Shapes (Friday)

Series 267: Shapes Friday Different shapes are all around us and are a constant source of wonder to young children. This week in Play School we explore shapes through play. Learning about basic shapes helps children recognise numbers and letters and sets the building blocks for learning to read and write later on. PRESENTERS Emma Palmer – Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Pants Text: Giles Andreae Illustrations: Nick Sharratt Publisher: Random House UK FILM Sewing Class (Play School, ABC) ANIMATION Bags (Play School, ABC) Come on and... Composer: Louie Suthers Publisher: Unpublished Bags Composer: Don Spencer Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Move Over and Make Room For... Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Build It Up Composer: Peter Charlton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing I Like to Sing Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin/Control Dancing Pants Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting & Justine Clarke Publisher: Origin/Control How Are You Feeling Today? Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/Control IDEAS FOR LATER Make a patchwork quilt for your toys by sticking different shapes onto a large rectangle of material. Build a puppet theatre with cardboard boxes or foam blocks. MAKE AND DO How to Make a Sleeping Bag for Your Toys You will need: - Coloured material - Sewing machine - Safety scissors - Paste Ask an adult to cut two identical rectangles from coloured material, pin them together and use a sewing machine to sew three of the edges. Cut some shapes from a different coloured piece of material. Paste these shapes onto your sleeping bag, or ask an adult to sew them on.  MAKE AND DO How to Make Shape Puppets You will need: - A4 coloured cardboard - Pencil - Safety scissors