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Series 277: My Favourite Things
Episode 1
My Favourite Things
Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf.
PRESENTERS
Alex Papps – Emma Palmer
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
The Runaway Hug
Author: Nick Bland
Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Scholastic Australia
FILM
Art Class
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Visit a garden in the early morning or evening and see if you can find a snail out for a slippery, sliding walk. If you gently place the snail on black cardboard you will see the silvery trail that is left behind.
- Make a book of patterns! Staple a few pieces of blank paper together and create a page each for spots, stripes and zigzags. Then make a mixed up pattern page with spots, stripes and zigzags all together.

SONGS
Off to the Library
Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Making a Hat
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control
Spots are Great
Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard
Publisher: Origin/Control
My Favourite Things
Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Imagen
It’s So Nice to Have A Cuddle
Composer: Sandy Tobias-Offenheim
Publisher: ABC Musi
Series 277: My Favourite Things
Episode 2
My Favourite Things
Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf.
PRESENTERS
Emma Palmer – Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
When Sarah Was a Little Girl
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Dog Walking
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Visit a pet shop or an aquarium and watch the fish swim and swish their tails.
- Send a letter to someone special like your Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt or Uncle or call them on the phone.
- Sing your favourite song.
SONGS
Octopus’ Garden
Composer: Richard Starkey
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Put a Spot
Composers: John Fox & Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
My Favourite Things
Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Imagen
My Granny Loves to Laugh
Composer: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting & Justine Clarke
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Ten Little Indians
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Build it Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
I Like to Sing
Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost
Publisher: Origin/Control
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Picture Frame
You will nee
Series 277: My Favourite Things
Episode 3
My Favourite Things
Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf.
PRESENTERS
Rachael Coopes - Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Colin the Collector
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Collections
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Start your own collection of objects, such as leaves, stones, bottle tops. See how they are the same or different. Sort them into different groups – colour, size shape. Find somewhere to put your collection to keep it safe.
- Make a bus out of a cardboard box and take your toys for a bus ride.
- Use an old pillow slip for a mystery bag. Place some household objects in the bag for someone else to feel and guess what each one is without looking.
SONGS
Wheels on the Bus
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Doddly Doo
Composer: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Rondor
My Favourite Things
Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Imagen
Miss Mary Mack
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Rainbow Treasure Box
You will need:
- Squares of plain paper
- Crayons Safety scissors
Series 277: My Favourite Things
Episode 4
My Favourite Things
Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf.
PRESENTERS
Rachael Coopes – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Thank You For Looking After Our Pets
Author &Illustrator: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
FILM
Braiding Hair
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Use recycled materials to make your own funny monster.
- Brush your hair in front of the mirror. See if you can brush it into a different style.
- Pretend a few of your toys are pets – a cat, a dog or a rabbit. Create a soft warm bed and make some toys for your pet toy to play with.
SONGS
Warm Kitty
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Swim Like a Fish
Composers: Chris Harriott & Simon Hopkinson
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
I’m Not Afraid
Composer: John Shortis
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
This is the Way...
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
My Favourite Things
Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Imagen
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Fancy Pot for a Plant
You will need: Small pots
- Stickers
- Ribbons
- Small pot plants
Decorate
Series 277: My Favourite Things
Episode 5
My Favourite Things
Young children are curious about the world and enjoy exploring new objects and places. They also find security and pleasure through revisiting and reconnecting with familiar people, places and things. In this series of Play School we focus on ‘favourite things’ – special objects and collections as well as special relationships, pets, and places and favourite things to do. The concept of ‘favourite things’ is explored through singing, moving, pretending, making and creating, looking at books and listening to stories. Children and families are also encouraged to remember their own special times, places and people as the Play School presenters share experiences and memories. In each episode we sing ‘My Favourite Things’ and place something special on the Play School treasure shelf.
PRESENTERS
Emma Palmer – Andrew McFarlane
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
The Cat’s Pyjamas
Author: Catherine Foreman
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand, 2011
FILM
Newington Playground
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Animation Title
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Set a timer and see if you can get dressed before it rings.
- Play a washing basket guessing game. Put on a blindfold and feel the clothes in the washing basket to try and guess what you have found!
- Wash some socks and undies in a bucket of warm soapy water. Rinse them out in clean water and peg them out in the sun.
SONGS
Stir Up the Pudding
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
New Shoe Laces
Composer: Adrian Bell
Publisher: Unpublished
Run a Little
Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn
Publisher: Willis Music Co. administered by Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L
I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
My Favourite Things
Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Imagen
MAKE AND DO
How to Make M
