Play School (1966)
Opposites (2014) (5)
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S292 • E5 Oct 2, 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 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
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
