Theme Notes Series 258: Adventure

Adventure

Early childhood is a period of new discoveries as children explore the world around them and the opportunities it brings. An adventure can be as simple as finding new possibilities, from playing with a cardboard box to taking a trip somewhere new, or adventuring to faraway places in stories and in the world of imagination. Young children are generally keen adventurers eager to explore new objects, places and ideas. They are also very skilled at discovering new possibilities and imaginary places while staying safely at home and playing with familiar objects and toys in new and adventurous ways. In this series the presenters and toys explore all sorts of possibilities for play and investigation in a world of Play School adventures.

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Theme Notes Series 258: Adventure

Monday SONGS Let’s Go Driving Composer: Jeffrey Moss Publisher: Festival Attractions Inc. (ASCAP) I’m a Train Composers: M. Hazelwood & A. Hammond Publisher: Chrysalis

PRESENTERS Alex Papps – Justine Clarke PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY My Dad Author: Chae Strathie Illustrations: Jacqueline East Publisher: Little Bee, an imprint of Meadowside Children’s Books FILM Abbey Goes to the Park (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Create a treasure box by painting or covering a shoe box or recycled gift box. Paste sparkly jewels or bits of lace and ribbon to the lid. Create an island from pillows and blankets and bury some treasure. Visit the local library and find some books about volcanos. Make a box ship using a large cardboard box, a long cardboard cylinder for a mast and a piece of fabric or a towel for a sail.

Rolling All Around Composer: Val Donlon Publisher: ABC Music Publishing I’m a Pirate Composer: Sean O’Boyle Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Mushroom See Saw Marjory Daw Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing It’s So Nice To Have a Cuddle Composer: Sandy Tobias-Offenheim Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Walk and Stop Composer: Traditional Publisher: ABC Music Publishing I’m Not Afraid Composer: John Shortis Publisher: ABC Music Publishing The Dino Stomp Composers: Judith Simpson & Max Lambert Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make an Erupting Volcano You will need: Large plastic bottle, such as a recycled juice bottle Baking tray (if building volcano inside) Cardboard, safety scissors & tape (if building volcano inside) 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate soda Jug 1 cup of vinegar Red food colouring If you are making the volcano inside, sit the plastic bottle in the middle of a large baking tray to avoid mess. Construct a volcano skirt from cardboard and tape it around the water bottle. If you are making the volcano outside, dig a small hole in soil and sit the plastic bottle inside. Build up the soil around the bottle to create a volcano shape, with the top of the bottle poking out the top. Pour the vinegar into a jug and add a few drops of red food colouring. Watch how the colour of the vinegar changes! Place bicarbonate soda in the plastic bottle. Carefully pour the jug of vinegar into the plastic bottle. Stand back and watch the volcano erupt!

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Tuesday SONGS Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

PRESENTERS Georgie Parker – Hugh Sheridan PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Little Ted’s Car (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Bush Tucker (Play School, ABC)

Walking in the Bush Composer: Tony Strutton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Alley Alley O Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Boats Composer: Beatrice Krobe Publisher: Follet Educational Corporation Driving In My Car Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control

IDEAS FOR LATER Make some boats out of clean recycled plastic containers. Have a boat adventure in the bath! Walk in the park or bush and see if you can find a lizard or some birds. Spread an old sheet over an outdoor table to create a backyard tent. Collect some cardboard boxes and create different vehicles by adding different bits and pieces – add a piece of old hose for a fire truck or a blue cup for a police car light and siren.

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MAKE AND DO

How to Have a Paper Boat Race You will need: A4 coloured paper Large basin, water trough or bath Straws Fold A4 coloured paper to make paper boats. Float boats in basin, water trough or bath. Blow through a straw to make the boats move through the water. Have a boat race with a friend or family member!

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Wednesday SONGS I Can Run as Fast As You Composer: Peter Combe Publisher: Control See Saw Marjory Daw Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

PRESENTERS Karen Pang - Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Bike Track (Play School, ABC)

Round and Round and Round We Go Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor Bikeling Composer: Jay Laga’aia Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Making a Hat Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

IDEAS FOR LATER Visit a playground for an active adventure sliding, swinging, spinning and jumping. Make an adventure playground for your toys with cushions and chairs Use pegs to attach tinsel, ribbons and sparkly bits to a hat!

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MAKE AND DO

How to Play Peg People Soccer You will need: A4 white cardboard or paper Safety scissors Marker 10 x wooden pegs Tape 2 x 30cm rulers White chalk A piece of black A3 cardboard Paper Cut ten small circles from a piece of white cardboard or paper - these will be the faces of your soccer players. Draw a face on each circle with a marker. Attach each face to a peg with tape. Peg five soccer players to each ruler. You now have two soccer teams! Use chalk to draw goal posts, a centre line and a centre circle on a piece of black A3 cardboard. Scrunch a piece of paper into a small ball and play a game of soccer with a friend or family member. Try to get the soccer ball through the goal posts using your peg players!

