Play School (1966)
Shapes (Monday)
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S267 • E1 25mSeries 267: Shapes
Monday
Different shapes are all around us and are a constant source of wonder to young children.
This week in Play School we explore shapes through play. Learning about basic shapes helps children recognise numbers and letters and sets the building blocks for learning to read and write later on.
Monday
PRESENTERS
Jolene Anderson – Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Miffy the Artist
Author & Illustrator: Dick Bruna Publisher: Tate Publishing
FILM
Dot Painting
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Hickory Dickory Dock
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
I’m a Train
Composers: M. Hazlewood & A. Hammond
Publisher: Chrysalis
Build It Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Let’s Go Walking
Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorne
Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (c/o Campbell Connelly)
Heads and Shoulders
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Great Big World
Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin/Control
Hokey Pokey (Ocean Motion)
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co.
IDEAS FOR LATER
Create a city street using different shaped blocks. Build tall skyscrapers, large square buildings, a circular building and whatever else you can think of. Stack different shapes to make different shaped buildings, such as a rectangle building with a triangle roof. Use play dough to create lots of different shapes.
Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things) Composers: S. Aplin & P. Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
MAKE AND DO
How to Make Shape Pictures
You will need:
- Plain A3 paper or cardboard
- Coloured paper Safety scissors Paste
- Marker
Cut lots of different shapes from coloured paper.
Paste the shapes onto a plain piece of A3 paper or cardboard to create a shape picture. You might like to arrange some shapes on the paper to create an object, animal or person. We m
Monday
Different shapes are all around us and are a constant source of wonder to young children.
This week in Play School we explore shapes through play. Learning about basic shapes helps children recognise numbers and letters and sets the building blocks for learning to read and write later on.
Monday
PRESENTERS
Jolene Anderson – Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Miffy the Artist
Author & Illustrator: Dick Bruna Publisher: Tate Publishing
FILM
Dot Painting
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Hickory Dickory Dock
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
I’m a Train
Composers: M. Hazlewood & A. Hammond
Publisher: Chrysalis
Build It Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Let’s Go Walking
Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorne
Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (c/o Campbell Connelly)
Heads and Shoulders
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Great Big World
Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin/Control
Hokey Pokey (Ocean Motion)
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co.
IDEAS FOR LATER
Create a city street using different shaped blocks. Build tall skyscrapers, large square buildings, a circular building and whatever else you can think of. Stack different shapes to make different shaped buildings, such as a rectangle building with a triangle roof. Use play dough to create lots of different shapes.
Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things) Composers: S. Aplin & P. Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
MAKE AND DO
How to Make Shape Pictures
You will need:
- Plain A3 paper or cardboard
- Coloured paper Safety scissors Paste
- Marker
Cut lots of different shapes from coloured paper.
Paste the shapes onto a plain piece of A3 paper or cardboard to create a shape picture. You might like to arrange some shapes on the paper to create an object, animal or person. We m
