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Series 313: My Family, Your Family

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My Family, Your Family

A family is those who love and care for you. Young children need love and care for their

health, well- being, for play and for learning.

Families are different and may include mums, dads, cousins, grandparents, aunties and

uncles, brothers and sisters and friends. There are many fun things that families can do

together like gardening, cooking, or swimming at the pool.

In this series of Play School we celebrate a wedding and tell stories about the different things

families do together. The Play School toy family also welcome a new baby and we meet

some children who introduce us to their families through the windows.

Come along as we follow the adventures of the Bottle People Village, some hens and chicks

stop by for a visit and we welcome a very special guest – presenter Emma’s baby daughter

Anouk!

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Episode 1

PRESENTERS

Emma Palmer & Teo Gebert

Special guest: Anouk

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Our Baby

Author: Margaret Wild

Illustrator: Karen Blair

Publisher: Working Title Press

FILM

Marli’s Blended Family

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Use some cardboard boxes to make your

house. Make figures of each person in your

family using cardboard cylinders, pipe

cleaners and wool or ribbon.

Do you know someone who is going to

have a new baby soon? Make a card for

the baby to welcome them home.

SONGS

Peek-a-Boo

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Did You Ever See a Lassie



Have You Seen the Little Ducks



If You’re Happy and You Know It



It’s So Nice to Have a Cuddle

Composer: Sandy-Tobias Offenheim


When Someone Smiles

Composer: Val Donlon


Come A Look A See



Mixing Song

Composer: Arthur Baysting/Peter Dasent

Publisher: Origin

Fa La Nana

Composer: Traditional (Italian)


Rock-A-Bye Your-Bear

Composer: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony

Field, Greg Page


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Photo Picture Book

You will need:

8-10 x printed photos

Glue stick

4 x sheets of cardboard

Sticky tape

Tape the four sheets of cardboard into one long strip, taping along the short edge each time.

Fold each page of cardboard into two so that the long strip of all the sheets of cardboard are

like a concertina.

Paste one or two photos onto each half page.

Fold the cardboard up into a book.

Flip through your photo book and look at all your memories!

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Episode 2

PRESENTERS

Takaya Honda & Rachael Coopes

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

My Dad’s Getting Married

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Emily’s Extended Family

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Put on some dancing pants and a dancing

jacket or cape. Dance to your favourite

music.

Count some things in your house, in your

garden or at your local park. How many

beds are in your house? How many pairs of

shoes do you have? What about in your

garden? How many flowers can you

count? How many trees are there at the

park?

Have a street party with your toys. Make

some decorations and choose some music

for the party.

SONGS

The Wheels on the Bus



Hey There What Do You Wear

Composer: Helen Martin

Publisher: Control

Making a Hat

Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

Dancing Pants

Composer: Arthur Baysting, Peter Dasent &

Justine Clarke

Publisher: Origin

The More We are Together



Skidamarink



A Little Bit of This

Composer: Gordon Sneddon

Publisher: Control

How Many People Live in Your House

Composer: Lucille Wood

Publisher: Chambers Harrap

Happy Dog

Composer: Peter Dasent & Jane Lindsay

Publisher: ABC/Mushroom

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Paper Hat

You will need:

Paper plates

Ribbons

Scissors

Masking tape

Elastic

Cut out the centre of the paper plate, leaving

the rim.

Use the cut out middle section to cut out a

flower or star shape for your hat, stick it on with

tape.

Attach colourful ribbons or stickers to your hat

using tape.

Make a small hole on either side of the hat.

Thread the elastic through and tie a knot on

each side so that you can wear the hat by

pulling the elastic under your chin.

How to Make a Celebration Cake

You will need:

2 x round cakes

(or large cake cut in half through

centre to make two round pieces)

1 ½ cups of ricotta

2 x tablespoons of honey

Washed strawberries, blueberries and

raspberries

1x Banana

1 x Passionfruit

Combine the ricotta and honey in a mixing

bowl.

Mix together with the wooden spoon.

Spread the ricotta mixture over the top of each

of the cakes.

Prepare the fruit by cutting up the strawberries

and banana.

Cut the passionfruit in half and scoop the pulp

out into a small bowl.

Spread the blueberries over the ricotta on one

cake and then put the other cake on top.

Decorate the top layer of the cake with the

banana, strawberries and raspberries and finish

it by drizzling the passion fruit over the top.

Enjoy a piece of your yummy celebration cake!

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Episode 3

PRESENTERS

Luke Carroll & Zindzi Okenyo

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Grandma’s House

Author/Illustrator: Alice Melvin

Publisher: Tate Publishing

FILM

JW’s Family

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a house for some of your toys. What

will make it feel like a home for them? A

book, or a game for them to play

together? Or a cosy bed?

