Play School (1966)
Season 283
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 283
5 Episodes
- Babies (1)
E1Babies (1)Babies The arrival of a baby is a new beginning for every family, bringing lots of joy and change to all. This week in Play School, we learn about babies and their growing stages through songs, stories, films and creative play. We also look at ways to involve young children with their new brother or sister to avoid feelings of displacement and encourage them to feel proud of being “big” and their capabilities. Throughout the week, we feature a special series of baby films that look at different aspects of a baby’s daily routine, such as sleeping, playing, eating and bathing. Episode 1 PRESENTERS Jay Laga’aia - Leah Vandenberg PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Red Woollen Blanket, Bob Graham, Walker Books 1988 FILM Families Playing at the Park (Play School, ABC) BABY FILM SERIES Babies Sleeping (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Have a look at your baby pictures. What did you like to do as a baby? Make a growth chart for a baby. Record their height as they get older. Have a Picnic with Your Toys. Pretend your toys are babies and have a pretend picnic in the backyard or a local park. Babies like to eat mashed up banana, drink water and play ball. Rock your toy baby to sleep and sing a lullaby. SONGS Peek-a-boo Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Cuddle Up Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/ Control Doin’ It Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin Come on And... Composer: Louie Suthers Everybody Do This Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Craft Cradle for a Toy Baby You will need: - A medium sized box - Tape - Cardboard Safety scissors - Two pool noodles - A stapler - A pillow - A toy - A blanket Tape the bottom of a medium sized box closed. Leave the top of the box open, either by folding in the sides or removing them with safety scis - Babies (2)
E2Babies (2)Babies The arrival of a baby is a new beginning for every family, bringing lots of joy and change to all. This week in Play School, we learn about babies and their growing stages through songs, stories, films and creative play. We also look at ways to involve young children with their new brother or sister to avoid feelings of displacement and encourage them to feel proud of being “big” and their capabilities. Throughout the week, we feature a special series of baby films that look at different aspects of a baby’s daily routine, such as sleeping, playing, eating and bathing. Episode 2 PRESENTERS Abi Tucker – Jay Laga’aia PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Cheeky Monkey’s Dancing Day (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Baby Clothes Washing Day (Play School, ABC) BABY FILM SERIES Babies Playing (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a baby roller rattle with a plastic spaghetti container filled with colourful ping pong balls. Pretend to dance like a monkey, a hippo, a parrot or an elephant. Make some tissue box blocks for a baby by covering the boxes in colourful contact. SONGS Two Little Eyes Composers: M. Miller & Paula L. Zajan Publisher: Allans Music Down in the Valley Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Hey, Hey, Hey Composers: Judith Keyzer & Peter Dasent Publisher: Control/Origin/ABC Music Publishing If You’re Happy and You Know It Composer: Traditional Publisher: ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make Gingerbread Babies You will need: - 125 grams softened butter - 1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1⁄2 cup golden syrup - 1 egg separated, plus an extra egg white - 2 1⁄2 cups plain flour - 1 tablespoon powdered ginger - 1 teaspoon mixed spice - 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda - 2 cups icing sugar - A gingerbread man biscuit cutter - Food colouring – any colours you like Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a baking tray. C - Babies (3)
E3Babies (3)Babies The arrival of a baby is a new beginning for every family, bringing lots of joy and change to all. This week in Play School, we learn about babies and their growing stages through songs, stories, films and creative play. We also look at ways to involve young children with their new brother or sister to avoid feelings of displacement and encourage them to feel proud of being “big” and their capabilities. Throughout the week, we feature a special series of baby films that look at different aspects of a baby’s daily routine, such as sleeping, playing, eating and bathing. Episode 3 PRESENTERS Zindzi Okenyo – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY What Makes Me Happy? written and illustrated by Catherine & Laurence Anholt Walker Books Australia FILM Siblings Meet New Baby (Play School, ABC) BABY FILM SERIES Babies Eating (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Look