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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
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Have You Seen the Little Ducks
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
It’s So Nice to Have a Cuddle
Composer: Sandy-Tobias Offenheim
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
When Someone Smiles
Composer: Val Donlon
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Come A Look A See
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Mixing Song
Composer: Arthur Baysting/Peter Dasent
Publisher: Origin
Fa La Nana
Composer: Traditional (Italian)
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Rock-A-Bye Your-Bear
Composer: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony
Field, Greg Page
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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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
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Skidamarink
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Here’s a House
Composer: John Fox/Warren Carr
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Everybody Do This
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
May I Come Over To Your Place
Composer: Henrietta Clark
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Grandma’s Glasses
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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
(A story told by the Play School team)
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)
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Twinkle Twinkle
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Chicken Talk
Composer: David Butts, Antoine Demarest,
Bruce Thorburn
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Who Can?
Composer: Bob Randall
Publisher: Daki Budtcha
Peek-a-Boo
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Bonjour Mes Amis (Hello My Friends)
Composer: Traditional (French)
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
What Shall We Do When We All Go Out
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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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
(A story told by the Play School team)
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
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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!