Play School (1966)
Opposites
TV-G
Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities.
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5 Episodes
- Opposites (2014) (1)
E1Opposites (2014) (1)Series 292: Opposites (2014) Up and down, happy and sad, big and small, hot and cold - this week in Play School we look at opposites! Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities. Episode 1 Abi and Teo play the Opposites Game, decorate a tablecloth with paint spray, make yummy hot and iced chocolate, see how to tie-dye t-shirts through the windows and play a hiding game with James and Meena. PRESENTERS Abi Tucker and Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Dinosaur Roar Author: Henrietta Strickland Illustrator: Paul Strickland Publisher: Puffin Books FILM Tie Dyeing (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a box swing for some toys Go to a playground and have fun Try tie-dyeing some T-shirts Play an opposite game SONGS See Saw, Up & Down Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Open, Shut Them Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Dino Stomp Composer: Judith Simpson & Max Lambert Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Stir Up The Pudding Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Wet Washing Composer: Liz Olsen Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Sometimes I’m Very, Very Small Composer: Ethel Hedley Publisher: James Nisbet & Co Ltd. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO  How to Make a Hot Chocolate and Iced Chocolate You will need: - Drinking chocolate - Milk - Cups - Ice - Spoon - Straws - Marshmallows (optional) Ice Chocolate: Put one spoon of chocolate powder in a cup. Pour in enough milk to fill the cup. Stir until chocolate powder has dissolved. Put in some ice cubes and stir again. Ice chocolate is complet - Opposites (2014) (2)
E2Opposites (2014) (2)Series 292: Opposites (2014) Up and down, happy and sad, big and small, hot and cold - this week in Play School we look at opposites! Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities. Episode 2 PRESENTERS Rachael Coopes and Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY “Fine Friends” (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Northern Territory Weaving (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Play the finding game and hide something from a friend. Blow some bubbles outside in the garden or at a park. Collect things from the garden to make a garden collage. SONGS Dig, Dig, Dig Composer: Julian Gough, Monica Trapaga, David Basden (Arr. Penny Biggins) Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Doin’ It Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ Control We’re Going Up Composer: Ron Gamack Publisher: ABC Music Publishing The Mixing Song Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin / Control Hokey Pokey Composer: Jimmy Kennedy Publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co (c/- Albert Music & Music Sales UK) Like A Leaf or Feather Composer: Mary Champion De Crespigny Publisher: EMI Music Move Over and Make Room Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO  How to Make a Small Garden You will need: - Seedling soil mix - Egg cartons - Tomato, basil and marigold seeds - Watering can - Water Put seedling soil mix into the cups of the egg cartons. Open up the seed packets. Put a hole in each soil compartment. Sprinkle seeds into the holes. Cover with soil. Water the seeds. MAKE AND DO  How to Make a Striped Toy Mat or Painting You will need: - Calico or material - Masking tape - Different - Opposites (2014) (3)
E3Opposites (2014) (3)Series 292: Opposites (2014) Up and down, happy and sad, big and small, hot and cold - this week in Play School we look at opposites! Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities. Episode 3 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg and Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Seadog Author: Claire Saxby (Copyright 2013) Illustrator: Tom Jellett (Copyright 2013) Publisher: First Published by Random House Australia in 2013 FILM Sheep Shearing (Play School, ABC) FILM “My Dog Bill” (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Pretend to be a dog, cat, lamb, duck and other farm animals and sing Old MacDonald’s Farm Make a fast/slow book. Find pictures of things that move fast and pictures of things that move slow.  SONGS Hair Composer: Jill Darby Publisher: Longman Group UK Ltd. Here Is The Sea Composer: John Fox Publisher: ABC Music Publishing My Dog Bill Composer: Henrietta Clark & Warren Carr Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Old MacDonald Had A Farm Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Scratchy Painting You will need: - Plastic sheet - Paint - Paper - Squeeze bottles  Squeeze paint onto plastic sheet. Spread it out with your hands. Use your nails to scratch a picture in the paint. Put a piece of paper onto the paint and take a print of the scratchy painting. Add extra paint to scratch a wavy sea and some blobby fish. Hang the painting up to dry. - Opposites (2014) (4)
E4Opposites (2014) (4)Series 292: Opposites (2014) Up and down, happy and sad, big and small, hot and cold - this week in Play School we look at opposites! Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities. Episode 4 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg and Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Henry and Amy Author: Stephen Michael King Publisher: Scholastic Press Australia FILM Making Arancini Balls (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Jump up and down like a frog. Do some sewing in and out of some material. Make an elephant puzzle. Stick a picture of an elephant on a piece of paper; draw a line on top of the elephant from the edge of the paper to the other. Cut on the line. Put the two pieces together to make an elephant puzzle. SONGS This Little Boy Composer: M. Miller & Paula L. Zajan Publisher: Allen & Co. How Are You Feeling? Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control If You’re Happy And You Know It Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing The Elephant Wobbles Composer: Peter Charlton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Hanging Around Composer: Don Spencer Publisher: Control Going Shopping Composer: Jane Fulford Publisher: Control Running To The Corner Composer: Ann North & Martin Wesley Smith Publisher: Control MAKE AND DO  How to Make a Topsy Turvy Doll You will need: - Cardboard tube approx 30cm long - Buff paper strips pasted on as a head Scrunchies - Fabric for skirt - Coloured markers - Pom poms - String, masking tape, wool and tinsel for hair  Scrunch up some strong paper for a head and tape it to both ends of the tubes. This will make two heads. Decorate the heads by drawing on faces and taping - Opposites (2014) (5)
E5Opposites (2014) (5)Series 292: Opposites (2014) Up and down, happy and sad, big and small, hot and cold - this week in Play School we look at opposites! Opposites are one of the simplest and most important concepts for pre-schoolers to understand. It helps them to improve their communication as they learn how to describe different things. This series explores this important concept through fun games, songs, stories and activities. Episode 5 PRESENTERS Rachael Coopes and Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY “A Squash And A Squeeze” (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Swimming at the Waterhole (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Pretend to be a Jack-in-the-Box using an old cardboard box. Play with some water jugs and containers in a water trough. Are they full or empty? SONGS  Do You Put Your Hat On Composer: Val Donlon & Claire Henderson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Do Your Ears Hang Low Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Ain’t It Great To Be Crazy Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Swim Like A Fish Composer: Chris Harriot & Simon Hopkinson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing A Squash And A Squeeze Composer: Julia Donaldson Publisher: BBC/ABC Music Publishing Jack In The Box Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing  MAKE AND DO How to Make a Long and Short Neck Puppet You will need: - Long socks - Short socks - Stickers - Hair clips - Pegs - Material for tongue Put stickers on the socks for eyes. Put two pegs on each sock for ears. Cover one puppet with spots all over its body. Put spiky hair clips all over the other sock for a spiky puppet. Place hands in the sock puppets to make them move and talk. One has a long neck and the other has a short neck. Add a material tongue to both puppets with a clip.  MAKE AND DO How to Make Silly Dress Ups You will n