Play School (1966)
Season 282
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 282
5 Episodes
- In the Wild (1)E1
In the Wild (1)Series 282: In the Wild This series, In the Wild, recognises that young children are curious investigators, who learn about the world around them as they play, discover and explore. In the Wild encourages a spirit of adventure as young children and their families are invited to share in a series of exciting escapades with the Play School toys and presenters. We explore wild places and spaces, discover wild animals and rare plants and play with the wild possibilities of imaginary worlds. Come and join us as we have a wild time singing wild songs, dancing to wild rhythms, painting wild paintings and dressing up in wild clothes! Episode 1 PRESENTERS Andrew McFarlane – Emma Palmer PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY If You Go Walking in Tiger Wood © 2005 Alan Durant Author: Alan Durant Illustrator: Debbie Boon Publisher: Harper Collins FILM Chimps (Play School, ABC) SONGS Walking Through the Jungle Composer: Max Lambert Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Jungle Song Composer: Kylie Montague Publisher: Control What Shall We Do? Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control Everybody Do This Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing A Leopard Has Lots of Spots Composer: June Tillman Publisher: Control How Does a Caterpillar Go? Composer: M.C. Dainton Publisher: Paxton Music Ltd. I’m a Great Big Tiger Composer: Zoe McHenry Publisher: Warner Chappell IDEAS FOR LATER Create a jungle scene with your favourite stuffed toys, blankets and pillows. Go for a walk in a park or garden and look for insects hiding amongst the leaves, branches and bark. Listen to monkey noises on the internet. Can you make monkey noises too? MAKE AND DO How to Make Wild Jungle Paintings You will need: - Two pieces of thick white cardboard - Green paint – we used three different shades for our wild green jungle painting Brightly coloured paint for your wild jungle finger paintin - In the Wild (2)E2
In the Wild (2)Series 282: In the Wild This series, In the Wild, recognises that young children are curious investigators, who learn about the world around them as they play, discover and explore. In the Wild encourages a spirit of adventure as young children and their families are invited to share in a series of exciting escapades with the Play School toys and presenters. We explore wild places and spaces, discover wild animals and rare plants and play with the wild possibilities of imaginary worlds. Come and join us as we have a wild time singing wild songs, dancing to wild rhythms, painting wild paintings and dressing up in wild clothes! Episode 2 PRESENTERS Emma Palmer – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Giraffes Can’t Dance Author: Giles Andreae Illustrator: Guy Parker-Rees Publisher: Orchard Books FILM Chinese New Year (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Put some plastic African animals in a sand pit or tray. Add a dish for water. Use a watering can to send down the rain. Take your animals down to the waterhole for a drink. Take a walk and see if you can see some stripes. You might see zebra stripes on a pedestrian crossing. Play some drum beats on some upturned buckets or saucepans. Let Me See You Do the Monkey Composer: Genevieve Jereb Publisher: Gellybean Records Spots are Great Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control Giraffes and Mice Composers: Peter Mapleson & Robyn Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Leo the Lion Composers: Harry Snyder & Herman Renner Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc. Let’s Go Walking Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (c/o Campbell Connelly) Riding in a Helicopter Composer: Sean O’Boyle Publisher: ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Spotty Giraffe You will need: - Heavy paper - A pencil - Safety scissors - An ink pad Draw a giraffe with a long neck on the paper. Cut it - In the Wild (3)E3
In the Wild (3)Series 282: In the Wild Join Andrew and Leah as they take the toys on a snow adventure, make pictures with coloured ice, see penguins in the Antarctic through the windows, make a wild places scrapbook and make a paper snowflake. This series, In the Wild, recognises that young children are curious investigators, who learn about the world around them as they play, discover and explore. In the Wild encourages a spirit of adventure as young children and their families are invited to share in a series of exciting escapades with the Play School toys and presenters. We explore wild places and spaces, discover wild animals and rare plants and play with the wild possibilities of imaginary worlds. Come and join us as we have a wild time singing wild songs, dancing to wild rhythms, painting wild paintings and dressing up in wild