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Series 252: Building

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Building

Building is one way that young children begin to make sense of the world around them. It

helps them understand the qualities of different materials and how these materials can be

joined together to create something new.

Children enjoy making and creating their own buildings and structures from the resources

and materials they find around them. This process provides opportunities for the

development of physical control, logical reasoning, decision-making and problem solving.

First constructions can be quite simple, such as stacking blocks to build towers and watching

them fall when knocked over. With experience, constructions can become more complex

and may involve group work, such as creating cubbies and shelters using household objects

and recycled materials.

Children can learn more about the processes of construction by investigating buildings and

structures in their local environment. A walk to the shops or a trip to the city can be extended

by drawing attention to the shapes of windows and rooves and the colours and textures of

different building materials. Watching the busy activity of a construction site from a safe

distance can also be of interest.

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Monday

PRESENTERS

Andrew McFarlane – Karen Pang

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Humpty’s Visit

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Building a Bus Shelter

(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION

Ning Nang Nong

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a cardboard tree house for your toys.

Dress up as a princess or a knight.

Build your own block castle with towers and

turrets.

SONGS

Riding in My Car (Riding Along with a Crane)

Composer: Rosalind Thrift

Publisher: Control

Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree

Composer: Marian Sinclair

Publisher: Larrikin Music

The Wheels on the Bus

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Open Shut Them



Mr Clicketty Cane

Composer: Peter Combe

Publisher: Control

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Cardboard Crane

You will need:

Two cardboard boxes – one large and one small

Masking tape

Four recycled round plastic lids for wheels

Two lengths of dowel, a bit longer than the width of the large box, for axles

Two long cardboard cylinders

Cardboard

Ribbon

Wool

Tape the sides of the large cardboard box closed.

Ask an adult to make a hole in the centre of each plastic lid, large enough to push the

dowel through.

Push one length of dowel through the holes in two plastic lids to create wheels on an axle.

Repeat with remaining lids/dowel.

Tape the two axles to the base of the large cardboard box.

Cut one face from the small cardboard box and tape the three remaining faces closed. This

will be the crane driver’s compartment! Sit the small box on top of the large box and tape to

secure.

Draw a hook on a piece of cardboard and cut out. Attach a ribbon loop for lifting objects.

Thread wool through two long cardboard cylinders and attach the cardboard hook to the

end of the piece of wool.

Attach one cylinder to the medium box and let the other cylinder, with the wool and hook

dangling out, hang down.

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How to Make a Picnic Table and Chairs for Your Toys

You will need:

Cardboard cylinders – short and medium in length

Masking tape

Sort the cylinders into a short pile and a medium pile.

Arrange five or six medium cylinders side-by-side to make a table top. Tape the cylinders

together with masking tape. Sit the table top on four short cylinder legs. Secure with tape.

To make the seat of a chair, arrange three short cylinders side-by-side and tape together. Sit

the chair seat on four short cylinder legs and secure with tape. Tape on another short

cylinder for the back of your chair.

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Tuesday

PRESENTERS

Abi Tucker – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Friends

Author & Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy

Publisher: Walker Books

FILM

Government House

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Ask some friends over for a picnic or

barbeque in your backyard or the local

park.

Visit a camping store and look at all the

things people use when they go camping.

Make a tent for your toys using an old

sheet, pegs and some broom handles or a

clothes rack.

SONGS

There is Someone Who is Hiding

Composer: Henrietta Clark

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Friends All Together (Friends, Friends, Friends)

Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

Walking Through the Jungle

Composer: Max Lambert

English Country Garden



London Bridge



Our House

Composers: Carl Smyth & Chris Foreman

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Flags

You will need:

Cardboard cylinders – short and medium in length

Coloured fabric or paper

Crepe paper cut into narrow strips for streamers

Double-sided tape

Ask an adult to cut triangle flag shapes from coloured fabric or paper.

To make a short flag, attach a fabric triangle to a short cardboard cylinder with double-sided

tape. Stick some crepe paper streamers to the top of the flag/cardboard roll.

To make a “double flag”, attach two fabric triangles to a medium length cardboard cylinder

with double-sided tape. Stick crepe paper streamers to the top.

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Wednesday

PRESENTERS

Karen Pang – Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Jemima’s Farmhouse

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Helicopter

(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION

Jump & Jiggle

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Stack blocks to make tall city buildings. Use

recycled materials such as flattened

cardboard and cardboard cylinders to

add other features, such as a bridge, a

clock tower or traffic lights.

Have a sleep over party with your toys!

Make up beds for them to sleep in and

wake them up in the morning for a pretend

breakfast.

SONGS

Let’s Go

Composer: Peter Dasent


Build it Up

Composer: Peter Charlton


Move Over and Make Room



May I Come Over to Your Place

Composer: Henrietta Clark


Riding in a Helicopter (Wokka, Wokka)

Composer: Sean O’Boyle

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/ EMI

Walking in the City

Composers: A. North & M. Wesley-Smith


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MAKE AND DO

How to Build Your Own City

You will need:

Large pieces of paper, such as butcher’s paper

Crayons, pencils and markers

Black and green material

Cardboard boxes

Cardboard

Safety scissors

Think about what you might see in a town or city, such as roads, buildings, a park or shops.

