Let's Pretend (3)

Theme Notes Series 290: Let’s Pretend Play School’s series ‘Let’s pretend’ aims to nurture the imagination, creativity and a sense of wonder. Imaginative play not only provides enjoyment to young children, but it also helps them understand the real world and their place in it. It can also help them learn about experiences and people they may not directly come into contact with. Language, social and cognitive ability are also developed through imaginative play. A strong sense of imagination and creativity assists children become confident problem solvers. Episode 3 PRESENTERS Teo Gebert and Leah Vandenberg PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Ruby Learns To Swim Author: Phillip Gwynne Illustrator: Tamsin Ainslie Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia, 2013 FILM Kangaroo Island Lighthouse Visit (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make some plastic container boats and a plastic container lighthouse in a water trough. Make some salt play dough decorations to hang. Paint an under the sea mural with different coloured sea creatures. SONGS Everybody Do This Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Friends All Together Composer: Peter Dasent and Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin / Control Swim Like A Kid Composer: Julie Blanchard Publisher: MCA / Gilbey All The Fish Are Swimming In The Water Composer: Beatrice Landeck Publisher: J. Albert & Son Dressing Up Song Composer: Peter Dasent and Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin / Control Diving Composer: Scott Aplin & Phil Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing It’s Fun To Pretend Composer: Peter Dasent & Judith Keyzer Publisher: Origin/Control /ABC Music Publishing Two Little Boats Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing MAKE AND DO How to Make a Woolly Rainbow Fish You will need: - 4 thick cardboard fish shapes with slits cut around the edge of the fish. - Long strands of different coloured wool. Drawn an eye on fish shape. Take a coloured piece of wool and wrap it around and around the fish so that it slips into the slit to stop wool from slipping off. Use many colours to make a colourful woolly rainbow fish.  MAKE AND DO How to Make a Seaside with Play Dough You will need: - Green dough - Brown dough - Yellow dough - Blue dough - Craft dog, dog owner, seagull, horse, person on bike. Make a craft horse, seagull, bike rider, dog and dog owner. Make these from any materials for example drawings, pipe cleaners, ice cream sticks, cardboard cylinders and paper. Make a play dough seaside. Green dough will be the grassy park at the seaside. A brown path can be made by winding the brown dough over the green dough. This is for the bike rider, dog owner and the dog to walk on. Yellow dough will be placed next to green play dough grass for the sand. Next, a blue sea will be made with the blue play dough. Put as many characters at the play dough seaside as you wish. A horse galloping, seagulls resting, a dog and owner walking.