Play SchoolSeason 274
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 Play School • Season 274
5 Episodes
- How Many? (Monday)
E1How Many? (Monday)PRESENTERS Emma Palmer – Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Nickle Nackle Tree © Lynley Dodd, 1976 First published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1976. First published by ABC Books 2001. FILM Seal Show at Taronga Zoo (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a pretend zoo with cardboard boxes, craft materials and plastic toy animals. Paint or draw a tree with some unusual birds sitting in the branches. Dress up as a colourful bird with a beak and scarf wings. SONGS How Many People Live at Your House? Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing, UK What Shall We Do? Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control Have You Seen Spaghetti? Composers: Don Spencer & Moira Cochrane Publisher: MCA/Gilbey Giraffes and Mice Composers: Robyn & Peter Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing I Can Fly (Like a Bird) Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Bowmar Two Little Dicky Birds Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing - How Many? (Tuesday)
E2How Many? (Tuesday)PRESENTERS Emma Palmer – Rhys Muldoon PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Sam and Pam’s Day in the meadow (A story told by the Play School Team) FILM Twins (Play School, ABC) ANIMATION Jump and Jiggle (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make an animal counting book! Look through old magazines for pictures of animals. Cut them out and paste them into a scrap book. Play “Simon Says” using numbers! Simon” can instruct someone to jump five times, clap four times, roar three times etc. Sing you favourite number rhymes and songs, such as “Ten in the Bed”, “Three Little Ducks” and “Five Little Speckled Frogs”. Have a picnic for you and your toys! Collect a blanket, a basket, pretend food (or real food) and your dolls and soft toys and take them to your backyard or a park for a picnic. SONGS How Many People Live at Your House? Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing, UK Der Glumph Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Everybody’s Got a Body Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Over in the Meadow Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Dancing Face Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/Control Dance with a Dolly Composers: Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton & Mickey Leader Publisher: J Albert & Son Everybody Get Together Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control - How Many? (Wednesday)
E3How Many? (Wednesday)PRESENTERS Alex Papps – Rhys Muldoon PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Slush’s Story (A story told by the Play School Team) FILM Aida’s Cake at the Easter Show (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a collection box and keep interesting treasures inside. You might like to go exploring and collect treasures for your box on the way. Help make a surprise birthday cake for a friend or family member. Make a Jack-in-the-Box! Squat down and hide inside a large cardboard box and then pop out to surprise somebody! Sing the “Jack-in-the-Box” song. SONGS Jack is Quiet Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn Jack-in-the-Box Three Cheeky Monkeys Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing How Many People Live at Your House? Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing, UK Motor Bike Song Composer: John Waters Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Five Little Candles Composer: Dorothy M Parr Publisher: ABC Music Publishing If You Want to Know Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing/Control - How Many? (Thursday)
E4How Many? (Thursday)PRESENTERS Teo Gebert – Rachael Coopes PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Jemima and the Very Big Sandwich (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Cabramatta Shopping (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make your own money box from a recycled tissue box! Paint and decorate your box and start saving. When your money box is full, take it to the bank and open a savings account. Make a coin print! Place some coins under a piece of paper and rub over them with a crayon. What Australian animals can you see? SONGS Going Shopping Composer: Jane Fulford Humpty Works with One Hammer (Johnny Works with One Hammer) Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Everybody Likes Fruit and Vegetables Composer: Jay Mankita May We Come Over? (May I Come Over to Your Place?) Composer: Henrietta Clark Publisher: ABC Music Publishing How Many People Live at Your House? Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing, UK - How Many? (Friday)
E5How Many? (Friday)PRESENTERS Teo Gebert – Rachael Coopes PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY And Red Galoshes Author: Glenda Millard Illustrator: Jonathan Bentley Publisher: Little Hare Books FILM Dinosaurs at the Museum (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make some mud bricks using ground clay, straw, water and recycled takeaway containers. Let them dry in the sun. How many do you need to build a house? Make sandwiches, cut them in the shape of dinosaurs and count them. SONGS Mud Glorious Mud Composers: Flanders & Swan Publisher: Chappel How Many Raindrops? Composer: Trudi Behar Publisher: Bowmar Drip Drop Composers: Peter & Robyn Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things) Composers: S Aplin & P Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Dinosaur Roar Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting & Justine Clarke Publisher: Origin/Control Peek-a-Boo Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Driving in the Car Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control How Many People Live at Your House? Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing, UK