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Toys and Games Young children gain many positive benefits from playing with toys and games. The obvious one is enjoyment and entertainment as toys and games provide hours of fun. Fine motor skills, social skills and cognitive skills are all developed as children manipulate, share and solve problems while playing with their toys and games. Always remember to make sure that toys are age appropriate and safe. Monday Presenters Leah Vandenberg and Jay Laga'aia Pianist Peter Dasent Story "Playmates" Author: Jane Tanner Publisher: Penguin Children's Books Film "Toys Montage" Play School, ABC "Chimps at the Zoo" Play School, ABC Ideas for Later Useful Box: Paint and decorate lots of boxes, which can be useful to store things in. These can be big or small. Try decorating a box to store useful bits and pieces for craft - you're very own "Useful Box." Decorate a box for your pencils, jewellery, hair ribbons, blocks or toy cards. Hide some shells and large pebbles in a sand tray by burying them in the sand. Ask a friend to find all the things you have hidden.

Songs "I'm Bouncing (I'm Jumping)" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Teddy Bear Teddy Bear" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Hickory Dickory Dock" Composer: L. Scott & L. Wood Publisher: Harrup Publishing "My Little Puppy" Composer: Elizabeth Deutsch Publisher: unknown "Hokey Pokey" Composer:Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "The Monkey" Composer: Zoe McHenry Publisher: Unknown "Jack In The Box" Composer: Coleman & Thorn Publisher: Unknown

Theme Notes Tuesday Presenters Leah Vandenberg and Andrew McFarlane Pianist Peter Dasent Story "Made Up Sticker" Author: Play School Team Film "Toys Montage" Play School, ABC "Mother Dog and Puppies" Play School, ABC Animation "My Dog Bill" Play School, ABC

Ideas for Later Shaped Bread: Get some different shaped biscuit cutters. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out the shape on a slice of bread and then spread it with your favourite spread. Sticker Book: Make your own sticker book to display all your favourite stickers. Staple some coloured paper together to form a book. Decorate the cover with your name. Then all the stickers you collect can be stuck in the book

Songs "Dance With A Dolly" Composers: Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton, Mickey Leader Publisher: J. Albert & Son "Rig A Jig Jig" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "How Many People Live At Your House?" Composer: Vanessa Johnston & Karina Johnston Publisher: Harrap Publishing UK "What Shall We Do When We All Go Out" (Chant) Composer: Seger, Ruth Crawford Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (chant) Composer: Beatrice Landeck Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Hokey Pokey" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Farmer In The Dell" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Theme Notes Wednesday Presenters Justine Clarke and Rhys Muldoon Pianist Peter Dasent Story "My Cat Jack" Author: Patricia Casey Publisher: Walker Books Film "Toy Library" Play School, ABC "Toys Montage" Play School, ABC Ideas for Later Finger Puppet Mouse: Make a finger puppet mouse by snipping the corner from an envelope. This will be where you put your finger and the mouse's body. Add a wool tail. Draw on some eyes, ears and some whiskers. Make a mouse hole with your other hand to hide your finger puppet mouse in. Stretching: Can you stretch up tall like a giraffe? Can you stretch your arms, legs and back like a stretching cat? Can you stretch your body along the ground like a caterpillar? Bend and stretch! Jump and stretch! Reach for the stars!

Songs "A Mouse Lived In A Little Hole" Composer: Boyce & Bartlett Publisher: Play School Around The House & Finger Plays. Issac Pitman "If You're Happy and You Know It" Composer: June Epstein Publisher: Allans Music C/- EMI Music "Round and Round The Garden" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Up And Down" Composer: Ron Gamack Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Down In The Valley Where Nobody Goes" Composer: Unknown Publisher: Unknown "I Had A Cat" Composer: Traditional Arranged by: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Theme Notes Thursday Presenters Justine Clarke and Jay Laga'aia Pianist Peter Dasent Story "At Home With Tom And Pippo" Author: Helen Oxenbury Publisher: Walker Books "Tom And Pippo See The Moon" Author: Helen Oxenbury Publisher: Walker Books Film "Toys Montage" Play School, ABC "Waterhole" Play School, ABC Ideas for Later Crocodile Game: Play the game: "Crocodile, crocodile can I cross your golden river?" The idea of the game is to get across the river without being caught by the person who is the crocodile. The crocodile gets to decide who gets to cross the river by choosing a colour. If the person trying to cross is wearing that particular colour, he/she may cross freely. If you are not wearing that particular colour, you have to try and run across without getting caught by the crocodile. Each time before crossing, the player's call, "Crocodile, crocodile can I cross your golden river?" then the crocodile replies, "Not unless you are wearing the colour ___________. Bath Toys: Collect some toys that you can play with in the bath. Keep them in a plastic basket so the water can drain out of them when you are finished playing with them. These may be special bath toys or home-made bath toys like squeezy, spuirty bottles, plastic cups, sponges.

Songs "Swim Like A Fish" Composer: Traditional Arranged By: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "I Have A Little Row Boat" Composer: Beatrice Krone Publisher: Music Round About Us Follet Educational "Jump Jump Jump" Composer: Lionel Morton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Possum Up A Tree" Composer: Traditional Tune of "Knees Up Mother Brown" Lyrics: Play School Team Publisher: Unpublished "Three Cheeky Possums" Composer: Traditional Arranged By: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "Some Day Very Soon" Composer: Roberta McLaughlin Publisher: The Small Singer, Bowmar "Wheels On The Bus" Composer: M. Miller & P. Zajan (adapted) Publisher: G. Schirmer Australia

Theme Notes Friday Presenters Justine Clarke and Andrew McFarlane Pianist Peter Dasent Story "Jemima Thinks Pink" Author: Play School, ABC Publisher: ABC Film "Toys Montage" Play School, ABC "School Fete" Play School, ABC Animation "I'm a Little Teapot" (David Williams, ABC) Ideas for Later Something That Flies: Fold some paper whichever way you would like to make a paper aeroplane. Can you make something else that flies? What will you use to make it? Rainbow Party: You may like to have a rainbow party. Your friends can come dressed in their favourite colour and you can make some colourful party food.

Songs "Zoom Zoom" Composer: P; Charlton & P. Reade Publisher: (Manuscript) ABC Music Publishing "Round And Round We Go" Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor "Take You Riding In My Car" Composer: Woodie Guthrie Publisher:Essex "Fly Butterfly" Composer: Judy Whitfield Publisher: Unpublished "Five Currant Buns" Composer: Traditional Arranger: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing "If You're Happy And You Know It" Composer: June Epstein Publisher: Allans Music C/- EMI Music "Hot Potato" Composer: M. Cook, J. Fatt & Page Publisher: EMI "Boom Boom Ain't It Great To Be Crazy" Composer: Traditional Arranger: Peter Dasent Publisher: ABC Music Publishing