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Series 242: Frogs
Frogs
Childhood is a period of enormous physical,
mental and emotional development. Young
children are very aware of the changes they
are experiencing and can gain understanding
of these changes by watching the physical
development of animals and plants.
The life-cycle of a frog is a great example of
physical change over time. Young children
can learn a lot about the growing process by
observing and learning about the way
tadpoles slowly develop into frogs.
This week in Play School we learn all about frogs through movement, song and creative play.
Monday
SONGS
Hey Pollywoggle
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Mister Frog
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Leah Vandenberg – Alex Papps
I Like Peace, I Like Quiet
Composers: Michael Cole & Peter Gosling
Publisher: EMI/Control
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
Have You Heard the Cat at Night?
Composer: Ron Gamack
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
STORY
Peace at Last
Author & Illustrator: Jill Murphy
Publisher: MacMillan Children’s Books
Pussycat Says Miaow
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music/Publishing
FILM
Hot Air Balloon
(Play School, ABC)
Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
Composer: Marion Sinclair
Publisher: Larrikin Music
IDEAS FOR LATER
Dress up like a green frog.
Stick pictures of noisy animals in a scrap
book.
Play a musical game with a friend or family
member. One person makes noise on an
instrument, such as a drum or tambourine,
while the other moves and dances about.
When the music stops, they have to freeze!
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MAKE AND DO
Paint an Animal Mural
You will need:
Paper
Different coloured paints
Paint brushes
Patty pans
Glue
Paint a night-time landscape on a piece of paper. Include a big tree.
Think about what animals might sit in the tree and what sounds they might make. There might
be an owl that hoots or a possum that hisses. Paint the animals into your tree. If you paint an
owl, you might like to glue on some patty pan eyes!
What other animals might live in the night-time world of your painting? There might be some
flapping bats in the sky, a miaowing cat on a fence or a slithering snake on the ground. Paint
them all into your picture.
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Tuesday
SONGS
Three Little Fishes
Composer: Saxie Dowell
Publisher: J Albert & Sons Pty Ltd
Five Little Ducks
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Matt Passmore
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
The Frog Prince
(A story told by the Play School Team)
FILM
William’s First Day at School
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Three Little Ducks
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Visit a pond. What types of animals live in
and around the pond?
Dress up as a tadpole, frog or dragon fly.
Make some colourful play dough and mix
in some glitter.
Ducks Like Rain
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Bonjour Mes Amis
Composer: Traditional (French)
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Making A Hat
Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent
Publisher: Origin/Control
The Little Green Frog (The Little White Duck)
Composers: Walt Barrows & Bernard Zaritzky
Publisher: Southern Music Publishing Co
You’ll Sing A Song
Composer: Ella Jenkins
Publisher: A & C Black
Hop Hippity Hop
Composer: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost
Publisher: Origin/Control
My Body Makes Music (Mi Cuerpo)
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Hand Flower
You will need:
Paper plate
Paint
Paint brushes
Coloured paper
Texta
Scissors
Glue stick
Paint a paper plate. Set aside to dry.
Place your hand on a piece of coloured paper and trace around it with a texta. Cut out with
scissors.
Make lots of hand shapes using different coloured pieces of paper.
Glue the coloured hands onto the back of the painted paper plate so that your hand
shapes look like the petals of a flower.
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Wednesday
SONGS
The Ants Go Marching
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Der Glumph
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Jay Laga’aia – Matt Passmore
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Rattletrap Car
Author: Phyllis Root
Illustrator: Jill Barton
Publisher: Walker Books
FILM
Sailing Boat Regatta
(Play School, ABC)
In The Garden
Composer: The Hooley Dooleys
Jump and Jiggle
Composer: Edna G Buttolph
Publisher: Willis Music Co.
Take You Riding
Composer: Woodie Guthrie
Publisher: Essex Music
We Are Sailing
Composer: Gavin Sutherland
Publisher: Ackee
ANIMATION
Jump and Jiggle
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make some sail boats out of milk cartons
or plastic trays and float them in the
bath.
Paint a pond mural with frogs and other
animals that might live near a pond, such
as lizards, spiders and ducks.
