My Favourite Things (1)

Series 277: My Favourite Things Episode 1 My Favourite Things Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf. PRESENTERS Alex Papps – Emma Palmer PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Runaway Hug Author: Nick Bland Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Scholastic Australia FILM Art Class (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER - Visit a garden in the early morning or evening and see if you can find a snail out for a slippery, sliding walk. If you gently place the snail on black cardboard you will see the silvery trail that is left behind. - Make a book of patterns! Staple a few pieces of blank paper together and create a page each for spots, stripes and zigzags. Then make a mixed up pattern page with spots, stripes and zigzags all together.  SONGS Off to the Library Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Making a Hat Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control Spots are Great Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control My Favourite Things Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers Publisher: Imagen It’s So Nice to Have A Cuddle Composer: Sandy Tobias-Offenheim Publisher: ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make Mister Clay Head You will need: - Ball of malleable clay - Pipe cleaners Manipulate the clay until it is workable Roll the clay round and round on a table to create a large ball for a head and two small balls for eyes. Attach the eyes and pinch some clay to form a nose. Add a long narrow piece of clay for a mouth. To make curly hair, wrap pipe cleaners around your finger, remove and push into clay head. How to Make a Clay Snail You will need: - Ball of malleable clay - Pipe cleaners Roll the ball of clay into a long cylindrical shape by rolling two hands backwards and forwards on the clay. Roll the long cylinder into a spiral and then stand upright on the table. Add short pieces of pipe cleaners to create eye stalks on either side of the snail’s head. How to Make Fruit Kebabs You will need: - 1 rockmelon - 1 honeydew melon - A melon baller - A punnet of strawberries Straws Ask an adult to cut the rockmelon and honeydew melon in half. Use a melon baller to scoop out the melon. Make lots of melon balls from both melons. Remove the stalks from the strawberries. Slide the melon balls and strawberries onto a straw. Eat and enjoy!