clothes! Episode 3 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg - Andrew McFarlane PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Can You See a Little Bear? Author: James Mayhew Illustrator: Jackie Morris Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books FILM Penguins/Antarctic (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Freeze interesting shapes by filling different containers with water and placing them in the freezer. Make yourself a pair of binoculars using two short cardboard rolls taped together. Make a paper snowflake by folding a piece of paper into a very small square and cutting the folded edges. Unfold to see your snowflake. SONGS Softly, Softly Composers: G. Moore & Max Lambert Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing You Can Stamp Your Feet Composers: P. Whitfield & J. Reade Publisher: Essex Music Chubby Little Snowman Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Fairy Penguin Walk Composers: Don Spencer & Allan Caswell Publisher: MCA/Gilbey Rock-a-bye Your Bear C - In the Wild (4)E4
In the Wild (4)Series 282: In the Wild This series, In the Wild, recognises that young children are curious investigators, who learn about the world around them as they play, discover and explore. In the Wild encourages a spirit of adventure as young children and their families are invited to share in a series of exciting escapades with the Play School toys and presenters. We explore wild places and spaces, discover wild animals and rare plants and play with the wild possibilities of imaginary worlds. Come and join us as we have a wild time singing wild songs, dancing to wild rhythms, painting wild paintings and dressing up in wild clothes! Episode 4 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Little Louise, the Frog Who Couldn’t Sleep (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Butterfly Sanctuary (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Create a water fall in the bath using recycled containers and plastic funnels. Take a rainy day walk. Can you find some puddles or a rainbow? Do searches on the internet for frogs. How many different sorts can you find? SONGS Rain Composer: Jay Laga’aia Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Drip Drop Composers: Robyn Mapleson & Peter Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Fly, Fly Composer: Kylie Montague Publisher: Control Flutter, Flutter Butterfly Composer: Lesley Lees Publisher: Ward Lock Educational Lizard Song Composers: Val Donlon & Marion Ord Publisher: ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Jumping Frog You will need: - Craft foam - Safety scissors - Sticker dots - Pipe cleaners - Tape - A marker Cut a shape for the frog’s body from craft foam. Decorate the frog body with sticker dots. Cut four webbed frog feet from craft foam. Cut a pipe cleaner into four equal pieces. Fold each piece of pipe cleaner to create legs for your frog - long at the back and short at the front. Attach the frog feet to their pipe - In the Wild (5)E5
In the Wild (5)Series 282: In the Wild This series, In the Wild, recognises that young children are curious investigators, who learn about the world around them as they play, discover and explore. In the Wild encourages a spirit of adventure as young children and their families are invited to share in a series of exciting escapades with the Play School toys and presenters. We explore wild places and spaces, discover wild animals and rare plants and play with the wild possibilities of imaginary worlds. Come and join us as we have a wild time singing wild songs, dancing to wild rhythms, painting wild paintings and dressing up in wild clothes! Episode 5 PRESENTERS Zindzi Okenyo – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Humpty’s Full Moon Sleep-Out (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Davies Creek (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make some invitations to a tea party for your friends or toys. Get someone to help you create a paper aeroplane. Play a game of I Spy. SONGS Round and Round and Round Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor I’m Not Afraid Composer: John Shortis Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Walk a Little Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn Publisher: John Day Co. Climbing up the Rainbow Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Rainbow Spinner You will need: - A hoop - Coloured streamers - Masking tape - Two lengths of string or ribbon – each slightly longer then the width of the hoop Attach streamers to the hoop using masking tape. Attach one piece of string or ribbon to either side of the hoop. Attach the other piece of string or ribbon to the opposite sides of the hoop, so the two lengths of string cross in the middle. Use the midpoint of the string to hang the hoop from a branch or clothes line. Spin the hoop round and round t