Let's Pretend (3)

Theme Notes Series 290: Let’s Pretend

Play School’s series ‘Let’s pretend’ aims to nurture the imagination, creativity and a sense of wonder.
Imaginative play not only provides enjoyment to young children, but it also helps them understand the real world and their place in it. It can also help them learn about experiences and people they may not directly come into contact with.
Language, social and cognitive ability are also developed through imaginative play. A strong sense of imagination and creativity assists children become confident problem solvers.

Episode 3

PRESENTERS
Teo Gebert and Leah Vandenberg

PIANIST
Peter Dasent

STORY
Ruby Learns To Swim
Author: Phillip Gwynne
Illustrator: Tamsin Ainslie
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia, 2013

FILM
Kangaroo Island Lighthouse Visit
(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER
Make some plastic container boats and a plastic container lighthouse in a water trough.
Make some salt play dough decorations to hang.
Paint an under the sea mural with different coloured sea creatures.

SONGS

Everybody Do This
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing

Friends All Together
Composer: Peter Dasent and Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin / Control

Swim Like A Kid
Composer: Julie Blanchard
Publisher: MCA / Gilbey

All The Fish Are Swimming In The Water
Composer: Beatrice Landeck
Publisher: J. Albert & Son

Dressing Up Song
Composer: Peter Dasent and Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin / Control

Diving
Composer: Scott Aplin & Phil Barton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

It’s Fun To Pretend
Composer: Peter Dasent & Judith Keyzer
Publisher: Origin/Control /ABC Music Publishing

Two Little Boats
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing


MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Woolly Rainbow Fish

You will need:
- 4 thick cardboard fish shapes with slits cut around the edge of the fish.
- Long strands of different coloured wool.

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