Round and Round (1)

Series 305: Round and Round This week in Play School we discover things that go round and round! Join us as we spin the Spinners are Grinners Wheel and learn about things that twist, turn and twirl in the home, on the farm, in the city and outdoors. We also explore body movement, see how wheels help us move and look through the windows to see some children sing Ring a Ring a Rosie, have a teddy bears’ picnic and play with things that go round and round in the park! http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=4234145 Episode 1 PRESENTERS Eddie Perfect and Zindzi Okenyo PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Acrobat Author: Gabriel Alborozo Publisher: Child’s Play International FILM Let’s Spin (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER - Visit a butterfly house and see all the different kinds of butterflies. - Ask a parent, friend or carer to trace around you while lying on some paper on the floor. Draw features – face, hair, clothes. - Roll hula hoops down a hill with a parent or carer SONGS Round and Round Composer: Kylie Montague Publisher: Control Round and Round We Go Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor Ring A Ring O’ Roses Composer: Traditional Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Let Everyone Clap Hands With Me Composer: M. Miller & Paula L. Zajan Publisher: Music Sales Australia Roly Poly Composer: Angela Moore & Peter Dasent Publisher: Control/Origin/ABC Music Publishing I Can Fly Like a Bird Composer: Lucille Wood Publisher: Chambers Harrap Fluttler Flutter Butterfly Composer: Lesley Lees Publisher: Ward Lock Educational MAKE AND DO  How to Make Fluttering Butterfly Mobile You will need: - Small hoop - Colourful ribbons - Small tissue paper squares - Masking tape Prepare hoop to hang by adding three ribbons around the hoop. Tie together at centre. Take squares of colourful tissue paper. Twist in centre to create butterfly/bow tie shape. Attach butterfly to end of lengths of ribbon with masking tape. Tie butterfly ribbons to hoop and hang up. See your butterflies flutter around!  MAKE AND DO  How to Make Roly Poly Clowns You will need: - Cardboard - Coloured crayons - Circle stickers - Masking tape - 2 x short pipe cleaners - Drinking straw - Cylindrical cardboard box or tube, with lid or cardboard circles attached both ends Draw and cut out clown shapes on cardboard. One clown standing with arms raised. The other with arms and legs stretched out. Decorate clowns, with crayons and circle stickers. For Clown 1 - Roly Attach short pieces of looped pipe cleaners to clown hands with masking tape. Thread drinking straw through pipe cleaner loops. For Clown 2 - Poly Attach clown to cardboard circle using masking tape. Your roly poly clowns are ready to spin!