Aplin & P Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Hat on my Head Composers: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray Cook & Greg Page Publisher: Wiggly Tunes Row, Row, Row your Boat Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing Giddiap Horsey Composers: L Scott & L Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing The Wheels on the Bus Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK Today the Once Upon a Time Storybook features a wizard, a genie and a horse who enjoy a cup of tea made by the Magic Teapot while watching a parade. For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf - Once Upon A Time (Thursday)
E4Once Upon A Time (Thursday)PRESENTERS Karen Pang – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Dudgeon is Coming © Lynley Dodd, 2009 First published by Mallinson Rendel Publishers, 2009 First published by ABC books, 2009 All rights reserved FILM Ice Skating (Play School, ABC) ANIMATION Ning Nang Nong (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER * Listen to the song “Puff the Magic Dragon”. * Visit an ice rink and watch the skaters. You might like to have a skate yourself! SONGS Dragon Song Composer: Don Spencer Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Larrikin I Can Fly Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Bowmar Let Me See You Do The Monkey Composer: Genevieve Jereb Publisher: Gellybean Records Hey There, What Do You Wear? Composer: Helen Martin May I Come Over to Your Place? Composer: Henrietta Clark Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Skating on the Ice (Standing On One Leg) Composer: Graham Beebee Publisher: PRS UK ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK Today in the Once Upon a Time Storybook a horse asks a wizard to turn him into a unicorn! He meets a fairy and they play a game of cloud watching up in the sky. For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf - Once Upon A Time (Friday)
E5Once Upon A Time (Friday)PRESENTERS Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Snow White (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Lanterns Montage (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER * Make a fairy lantern from a Chinese food box. Cut out a square on two sides of the box so you can see into the box. Decorate the box as you like with glitter and sparkly materials. Crunch a piece of yellow cellophane and push it into the box to make the lantern glow. * Make an obstacle course and take your toys on a big adventure. Make a map to show where you have to go. SONGS Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing How Do You Feel Today? Composer: Eileen Diamond Two Little Apples Composers: P Zajan & M Miller Publisher: EMI The More We Are Together Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK Today King Wally and Queen Shirley throw a party for all the Once Upon a Time Storybook characters. Emma the mermaid, Wizard, Genie, Unicorn and Fairy all enjoy a banquet and tea from the Magic Teapot. For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf