Mini Beasts (4)

Series 286: Mini Beasts We see insects and other small creatures almost every day of our lives. These “mini beasts” are one of the first introductions young children have to the natural world. They come in countless varieties, shapes, colours, patterns and sizes and are celebrated in favourite pre- school nursery rhymes, such as “Incy Wincy Spider”, “Ladybird, Ladybird” and “The Ants Go Marching”. In this series of Play School, we explore “mini beasts” through craft activities, play, songs and stories. We are also visited in studio by some real-life insects: slaters, snails, worms and even a stick insect! Episode 4 Come along with Leah and Teo as they create kitchen space bugs, make some picnic creatures with fruit and vegetables and see a picnic by a river through the windows. PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY The Inchworm and the Grasshopper (A story told by the Play School team) FILM Picnic at Torrens River (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a cardboard roll rocket! To make the nose of your rocket, cut a small circle from cardboard and make a slit in the middle, so you can roll the circle into a cone shape. Secure the cone with tape and stick it to the top of the cardboard roll. Stick red streamers, or thin strips of crepe paper or cellophane, to the other end of the cardboard roll for flames. Go on a picnic and look out for different types of birds. Move like different animals - jump like a frog, slither like a snake and creep like a mouse! SONGS Making Things Composers: Scott Aplin & Phil Barton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Rocket Song Composer: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard Publisher: Origin/Control The Ants Go Marching Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Everybody Likes Fruit and Vegetables Composer: Jay Mankita Publisher: Dreams on Tape Music Jump and Jiggle Composers: Edna G. Buttolph & Evelyn Beyer