Mould some sand to make a car, a fish
and a speed boat.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Play an Insect Eating Game
You will need:
2 paper plates
Brown & green paint
Paint brushes
Coloured crayons or markers
2 egg carton cells
Tape
2 party blowers
Black, brown, white & red crepe paper
Echidna Puppet
Paint a paper plate brown and set aside to dry.
Once dry, fold the paper plate in half. Take a coloured crayon or marker and draw on some
eyes, a long nose and lots of spikes.
Tear a small hole in the middle of the paper plate fold, big enough for the party blower to
poke through. Tape in place.
Frog Puppet
Paint or colour a paper plate green.
Fold the paper plate in half.
Tape on two egg carton cells for eyes. Colour in the centre of the egg carton cells.
Add a party blower tongue, as above.
Insects
Scrunch up small pieces of coloured crepe paper to make insects - black for ants, brown for
termites, white for flies and red for mosquitoes.
How to Play
Make two piles of insects on a table top – a pile of ants and termites for the echidna and a
pile of flies and mosquitoes for the frog.
Along with a friend or family member, blow through the party blowers. Your aim is to blow
your pile of insects off the table. Whoever blows all their insects of first, wins!
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How to Make Quesadillas
You will need:
Tortillas
Grated cheese
Steamed broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces
Grated carrots
Tomato salsa
Sandwich press or fry pan
Place a tortilla on a plate.
Arrange some grated carrot, broccoli, grated cheese and tomato salsa in the middle of the
tortilla.
Roll up the tortilla and place in a sandwich press or in a fry pan to cook. The quesadilla is
cooked when it is golden brown.
You might like to cut the quesadilla into pieces and take on a picnic!
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Thursday
SONGS
A Little Bit Of This
Composer: Gordon Sneddon
Colours Are Walking Around the Room
Composer: Felicity Barclay
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Matt Passmore
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Not a Box
Author & Illustrator: Antoinette Portis
Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books
FILM
Frog Collection
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Stop, Look and Listen
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Build with boxes! Use your imagination and
recycled boxes to build anything you wish.
Try building an aeroplane, a boat, some
city buildings, a fire engine, a bus, a tower,
or anything you can imagine!
Turn old shoe boxes into new and exciting
things with paint, markers and craft
materials! Try making a treasure chest or a
special lunch box.
A Frog Went a Walking
Composer: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray
Cook & Greg Page
Publisher: EMI
Imagination Song
Composer: Jay Laga’aia
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Build It Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Walking In The City
Composers: A North & M Wesley-Smith
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Stop, Look, Listen
Composer: John Fox
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
You Can Stamp Your Feet
Composers: P Whitfield & J Reade
Publisher: Essex Music
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Bits and Pieces Collage
You will need:
Lots of bits and pieces to stick onto your collage, such as patty pans, coloured paper,
feathers, doilies, leaves, tinsel and ribbons
Glue stick
Paper
Make your own collage by pasting lots of different bits and pieces onto a piece of paper.
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Friday
SONGS
Three Little Speckled Frogs
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Fruit Salad
Composers: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray
Cook & Greg Page
Publisher: EMI
PRESENTERS
Matt Passmore - Sofya Gollan - Jay Laga'aia
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
SingaSongaLong
Composer: Gary & Carol Crees
Three Little Fishes
Composer: Saxie Dowell
Publisher: J Albert & Sons Pty Ltd
TOLD STORY
Tiddalick
(A story told by the Play School Team)
FILM
Fruit and Vegetable Montage
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Der Glumph
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a pond with sand and water. Make
some craft creatures to live by the pond.
Use old bits of material as pretend lily
pads! Place them around a room or
outside and jump from one to the other
like a frog.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Frog Jelly Cups
How to Make a Coloured Sand Vase
You will need:
Red or green lolly frogs
Jelly crystals
Clear plastic cups
A tray
You will need:
Plastic bottles or containers
Coloured sand
Paste
A tray
Arrange some clear plastic cups on a tray.
Put some coloured sand in a tray.
Place a lolly frog into the bottom of each
cup.
Paste over the surface of a bottle or
container.
Mix the jelly crystals and some hot water in a
jug.
Roll the plastic bottle or container in the tray
of coloured sand so the sand sticks to the
paste.
Pour mixed jelly mixture into each cup.
Set aside to dry.
Put jelly cups in the fridge to set.
Fill with water and add some flowers.
You can also put pieces of fruit into cups and
make fruit jelly cups!
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