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Series 269: How Does Your Garden Grow?

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Most young children enjoy digging in the dirt, whether it be in a garden or in a pot of soil.

Being involved in gardening can help young children develop many new skills, such as

understanding, co-operation and self-confidence. Children can also learn about science,

nature and the environment from growing their own flowers and plants.

Monday

PRESENTERS

Rachael Coopes – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Wow! Said the Owl

By Tim Hopgood

Macmillan Children’s Books London UK

FILM

Wind Montage

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a kite from a paper bag, string and

coloured streamers. Run around outside to

watch it flutter in the sky.

Grow some tiny tomatoes in a pot. When

they have grown, eat them in a salad or on

a sandwich.

SONGS

Dig, Dig, Dig

Composers: Julian Gough, Monica Trapaga &

David Basden

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing


Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage &

Peter Dasent

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing/Control

Wet Washing

Composer: Liz Olsen


Like a Leaf or Feather

Composer: Mary Champion De Crespigny

Publisher: EMI Music

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Composers: Molly & Geoffrey Russell-Smith

Publisher: EMI Music

Doin’ It (Making the Garden Grow)

Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Scarecrow

You will need:

Two pieces of wooden dowel (broom handles or long cardboard cylinders will also

work)

Strong tape or string

Paper plate

Marker

An old mop head

A button-down shirt, a pair of trousers & an old straw hat

Pegs

Straw or newspaper

Hold two pieces of wooden dowel together in a cross formation and secure with strong tape

or string. One piece of dowel will form the body of your scarecrow and the other will form the

arms.

Draw a scarecrow face a paper plate and tape to the wooden dowel.

Stick an old mop head onto the top of the wooden dowel, behind the paper plate, for hair.

Dress your scarecrow in a button-down shirt and an old straw hat. Peg a pair of trousers to

the shirt.

Stick some straw or newspaper into the arms of the button-down shirt.

Put your scarecrow in the garden and sing “Dingle Dangle Scarecrow”.

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How to Make a Wind Chime

You will need:

Bamboo stick

Pipe cleaners or string

Things to hang on the bamboo stick to

make noise in the wind, such as an old

saucepan lid, an egg beater, a spoon

and a fork etc.

Tie some pipe cleaners or pieces of string to the

bamboo stick.

Attach one object to each pipe cleaner or

piece of string.

Hang the wind chime outside and listen to the

noises it makes in the breeze.

How to Plant a Vegetable or Herb Garden

You will need:

Herb or vegetable seedlings

Garden bed or pot of soil

Small shovel

Hose or watering can

Find a warm spot in your garden or a warm

spot outside to place a pot of soil.

Dig a hole in the soil.

Place the vegetable or herb seedlings in the

hole and cover with soil.

Water the seedlings with a hose or watering

can.

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Tuesday

PRESENTERS

Luke Carroll – Karen Pang

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Bullbre Koala

Retold by Lois Birk

Illustrations by Bronwyn Bancroft

FILM

Bugs Montage

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Ask an adult to help you cook a hardboiled

egg.

Sprouts some watercress seeds in an empty

eggshell.

Visit an aviary and look at all the colourful

birds.

SONGS

What Can a Chicken Do? (What Can a Cow

Do?)

Composers: Peter Gosling & Michael Cole

Eggs

Composer: Don Spencer

Publisher: MCA/Universal

There’s a Worm at the Bottom of My Garden



Wiggerly Woo

Composers: Don Spencer & Moira Cochrane

Publisher: Mushroom/Australian Children’s

Music Foundation

What Shall We Do?

Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard

Publisher: Origin/Control

Birdy, Birdy

Composers: Rochelle Wright & Rob Shannon


Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Scrambled Eggs

You will need:

2 eggs per person

2 tablespoons of milk per person

Chopped chives

Chopped parsley

Crack eggs into a small bowl and whisk

together with an egg beater or fork. Add milk

and whisk until combined.

Pour egg mixture into a non-stick frying pan

and cook over medium heat. Use a wooden

spoon or spatula to move the egg mixture

around the pan.

