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MONDAY
Presenters - Leah Vandenberg and Simon Burke
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion
Songs
"It's So Nice To Have A Cuddle"
Composer: Sandy Tobias-Offenheim
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Clap, Clap Clap Your Hands"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty"
Composer: Laura Pendleton MacCartney
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
"Shaky, Shaky"
Composer: M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field & G. Page
Publisher: EMI / ABC Music
"Who's That Tapping at The Window"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Doubleday (from "American Songs For Children")
"Put Your Finger on Your Nose"
Composer: Woody Guthrie
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
Story
"My Sister's Hair"
Authors: Sally Crabtree & Roberta Mathieson
Illustrator: Jane Cabrera
Publisher: Gullane Children's Books
Animation
"Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty" animation
(Play School, ABC)
Film
"Children Describing Themselves"
(Play School, ABC)
Make and Do
1. Make a beach bucket dog
2. Painting different hair styles
Ideas for Later
What else can you do with a beach bucket?
Build sandcastles
Build a bucket tower
Try making a bucket bed for your toys
Put some water in a small beach bucket. Tie on a small paintbrush. Now paint some water pictures out on the ground or on a fence.
Cut out some dog bones from coloured cardboard. Get someone to hide these around your backyard. Now you can be a dog and go and find them.
TUESDAY
Presenters - Karen Pang and Andrew McFarlane
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion
Songs
"Johnny Works With One Hammer"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Everybody Do This"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"My Dog Bill"
Composer: Henrietta Clark & Warren Carr
Publisher: Unpublished
"How Much Is That Doggie in the Window"
Composer: Bob Merrill
Publisher: J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
"Two Little Puppy Dogs" (poem)
Composer: Source unknown
Story
"My Beak, Your Beak"
Author: Melanie Walsh
Publisher: Transworld Publishers (Doubleday)
Animation
"My Dog Bill" animation
(Play School, ABC)
Film
"Pet Accessories"
(Play School, ABC)
Make and Do
1. Office Building
2. Catchy Ball Game
Ideas for Later
Get out some dress up clothes and get dressed up as a worker. What type of worker will you be? - a nurse, a fire fighter, doctor, road worker, captain, shopkeeper, dancer etc.
What jobs do you like to do and help with at home? Make a list.
Dab a tennis ball into some water paint. Now bounce or dab it on some paper. Look at the bouncy ball painting.
WEDNESDAY
Presenters - Karen Pang and Andrew McFarlane
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion
Songs
"Bingo"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Edward B. Marks (from Songs To Grow On)
"Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty"
Composer: Laura Pendleton MacCartney
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
"I Went To The Garden"
Composer: Elizabeth Matterson
Publisher: Penguin (from "This Little Puffin")
"Do Do Do"
Composers: Vanessa & Karina Johnston
Publisher: Jingle Jam Pty. Ltd. (from CD "Jingle Jam Dance (Groovy Dances For Children")
"Forklift"
Composers: Campbell / Casey
Publisher: Unpublished
"Cat/Dog" Poem (v/o montage)
Author: Tammy Burnstock
Publisher: Unpublished
Story
"I Get It" (Told story with "Chelsea" the dog)
Author: Play School Team, ABC
Publisher: Unpublished
Film
"Cat & Dog" Montage
(Play School, ABC)
"Digger Driver"
(Play School, ABC)
Make and Do
1. Games for your toys
2. Growing Flower Animals
Ideas for Later
Talk about the training of dogs. You may like to visit a dog training session. Does your pet dog follow your commands? Can your dog do special tricks? Like - sit, roll, bark stay, or down?
Put some toy diggers or trucks in a pile of sand or soil in the garden. Have fun digging, scooping, pushing and carrying the soil or sand. Dig some big trenches or holes.
THURSDAY
Presenters- Karen Pang and Andrew McFarlane
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion
Songs
"This is the Way"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
"Sing a Rainbow"
Composer: Arthur Hamilton
Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co. Ltd.
"How Does a Caterpillar Go?"
Composer: M.C. Dainton
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
"Sometimes I'm Very, Very Small"
Composer: Ethel Hedley
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.
(from "Rhymes and Dances for Little Folk")
"Jump"
Composer: Lionel Morton
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Three Little Kittens"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Oxford University Press (from "Oxford Nursery Song Book")
Story
"Three Little Kittens"
Author: Traditional (Dramatised)
Animation
"Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty" animation
(Play School, ABC)
Film
"Stilt Walker"
(Play School)
Make and Do
1. Strawberry Jam
2. Dog and Cat Gift Tags
Ideas for Later
· Make some biscuits or gingerbread using cookie cutters. You may find a dog or cat shaped cookie cutter. Decorate your biscuits with icing. You may like to put them in a special tin or box and give them as a gift. Perhaps you could make some different gift tags for your gift.
· Paint a beautiful rainbow on a large sheet of paper. Can you sing a rainbow?
FRIDAY
Presenters - Justine Clarke, Andrew McFarlane and Sofya Gollan
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion
Songs
"Have You Seen the Cat At Night?"
Composer: Ron Gamack
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Stacks on the Mill" (chant)
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Unknown
"How Many People Live At Your House?"
Composer: L.F Wood
Publisher: ABC (from "The Useful Book")
"Here's a House"
Composers: John Fox & Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC (from "The New Useful Book")
"Kitty and Puppy"
Composers: Roberta McLaughlin & Lucille Wood
Publisher: Bowmar (from "The Small Singer")
Story
"John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat"
Text: Jenny Wager
Illustrations: Ron Brooks
Publisher: Puffin Books (Penguin Books Ltd.)
Film
"Vet Visit"
(Play School, ABC)
Make and Do
1. Play stacks on the mill
2. Make a night/day picture
Ideas for Later
· Build your own animal houses for your toys from cardboard boxes: a dog kennel, a cat's basket, a bird's nest, a giraffes house, a mouse house.
· Look in magazines and find as many different kinds of dogs, cats and other pets that you can find. Glue each picture onto a separate piece of paper and thread or staple together to make a pet book.
· Talk about the best way to care for different pets. Where do they sleep? What do they eat? Do you have to wash them? Do they have any special needs?