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How to Make Sushi Rolls You will need: 4 nori sheets (seaweed) Sushi mat 1 ½ cups sushi rice 1 ½ cups water ¼ cup wine vinegar 55g caster sugar Grated carrot Sliced avocado Sliced cucumber Place sushi rice in a sieve and rinse until water runs clear. Place drained sushi rice and water in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 12 minutes, or until all the water is absorbed. Remove from heat and allow rice to stand for 10 minutes, with lid on. Combine vinegar and caster sugar in a small bowl. Transfer rice to a large baking tray and use a fork or spatula to break up any lumps. Slowly add vinegar mixture. Place a nori sheet, shiny side down, on a sushi mat. Place a couple of spoonfuls of sticky rice onto the nori sheet and flatten out using the back of your spoon. Arrange some carrot, avocado and cucumber on top of the rice. Hold your fillings in place and roll the sushi matt over to make a seaweed cylinder. When you have almost finished rolling, dip your fingers in some water and dab along the end of the nori roll so the ends stick together. Make sushi rolls by cutting through the seaweed cylinder. Enjoy!

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Thursday SONGS Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

PRESENTERS Abi Tucker - Andrew McFarlane PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY The Farmer’s Friends (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Navy (Play School, ABC)

Little Red Wagon Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Tug Boat Composers: Edith Newlin & Irma Simonton Publisher: Music Sales Australia See Saw Marjory Daw Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing How Much Further? Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor

IDEAS FOR LATER Visit a harbour and watch the ferries and sail boats. Make some gingerbread people for morning tea.

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Wooden Spoon Puppets

How to Make a Space Buggy

You will need: Wooden spoons Marker Scraps of material, coloured paper or coloured cardboard Safety scissors Craft glue Pipe cleaners Tape

You will need: Large cardboard box Alfoil 4 recycled round plastic lids for wheels Two lengths of dowel, a bit longer than the width of the box, for axles Masking tape

Draw faces on the wooden spoons with a marker.

Ask an adult to make a hole in the centre of each plastic lid, large enough to fit the dowel through. Cover cardboard box with alfoil.

Cut clothes or bodies for your puppets from scraps of material, coloured paper or coloured cardboard. Attach with craft glue. Use pipe cleaners to create arms, legs and tails. Attach with tape. Tell a story using the wooden spoon puppets you have made!

Push 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 cardboard box. Take a toy for a ride in your moon buggy!

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How to Make a Cardboard Boat You will need: Large cardboard box Safety scissors Two lengths of ribbon or rope, long enough to use as straps to suspend the boat from your shoulders Coloured paper Paste Coloured paint, markers, crayons, pencils etc to decorate your boat with Cut the top and bottom from the large cardboard box, leaving just the four sides. Make four holes in the box with your scissors - two on both long sides of the box. These are for threading through your ribbon or rope straps. Thread ribbon or rope through the holes and tie to create straps. Fit the box over your shoulders and adjust ribbon or rope if needed. Cut circles from coloured paper and paste to box for port holes. Decorate your boat with coloured paint, markers, crayons and/or pencils. Climb aboard and chug away!

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Friday SONGS How Does a Caterpillar Go? Composer: M.C. Dainton Publisher: Paxton Music Ltd. Making a Hat Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control

PRESENTERS Hugh Sheridan – Alex Papps

Let’s Go Walking Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (c/o Campbell Connelly)

PIANIST Peter Dasent

Following the Leader Writer: Ted Sears, Oliver Wallace & Winston Hibler Publisher: Walt Disney Music Company

STORY The Runaway Stroller Author: Jeff Truman Illustrator: Fiona Donovan (for Play School/ unpublished)

Big Adventure Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

FILM Wetlands (Play School, ABC)

Move Over and Make Room Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

IDEAS FOR LATER Take an early morning walk in your garden or a local park and look out for some snails or slugs leaving their silvery trail. Play a game of follow the leader.

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Sock Caterpillar

How to Make a Cardboard Garden Snail

You will need: A long adult sock Recycled newspaper Hair bands Coloured cardboard Safety scissors Tape

You will need: Cardboard roll Coloured markers, pencils or crayons Strip of corrugated cardboard, approximately 8cm x 45cm Tape A pencil to make two holes in the cardboard roll Two bendy straws Safety scissors

Fill sock with scrunched newspaper. Place four large hair bands around the sock to make the segmented body of a caterpillar. Twist hair bands around two small sections at the end of the sock to create eyes. Cut a smiling mouth shape from coloured cardboard and attach with tape.

Colour the strip of corrugated cardboard with markers, pencils or crayons. Roll corrugated cardboard to create snail shell and attach to cardboard roll with tape. Ask an adult to make two holes at the front of the cardboard roll snail with a pencil. Cut two bendy straws in half. Poke the bendy ends through the two holes for snail eyes.

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How to Make Mud Pies You will need: Clean soil (or you could use a clay or sand mix) Water Watering can Alfoil pie trays Things to decorate your mud pies with, such as gumnuts, leaves, twigs and sticks Place soil in a bucket or large bowl. Fill watering can with water and gradually add it to the soil to make mud. Use your hands to fill recycled alfoil pie trays with squishy mud. Smooth the mud to make a flat surface. Decorate mud pies with gumnuts, leaves, twigs and sticks.

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