Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action.
Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Episode 1
PRESENTERS
Leah Vandenberg and Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
My Nose, Your Nose by Melanie Walsh Published by Doubleday, a division of Random House Children’s Publishing UK
Used by permission of the Random House Group Limited
FILM
Getting New Glasses
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Peek a Boo
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing
Two Little Eyes
Composer: Mary Miller & Paula L. Zajan
Publisher: Allans Music
How Are You Feeling?
Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control
Dancing Face
Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin/Control
I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing
Head and Shoulders
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing
Der Glumph
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing

IDEAS FOR LATER
Look at faces in books and magazines and all around you – babies and older people, boys and girls, dogs and cats. Look for eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
Make a feelings puppet. Draw a happy face and a sad face on each side of a paper plate. Attach your paper plate to a stick and play with your happy/sad puppet face.
Visit an optometrist and have a look at all the different sorts of glasses
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Dolly Marionette Puppet
You will need:
- 1 medium sized soft ball
- 4 small soft balls
- Piece of silky fabric approx. 1 metre x 25cm
- Piece of white cotton fabric 80 cm x 25 cm