Draw a city plan with all of these things on a large piece of paper with crayons, pencils and

markers.

Build your own city using your plan as a guide! Use black material for roads and green

material for a park. Use cardboard boxes to build tall and short buildings. Build a car park

using a box and a piece of cardboard for a ramp.

Take your toys for a walk around the city!

You might also like to draw a plan for a country landscape with bush tracks, fences, creeks,

farmhouses and sheds. Use fabric, boxes and other craft materials to recreate your drawing.

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Thursday

PRESENTERS

Abi Tucker – Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Red is a Dragon

© 2008 by Roseanne Thong & Grace Lin

Used with permission of Chronicle Books LLC,

San Francisco

FILM

Annabelle and Isaac’s Farm

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a fruit salad! You might like to use

lycees, or a fruit you haven’t tried before.

Paint a rainbow.

SONGS

Mary Had a Little Lamb



All the Colours of the Rainbow

Composer: Colin Buchanan & Keith Robert

Publisher: Rondor

Sing a Song of Sixpence



Build it Up

Composer: Peter Charlton


Put on Your...

Composer: Val Donlon


Giddiap Horsey

Composers: L. Scott & L. Wood

Publisher: Harrup Publishing

Heel and Toe Polka



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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Dragon Puppet

You will need:

Coloured cardboard

Marker

Safety scissors

Coloured A4 paper

Tape

Straws

Colourful streamers

Sticker dots

Draw a dragon head and tail on coloured

cardboard and cut out. Draw eyes, a nose and

a smiling mouth on your dragon’s head.

Fold a piece of coloured A4 paper back and

forth in a concertina fashion. Before unfolding,

cut the folded piece of paper in half,

widthways. Open the two folded pieces of

paper and tape them together to create a

long, bendy body for your dragon. Attach the

dragon head and tail to either end.

Turn your dragon over and tape one straw to

the bottom of your dragon’s pointing

downwards. Stick another straw to your

dragon’s tail, also pointing downwards. These

two straws will be handles that allow you to

animate your dragon.

Decorate your dragon with colourful streamers

and sticker dots.

Use the straws to dance your dragon around!

How to Make a Dragon Dress Up

You will need:

Washing basket

Paper plates

Patty pans

Paste

Tape

A cape, old towel or long piece of

material

Paste two patty pans in the centre of two

paper plates to create big dragon eyes.

Attach to the washing basket with tape.

Tie a cape, towel or long piece of material to

the washing basket for your dragon’s body.

Hold the washing basket above your head and

dance about like a dragon. You might like to

ask a friend of family member to hold the end

of the cape, towel or material and animate

the dragon’s body.

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How to Make a Super Sandwich

You will need:

Sliced wholemeal bread

Cream cheese

Shredded lettuce

Grated carrot

Grated cheese

Build a sandwich tower with slices of wholemeal bread and different toppings in between.

For example, spread one slice of wholemeal bread with cream cheese and top with

shredded lettuce. Stack another slice of wholemeal bread, also spread with cream cheese,

on top and sprinkle with grated carrot. Add another slice of wholemeal bread spread with

cream cheese on top and sprinkle with grated cheese. Finish the sandwich with one final

slice of wholemeal bread.

Eat and enjoy!

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Friday

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps – Karen Pang

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

The Big Ball of String

Author: Ross Mueller

Illustrator: Craig Smith

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2004

FILM

Buildings Montage

(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION

Pussycat, Pussycat

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Visit a hardware store and look at all the

bits and pieces used for building and fixing.

Play a special game of hide-and-seek with

a friend or family member! Take a walk

around the garden with a big ball of string

or wool, leaving a trail behind you that

leads to your hiding spot. Your friend or

family member has to follow all the twists

and turns of the string until they find you!

Take a walk to the park and look for birds.

Look at the colour of their feathers, the

shape of their beaks and watch them fly.

Be very quiet and listen to their bird calls.

What do you think they might be saying?

SONGS

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush



Build, Build, Build (Dig, Dig, Dig)

Composers: Monica Trapaga, Julian Gough,

David Basden & Penny Biggins


Put a Spot Over Here

Composers: John Fox & Warren Carr


I Have Made a Pretty Nest

Composer: Ann Elliott

Farmer in the Dell



There Was a Princess Long Ago



Moon, Moon

Composer: Lucy Sprague Mitchell/Gerfolktune

Publisher: Allans Music (Aust) Ltd

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Clay Nest

You will need:

Clay

Water

String

Wool

Feathers

Take a piece of clay about the size of a small orange.

Knead the clay with your hands to soften it, adding water if too dry.

Form a bowl like shape for a nest.

Add wool, string and feathers to make a soft and cosy space.

Roll a small piece of clay around and around between the palms of your hands to create a

round egg. Make a few eggs for your nest.

Make a bird from clay or recycled materials.

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