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Series 271: Let's Find Out
Monday
Children are naturally inquisitive and want to know about the world around them. Experiences that encourage children to question how or why things happen are a science experience. This week in Play School we adopt a “finding out” attitude and explore our environment in a scientific way. Over the week we look at colours, magnets, batteries, flying, chemical reactions and movement. Through a mixture of play, observation, music and storytelling we “find out” together.
Children are continually developing skills in thinking, reasoning and observation. To help introduce science concepts and extend language skills, the presenters use appropriate science terms in a context to encourage their understanding. Open-ended questions are posed such as “What do you think would happen if...?”to extend thinking and encourage exploration.
Every day this week our resident scientist, Ruben, and a small group of children, conduct simple experiments - looking at how things dissolve, making a simple electrical circuit, making an object fly and observing chemical reactions and chain reactions caused by moving objects.
PRESENTERS
Andrew McFarlane - Emma Palmer
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
“Bears on Chairs” by Shirley Parenteau.
Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved Illustrations copyright © 2009 by David Walker.
Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA USA.
FILM
Baby Evangeline Has a Bath
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Here is the Sea
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Spots are Great
Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard
Publisher: Origin/Control
What Shall We Do?
Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard
Publisher: Origin/Control
All the Fish Are Swimming in the Water
Composer: Beatrice Landeck
Publisher: J Albert & Son
Splish! Splash! Splosh!
Composers: Peter & Robyn Mapleson
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
When I Was
Series 271: Let's Find Out
Tuesday
Children are naturally inquisitive and want to know about the world around them. Experiences that encourage children to question how or why things happen are a science experience. This week in Play School we adopt a “finding out” attitude and explore our environment in a scientific way. Over the week we look at colours, magnets, batteries, flying, chemical reactions and movement. Through a mixture of play, observation, music and storytelling we “find out” together.
Children are continually developing skills in thinking, reasoning and observation. To help introduce science concepts and extend language skills, the presenters use appropriate science terms in a context to encourage their understanding. Open-ended questions are posed such as “What do you think would happen if...?”to extend thinking and encourage exploration.
Every day this week our resident scientist, Ruben, and a small group of children, conduct simple experiments - looking at how things dissolve, making a simple electrical circuit, making an object fly and observing chemical reactions and chain reactions caused by moving objects.
SYNOPSIS
Alex and Karen are joined by Sofya to play Hide and Fish with magnets, make shadow puppets, find out about conducting electricity with scientist Ruben and take a look at a scrap metal yard through the windows.
PRESENTERS
Alex Papps – Karen Pang – Sofya Gollan
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
The Marvellous Robot
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Scrap Metal Yard
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
There is Something that is Hiding (There is Someone Who is Hiding)
Composer: Henrietta Clark
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Rain Song
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
R.O.B.O.T
Composers: Vanessa & Karina Johnston
Publisher: Jingle Jam Pty. Ltd.
What Do You Think My Name is?
Composer: Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
SCIENCE EXP
Series 271: Let's Find Out
Wednesday
Children are naturally inquisitive and want to know about the world around them. Experiences that encourage children to question how or why things happen are a science experience. This week in Play School we adopt a “finding out” attitude and explore our environment in a scientific way. Over the week we look at colours, magnets, batteries, flying, chemical reactions and movement. Through a mixture of play, observation, music and storytelling we “find out” together.
Children are continually developing skills in thinking, reasoning and observation. To help introduce science concepts and extend language skills, the presenters use appropriate science terms in a context to encourage their understanding. Open-ended questions are posed such as “What do you think would happen if...?”to extend thinking and encourage exploration.
Every day this week our resident scientist, Ruben, and a small group of children, conduct simple experiments - looking at how things dissolve, making a simple electrical circuit, making an object fly and observing chemical reactions and chain reactions caused by moving objects.
PRESENTERS
Rachael Coopes – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Can I Cuddle the Moon?
by Kerry Brown and Lisa Stewart, Scholastic Australia, 2010
FILM
Kites
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Like a Leaf or Feather
Composer: Mary Champion De Crespigny
Publisher: EMI Music
Two Little Boats
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Blow up a Balloon
Composer: Lucille Wood
Publisher: Bowmar
Hey Diddle Diddle
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Fa La Nana
Composer: Italian Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Ruben makes a balloon helicopter with a bendy straw and a balloon.
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a ping pong painting! Fasten a large sheet of paper to the floor (alternatively, if you‟re worried about mess,
Series 271: Let's Find Out
Thursday
Children are naturally inquisitive and want to know about the world around them. Experiences that encourage children to question how or why things happen are a science experience. This week in Play School we adopt a “finding out” attitude and explore our environment in a scientific way. Over the week we look at colours, magnets, batteries, flying, chemical reactions and movement. Through a mixture of play, observation, music and storytelling we “find out” together.
Children are continually developing skills in thinking, reasoning and observation. To help introduce science concepts and extend language skills, the presenters use appropriate science terms in a context to encourage their understanding. Open-ended questions are posed such as “What do you think would happen if...?”to extend thinking and encourage exploration.
Every day this week our resident scientist, Ruben, and a small group of children, conduct simple experiments - looking at how things dissolve, making a simple electrical circuit, making an object fly and observing chemical reactions and chain reactions caused by moving objects.
PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Dino Swamp Stomp
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Paint Factory
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Round and Round and Round
Composer: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Rondor
Singing in the Kitchen
Composer: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: Universal
The Dino Stomp
Composers: Judith Simpson & Max Lambert
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Build it Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Ruben mixes red cabbage water with egg whites, vinegar, lemon juice and baking powder. The water changes colour as it reacts with the different foods.
IDEAS FOR LATER
Put an ice cube in a small bowl of water. Wet a 30 centimetre piece of string and lay it on top of the ice cube. Sprinkle a p
Series 271: Let's Find Out
Friday
Children are naturally inquisitive and want to know about the world around them. Experiences that encourage children to question how or why things happen are a science experience. This week in Play School we adopt a “finding out” attitude and explore our environment in a scientific way. Over the week we look at colours, magnets, batteries, flying, chemical reactions and movement. Through a mixture of play, observation, music and storytelling we “find out” together.
Children are continually developing skills in thinking, reasoning and observation. To help introduce science concepts and extend language skills, the presenters use appropriate science terms in a context to encourage their understanding. Open-ended questions are posed such as “What do you think would happen if...?”to extend thinking and encourage exploration.
Every day this week our resident scientist, Ruben, and a small group of children, conduct simple experiments - looking at how things dissolve, making a simple electrical circuit, making an object fly and observing chemical reactions and chain reactions caused by moving objects.
PRESENTERS
Emma Palmer – Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
The Rain Train
Written by Elena de Roo Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Walker Books Australia
FILM
Building a Brick Wall
(Play School, ABC)
SONGS
Build it up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Here’s a House
Composers: John Fox & Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Wheels on the Bus
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Choo Choo Vamos a Pasear
Composer: Spanish Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Listen
Composers: Henrietta Clark & Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Driving in My Car
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Today Ruben uses a ball to create a chain reaction to push a
