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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 flat workspace. Place three of four sheets of newspaper on top of the bowl. Cup the newspaper around the bowl with your hands, so the newspaper moulds to the shape of the bowl. Take a long piece of tape and wrap it around the newspaper bowl shape, to keep it in place. Scrunch the edges of the newspaper to make a round brim for your hat. Tape to secure. You can now remove your newspaper sunhat from the bowl and wear it on your head! A Cardboard Baby’s Bonnet Tear or cut a large semi-circle from cardboard. Tear or cut two 15cm slits on the circle side of the cardboard, about a hand’s space apart. Fold the cardboard on each side under the closest slit to create a bonnet shape. Tape the cardboard in place. Tape a piece of ribbon to either side of the bonnet. Put the bonnet on and loosely tie the ribbons to keep it in place.