Play School (1966)
Opposites (2014) (3)
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S292 • E3 Sep 30, 2014 25mSeries 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.
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.
