Pets Pets play an important role in the lives of many young children. Learning to care for pets, whether they are small animals such as goldfish, or larger animals such as cats or dogs, helps children develop a sense of responsibility. For those unable to own pets, visiting the pets of family and friends can also be a great learning experience. This week in Play School we look at lots of different types of pets and their unique features and natures. We also look at the responsibilities that come with owning pets such as grooming, regular exercise and feeding. Each day we go through the windows to meet different animal companions, including cats, dogs, guinea pigs, a pony and chooks. We are also visited in studio by Teo s dog, Billie, and some goldfish. Page 1 of 11
Monday SONGS Jump If You Feel You Want To Composer: Lionel Morton Publisher: Control The Old Grey Cat PRESENTERS Luke Carroll - Jolene Anderson PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd, 1973 First published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973 First published by ABC books, 2007 All rights reserved. FILMS The Kitten Getting Up, Getting Ready (Play School ABC) The Black Cat Composers: Mary Britton & M. Bartholomew Publisher: Silver Birdette (US) Shake my Sillies Out Composers: Raffi Cavoukian, Bert Simpson and Bonnie Simpson Publisher: Homeland Publishing (SOCAN) I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning The Owl and the Pussycat Composer: Edward Lear Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty Composer: Laura Pendleton MacCartney /Allans IDEAS FOR LATER Pretend to be a jack-in-the-box! Decorate a large box, then climb in and jump up to surprise someone! Play a moving game with a set of homemade die. Paint a square tissue box and, once dry, draw on numbers with a marker (or spots to represent numbers). Next to each number, draw a physical action, such as hopping, jumping or skipping. Roll the die and do whatever it tells you, e.g. jump three times, hop six times etc. Page 2 of 11
MAKE AND DO How to Make Cat Toys 2 short cardboard rolls A bell A scrap of fabric large enough to wrap around one of the cardboard rolls 1 hair scrunchie String Tape For the first toy, place a bell inside a small cardboard roll and then wrap the cardboard roll in a scrap of fabric. Tie a scrunchie around the middle of the roll to secure the fabric. Roll the toy for a cat to play with. For the second toy, cut even slits, approximately 1cm long, around both ends of a cardboard roll and bend the slits outwards. Attach a piece of string to one end with tape. Dangle the toy for a cat to play with. If you don t have a cat at home, you might like to make a cushion cat to play with the toys you have made. Tie a ribbon around a cushion to make a head and a body, then tie two scrunchies around the two corners of the cushion cat s head to make ears. Tape on a strip of fabric or a ribbon for a tail. Page 3 of 11
Tuesday SONGS Happy Dog Composers: Peter Dasent & Jane Lindsay Publisher: Origin I Like Dogs (Do You?) Composers: John William Fox PRESENTERS Emma Palmer Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY The Mystery of the Missing Mango (A story told by the Play School team) FILMS Two Dogs Meg and Bob What Shall We Do? Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control Bags Composer: Don Spencer May I Come Over To Your Place? Composer: Henrietta Clark Walking the Dog Composers: J Kane & M Walmsley Pets for Therapy IDEAS FOR LATER Make a pet collage! Look for pictures of your favourite animal in old magazines it might be a dog, a cat, a bird or any animal you wish! Cut out the pictures and paste them to a piece of paper or cardboard. Give all of the animal pictures names! Page 4 of 11
MAKE AND DO How to Make a Sausage Dog A long balloon Coloured paper Tape Tissue paper Marker Blow up the balloon and tie off. Cut two long ears from coloured paper and tape to the balloon. Fringe some tissue paper and tape to the balloon for a coat. Draw on some eyes, a big wet nose and a smiley mouth with a marker. How to Make Bags for Your Toys Old magazines Brown paper bags Single hole punch String or ribbon for handles Things to decorate your bags with, such as stickers, tinsel and glittery scraps of paper Paste Look through old magazines and cut out colourful pictures to decorate your bags with. You might like to look for pictures that represent the kind of bags you are making for example, we found pictures of fruit and vegetables to decorate the shopping bag we made for Maurice. Punch a hole in each corner of the top of a paper bag. Thread through ribbon or string for handles and tie off. Decorate with the pictures you have collected from old magazines, as well as stickers, tinsel, glittery scraps of paper or anything you like! Make lots of different bags for your toys! Page 5 of 11
Wednesday SONGS How Are You Feeling? Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control This Is the Way PRESENTERS Jolene Anderson - Sofya Gollan - Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Friend s Surprise (A story told by the Play School team) Little Peter Rabbit Everybody Get Together Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Everybody Likes Fruit & Vegetables Composer: Jay Mankita Publisher: Dream On Tape Music FILMS Zanzi Goes to the Vet (Play School ABC) Guinea Pigs ANIMATION Little Peter Rabbit IDEAS FOR LATER Choose your favourite vegetables and/or fruits and make a healthy juice. Take your pet for a visit to the vet for a check up, or set up a pretend vet at home and take your toys for a check up instead. Page 6 of 11