out for some baby animals that you may see at a friend’s house, the farm or at an animal show. Look in the mirror and make some silly faces. Draw a few different faces, each with a different expression, on paper plates. You can make masks or puppets out of these. SONGS Gee Up Neddy Composers: Box, Cox, Butler and Roberts Publisher: The Sun Music Publishing Company Fa La Nana Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing It’s So Nice to Have a Cuddle Composer: Sandy Tobias-Offenheim Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Happy Birthday Composers: Mildred Hill & Patricia Hill Publisher: Public domain Friends All Together Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control How Are You Feeling? Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control Come-a-look-a-see Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Soft Cuddly Baby Toy You will need: - Two cloth nappies or hand towels - Sticker dots - A single baby sock Fold the c - Babies (4)
E4Babies (4)Babies The arrival of a baby is a new beginning for every family, bringing lots of joy and change to all. This week in Play School, we learn about babies and their growing stages through songs, stories, films and creative play. We also look at ways to involve young children with their new brother or sister to avoid feelings of displacement and encourage them to feel proud of being “big” and their capabilities. Throughout the week, we feature a special series of baby films that look at different aspects of a baby’s daily routine, such as sleeping, playing, eating and bathing. Episode 4 PRESENTERS Zindzi Okenyo – Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Shhh...Baby’s Asleep (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Family Going Shopping at Veggie Market (Play School, ABC) BABY FILM SERIES Babies Getting Dressed (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Sing a lullaby to a baby. Help to dress a baby or dress one of your toys. Set up a babies’ clothes shop. Your friends or toys can be customers. Find some singlets, booties, baby blankets or baby toys that you are allowed to use to sell it in the baby shop. Take your baby bear or doll for a ride in a cardboard car, a cardboard train, a doll’s stroller or a cardboard rocket. SONGS Making a Hat Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control Hey There, What Do You Wear? Composer: Helen Martin Driving in the Car Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control The Wheels on the Bus Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Fa La Nana Composer: Traditional Publisher: ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make Paper Hats You will need: - A plastic bowl that fits on your head like a hat, above your ears and eyebrows - A broadsheet newspaper - Tape - Cardboard - Safety scissors - Two 50cm lengths of ribbon - A Newspaper Sunhat Set the plastic bowl upside down on a fl - Babies (5)
E5Babies (5)Babies The arrival of a baby is a new beginning for every family, bringing lots of joy and change to all. This week in Play School, we learn about babies and their growing stages through songs, stories, films and creative play. We also look at ways to involve young children with their new brother or sister to avoid feelings of displacement and encourage them to feel proud of being “big” and their capabilities. Throughout the week, we feature a special series of baby films that look at different aspects of a baby’s daily routine, such as sleeping, playing, eating and bathing. Episode 5 PRESENTERS Abi Tucker – Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Mr Archimedes’ Bath Author & Illustrator: Pamela Allen Publisher: Collins FILM Platypus with Babies (Play School, ABC) BABY FILM SERIES Babies at Bath Time (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Go to the zoo or aquarium to watch how platypuses swim in the water and move on the land. Make your own bubble wand by rolling some card into a trumpet shape. Dip it into the bubble mix and blow. SONGS Bath Time Composer: June Epstein Publisher: Allans Music Co. Splish, Splash, Splosh Composers: Peter Mapleson & Robyn Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Scoot on My Scooter Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting & Justine Clarke Publisher: Origin/Control I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles Composers: Jaan Kenbrovin & John William Kellette Publisher: A & C Black, London 1977 When Suzy Had a Baby Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing I Like to Sing Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin/Control Wombat Wobble Composer: Val Donlon Publisher: ABC Music c/o Mushroom Music MAKE AND DO How to Give Your Toys a Bath You will need: - A plastic baby’s bath or bucket - Soap - A hard plastic toy (or toys), suitable for getting wet - A wash cloth - A towel - A face washer - A peg Fill