What is your favourite thing? Do you have a

favourite toy or teddy bear? Ask everyone

in your family what their favourite thing is.

SONGS

Two Little Dickie Birds



The Bear Went Over the Mountain



Here’s a House

Composer: John Fox/Warren Carr


Everybody Do This



May I Come Over To Your Place

Composer: Henrietta Clark


Grandma’s Glasses



Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear



Knock, Knock, Knock

Composer: Colin Buchanan

Publisher: Rondor (Australia)

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Crab

You will need:

A ball of wool, a loofah or a scourer

4 x pipe cleaners

Small round stickers

Empty plastic jar or container

Push three pipe cleaners through the middle of the ball of wool, loofah or scourer and bend the

ends to make the crab’s legs.

Bend another pipe cleaner in half and push it into the ball of wool at the front to make the crab’s

claws.

Stick the two round stickers on the front for the eyes.

Decorate the plastic jar or container with some stickers, ribbons, anything you like.

Place your crab inside the container – a new home!

Choose a name for your crab and have some crabby adventures together.

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Episode 4

PRESENTERS

Teo Gebert & Miranda Tapsell

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Babes in the Bush


FILM

Azra and Wednesday’s Family

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Use some old socks to make some hand

puppets. You could use bottle tops or

stickers for eyes and attach a beak or a

snout. Use your puppets to act out a story

for your family.

What are some of your favourite things to

do together with your family? Draw a

picture of you and your family doing your

favourite thing.

SONGS

La Bamba

Composer: Traditional (Italian)


Twinkle Twinkle



Chicken Talk

Composer: David Butts, Antoine Demarest,

Bruce Thorburn


Who Can?

Composer: Bob Randall

Publisher: Daki Budtcha

Peek-a-Boo



Bonjour Mes Amis (Hello My Friends)

Composer: Traditional (French)


What Shall We Do When We All Go Out



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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Pond Painting

You will need:

Large sheet of paper

Paints

Paintbrushes

Paint smock

Sponge

Bubble wrap

Elastic band

Paper plates

Pour one colour of paint onto each paper plate.

Paint a pond on your large sheet of paper.

You could include water, rocks and plants.

Tie the bubble wrap up with an elastic band. Dip it in to the white paint and press it onto the

edge of your pond to make frog eggs.

Dip your thumb into some brown paint and press it onto the paper to make little tadpoles, use

your pinkie finger to make their tails.

Press the sponge into some green paint and then press it onto the paper to make some frogs.

Use some orange paint and a paintbrush to paint some big and little fish in the pond.

Use some black paint to paint a long wriggly eel.

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Episode 5

PRESENTERS

Karen Pang & Luke Carroll

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

The Family Street Party


FILM

Jonas’ Family

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Who do you meet and greet when you go

out sometimes? The baker, the shop

keeper, the newsagent? Think about all the

people that you meet when you go out.

Do you have a family member or friend

that lives far away? Ask a parent or carer to

help make a video call to them using the

computer.

Make a sticker finger family! Draw faces on

some round stickers and stick them to each

finger and your thumb. Which finger is your

brother or sister? Which ones are your

grandparents or cousins? Sing the Family

Dance Song with your finger family.

SONGS

Who Will I Meet?

Composer: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent

Publisher: Control/ Origin/ABC Music Publishing

The Family Dance

Composer: Music: Peter Mapleson & Robyn

Mapleson Lyrics: June Buckingham &

Henrietta Clark


Let’s Go Walking

Composer: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn

Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (C/- Campbell

Connelly)

Come On And…

Composer: Louie Suthers

Publisher: Control

Mixing Song

Composer: Arthur Baysting & Peter Dasent

Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing

Jump If You Feel You Want To

Composer: Lionel Morton

Publisher: David Platz (Australia) P/L

Hip Hip Hooray

Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

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MAKE AND DO

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How to Make Tabbouleh Salad

You will need:

1 x cup burghul (bulgur) wheat

2 x cups boiling water

1 x lemon

12 x cherry tomatoes

½ cup mint

1 x cup parsley

Salt

Pepper

3 x tablespoons olive oil

Ask an adult to pour two cups of boiling water over the burghul wheat and leave to soak for 15

minutes, then drain.

Juice one lemon.

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.

Using the scissors, snip the herbs into small pieces.

Place the tomatoes in the salad bowl along with the herbs.

Next add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour the lemon juice in and then add the burghul wheat and olive oil.

Mix it all together with the wooden spoon.

Enjoy your yummy, zesty tabbouleh salad!

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