MAKE AND DO How to Make a Rabbit Costume Cardboard Tape or stapler Cotton wool balls Paste White tissue paper Egg carton cell Elastic Pipe cleaners Cut a strip of cardboard about 10cm in width and long enough to fit around your head with a little bit of overlap. Fit the strip of cardboard around your head, just above your ears and eyebrows, and tape or staple together for a snug fit. Draw two long rabbit ears on another piece of cardboard and cut out. Paste on lots of cotton wool balls to make the ears white and fluffy. Once dry, tape or staple them to the cardboard headband. Scrunch a large bunch of white tissue paper into a ball and tape on a long piece of string to make a rabbit tail you can tie around your waist. Attach two lengths of elastic to either side of an egg carton cell. Place the egg carton cell on your nose and tie the elastic at the back of your head to secure. Tape some pipe cleaner rabbit whiskers to the inside of the egg carton cell. Now you re ready to be a rabbit! Put on your rabbit ears, nose and whiskers and tie your rabbit tail around your waist! Hop around like a rabbit! Page 7 of 11
Thursday SONGS Swim Like A Fish Composers: Chris Harriott & Simon Hopkinson All the Fish Are Swimming in the Water Composer: Beatrice Landeck Publisher: J Albert & Son PRESENTERS Luke Carroll - Jolene Anderson PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Mrs Pirate Written and illustrated by Nick Sharratt, Walker Books Australia My Big Blue Boat Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting A Sailor Went to Sea FILM Seals, Turtles & Penguins (Footage from The Big Blue, NHK) IDEAS FOR LATER Cover your hand in paint and make some handprints on paper. Turn your handprints into different animals, such as elephants or fish. Create an underwater aquarium scene In the middle of a paper plate. Then, remove the centre from another paper plate and replace it with blue cellophane. Tape this plate over the top of your underwater scene to create an instant aquarium! Make a boat from a piece of driftwood with sticks for masts and leaves for sails. Page 8 of 11
MAKE AND DO A3 paper Crayons Blue edicol wash Coloured cardboard Paste Paddle pop sticks Plain paper How to Make a Fish and Boat Picture Draw a picture of the wavy blue sea on a piece of A3 paper with crayons. Draw lots of fish, swimming in the water. Wash over the entire picture with blue edicol wash. The picture you have drawn in crayon will stand out! Draw a boat and two triangle sails on coloured cardboard. Cut out and paste to your picture, so the boat is floating on the wavy blue sea. Stick on two paddle pop sticks for masts. Draw a sailor on a piece of plain paper using crayons. Stick the sailor in the boat and draw on a smiling face and some sailor clothes. Page 9 of 11
Friday SONGS What Can A Cow Do but Moo? Composers: Peter Gosling & Michael Cole Chicken Talk Composers: David Butts, Atoine Demarest & Bruce Thorburn (Hooley Dooleys) PRESENTERS Jolene Anderson Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Gobble Gobble Mooooo Tractor Book by Jez Alborough, HarperCollins Publishers 2010 Jez Alborough Down on the Farm Composer: Graham Beebee Publisher: BBC/KPM Giddiap Horsey Composers: L. Scott & L.s Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing The Little Grey Ponies Composer: Laura Pendleton MacCartney Publisher: Allans FILMS Lily, Saul & the Chooks Frosty the Pony IDEAS FOR LATER Dress up as your favourite pet. Visit a working farm and help care for and feed the pets and animals that live there. Page 10 of 11
MAKE AND DO How to Make a Paper Plate Hen Paper plate Red paint Red and white streamers Tape Yellow and red cardboard Sticker dots Red balloon Paint a paper plate red. Once dry, fold the paper plate in half. Tape red and white streamers to the paper plate for feathers. Cut a triangle from yellow cardboard. Tape the triangle to one end of the paper plate for a beak. Add two sticker dot eyes. Cut a comb from red cardboard and stick to the top of your hen s head. Tape a deflated red balloon under your hen s beak for a wattle. How to Make a Cardboard Box Turkey Small cardboard box Brown paint Wooden spoon Orange and red cardboard Tape Sticker dots Two feathers Yellow paper Paint a small cardboard box brown. Once dry, ask an adult to make a hole in one end of the cardboard box to push a wooden spoon through for a neck and head. Cut a small diamond shape from orange cardboard. Fold the diamond in half to create a beak. Stick some tape to the back of the folded diamond beak and tape it to the wooden spoon. Tape a deflated balloon under the beak for a wattle. Cut a snood from yellow cardboard and tape to your turkey s face. Add two sticker dot eyes, Tape two feather wings to either side of your turkey. Fold a piece of yellow paper backwards and forwards, concertina style, to turn it into a fan. Tape one end of the fan together and tape the fan to the end of your box turkey for tail feathers. Page 11 of 11