Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action. Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Episode 1 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg and Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY My Nose, Your Nose by Melanie Walsh Published by Doubleday, a division of Random House Children’s Publishing UK Used by permission of the Random House Group Limited FILM Getting New Glasses (Play School, ABC) SONGS Peek a Boo Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Two Little Eyes Composer: Mary Miller & Paula L. Zajan Publisher: Allans Music How Are You Feeling? Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control Dancing Face Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/Control I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Head and Shoulders Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Der Glumph Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing  IDEAS FOR LATER Look at faces in books and magazines and all around you – babies and older people, boys and girls, dogs and cats. Look for eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Make a feelings puppet. Draw a happy face and a sad face on each side of a paper plate. Attach your paper plate to a stick and play with your happy/sad puppet face. Visit an optometrist and have a look at all the different sorts of glasses MAKE AND DO How to Make a Dolly Marionette Puppet You will need: - 1 medium sized soft ball - 4 small soft balls - Piece of silky fabric approx. 1 metre x 25cm - Piece of white cotton fabric 80 cm x 25 cm

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action. Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Episode 2 PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg and Jay Laga’aia PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY The Magician’s New Trick (A story told by the Play School team) FILM “Henna Hand Painting” (Play School, ABC) SONGS Open Shut Them Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Wash Your Dirty Hands Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing My Hands Are Clapping Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Head and Shoulders Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Like a Leaf or Feather Composer: Mary Champion De Crespigny Publisher: EMI Music Let Everyone Clap Hands with Me Composer: Mary Miller & Paula L. Zajan Publisher: Music Sales Australia Thumbelina Composer: Frank Loesser Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing  IDEAS FOR LATER Visit a park or garden and see how many different sorts of flowers you can find. Pretend you are a marionette puppet – bend and stretch and dance on your toes. Create a family of dancing fingers by drawing faces on the fingers of a pair of disposable gloves. MAKE AND DO How to Make Thumb Ballerinas You will need: - 2 pieces of silky fabric (approx. 30cm square) - Scissors to cut a hole in the centre - A fine texta Draw a face on the inside of your thumb using a fine texta. Place your thumb through the hole in the fabric and then make your thumb dance.  MAKE AND DO How to Make Flower Hand Prints You will need: - 2 plastic plates - 2 colours of paint - Ap

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action. Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Episode 3 PRESENTERS Emma Palmer and Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY The Elves & The Shoemakers (A story told by the Play School team) FILM “Play Gym” (Play School, ABC) SONGS Eency Weency Spider Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Mr Funny Feet Composer: M. Graham & J.McKinlay Publisher: ES Wigg and Son Ltd. Mama’s Little Baby Loves Shortnin’ Bread Composer: James Whitcomb Riley (public domain) Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Whistle While You Work Composer: Larry Morey & Frank Churchill Publisher: Bourne Music Company I Like to Sing Composer: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin/Control Head and Shoulders Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Clog Dance Composer: Ferdinand Hérold Publisher: Origin / ABC Music / Control Stomp Stomp Composer: Tiny Grimes Publisher: Universal Music Publishing  IDEAS FOR LATER Take a walk at the beach and see the prints your feet leave behind as you walk, Look for big and little foot prints and the prints left by sea birds Play shoe shops using lots of pairs of shoes and pretend money. Punch some holes in a paper plate and use a shoe lace to thread in and out to do some simple swing. In and out, in and out. MAKE AND DO How to Make an Obstacle Course You will need: - Pillows - Crepe paper - Blue and brown fabric or towels Cut strips of crepe paper into streamers to create grass or reeds. Use these and other household objects to create an obs

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action. Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Episode 4 PRESENTERS Emma Palmer and Jay Laga’aia PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY “Bear Takes A Trip” Author: Stella Blackstone Illustrator: Debbie Harter Publisher: Barefoot Books FILM “Riding for the Disabled” (Play School, ABC) SONGS You Can Stamp Your Feet Composer: Judith Whitfield & Paul Reade Publisher: Essex Music Head and Shoulders Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing My Horsey’s A-Walking Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor Drip Drop Composer: Robyn Mapleson & Peter Mapleson Publisher: ABC Music Publishing The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze Composer: Gaston Lyle, Alfred Lee & George Leybourne (Public Domain) Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Humpty Dumpty Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Bravo Bravissimo Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing  IDEAS FOR LATER Use a broom for a hobby horse and go for a gallop, a walk and a trot. Play a different memory game using a tray of household objects. Take turns taking an object away. The other person has to guess what is missing.  Pack a back pack for a picnic. You could make a sandwich and fill a water bottle. Add some fruit and don’t forget a sun hat. Put on your back pack and have a veranda or back yard picnic. Find a large piece of paper – big enough for you to lie on. Ask someone to trace around your body using a crayon. Have a look at your outline and add a face and paste on some scraps of paper or fabri

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is about getting children up and active. It is a series which celebrates this special time in the life span when young children are finding out about what their bodies can do. Through play, dance and drama the presenters and toys invite young children and their families to explore and develop the skills of body movement and action. Theme Notes Series 289: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Episode 5 PRESENTERS Abi Tucker and Andrew McFarlane PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY “Animal Chatter” Author & Illustrator: John Burningham Publisher: Walker Books Australia FILMS Sea Lions on Kangaroo Island (Play School, ABC) Children & Teachers from Menindee Central School sing “Head & Shoulders” in the Barkindji language (Play School, ABC) SONGS Head and Shoulders Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Head and Shoulders (in the Barkindji language) Composer: Traditional Wobbly Walk Composer: George Spartels & F. Burgo Everybody Do This Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin / ABC Music Publishing Leo The Lion Composer: Harry Snyder & Herman Renner Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc. The Spotty Song Composer: June Tillman  IDEAS FOR LATER Take a rainy day walk in boots and a rain coat. See if you can see a rainbow or find some puddles to splash in. Sing Old McDonald had a Farm and have lots of fun making animal noises. Make your own walkie talkie using a small cardboard box and a pipe cleaner for an aerial. Attach a post it note and add some numbers to press to make a call.  MAKE AND DO  Make How to make a Lion Mask You will need: - Paper plates with centre cut out - Length of hat elastic - Yellow, orange and brown crepe paper cut in short lengths - Paste brushes - Wool scraps - 4 Cardboard triangles Make a small hole on each side of the paper plate. Thread through hat elastic. Adjust the length to fit the size of the head