Add some chopped chives and parsley and stir

into the cooking egg mixture.

Take your eggs of the heat when they are

almost done as they will continue cooking.

You may like to season with some salt and

pepper before serving.

How to Make a Handprint Tree

You will need:

Paint in lots of different colours

Plastic plates or recycled plastic

containers

A large sheet of paper

A bucket or large bowl of water to

wash your hands in and an old towel to

dry them with

Pour different coloured paints onto plastic

plates or into recycled plastic containers.

Press your hands into different coloured paints

and make handprints down either side of a

large sheet of paper. Wash and dry your hands

between colours.

Use your hands to paint a long brown tree trunk

down the centre of the paper.

Add some branches to your tree.

Add some handprint bushes to the bottom of

your painting.

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How to Make Handprint Birds

We made a cockatoo, a magpie and a kookaburra, but you can make any birds you wish

using the instructions below as a guide

You will need:

Plain white cardboard

A pencil

Safety scissors

Paint – yellow for cockatoo, black for

magpie and brown, blue & white for

kookaburra

Cockatoo

Place your hand on a piece of plain white

cardboard and trace around it with a pencil.

Make three handprints and cut out.

Paint both sides of one handprint yellow and

set aside to dry,

Tape the yellow handprint to the handle of the

plastic milk bottle for a comb. Tape a white

handprint to either side of the plastic milk bottle

for wings.

Tape

A plastic milk bottle for cockatoo

A cardboard roll for magpie

A small cardboard milk carton box for

kookaburra

Magpie

Make two handprints from plain white

cardboard, as above.

Decorate with black paint and set aside to dry.

Tape a handprint to either side of a cardboard

roll for wings.

Kookaburra

Paint a small cardboard milk carton white and

set aside to dry.

Make two handprints from plain white

cardboard, as above.

Decorate the handprints with brown and blue

paint and set aside to dry.

Tape to either side of the milk carton for wings.

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Wednesday

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps - Rachael Coopes

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Maisy Goes Camping

Written & illustrated by Lucy Cousin

Walker Books Australia

FILM

Cooking at a Campsite

(Play School, ABC)

Family Bush Walking

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Camp outside with your family or camp

under a table inside with your toys.

Play shadow chasing with a friend. Try and

step on their shadow as they run around.

Go for a walk in the bush with your family

and friends.

SONGS




Walking in the Bush

Composer: Tony Strutton


Hop Little Bunny



There is Someone Who is Hiding

Composer: Henrietta Clark


Moon, Moon

Composer: L Sprague Mitchell (Gerfolktune)

Publisher: Allans Music (Aust) Ltd

Everybody Get Together

Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent

Publisher: Origin/ Control

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Wheelbarrow or Tyre Garden

You will need:

An old wheelbarrow or an old tyre

Potting mix

Gardening gloves

Small hand shovel

Colourful pots of flowers

Watering can

Put on some gardening gloves and fill an old wheelbarrow or tyre with potting mix.

Use a small hand shovel to make several holes in the potting mix.

Tip the colourful flowers from their pots and replant them in the holes you have made.

Cover the roots with potting mix and water the flowers with a watering can.

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How to Make Shadow Animals

You will need:

A white sheet

A torch

Your hands

Hang up a white sheet indoors. You may like to tie a piece of string between two chairs and

hang the sheet on the string.

Sit a torch or lamp in front of the sheet and turn it on.

Use your hands to make shadows in front of the sheet. Try to make a spider, snake and rabbit

shadow. What other shadow animals can you make?

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Thursday

PRESENTERS

Karen Pang- Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

The Big Bush Adventure

(A story told by the Play School Team)

FILM

Waterfalls

(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION

Der Glumph

(Play School, ABC

IDEAS FOR LATER

Have a swim in a wading pool.

Make some frogs from large stones and

pipe cleaners.

SONGS

Three Little Speckled Frogs




Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent


Stomp, Stomp

Composer: Tiny Grimes

Publisher: Universal Music Publishing

Rain

Composer: Jay Laga’aia


I Like Swimming

Composers: Phil Barton, Ben O’Hara & Kristy

Gentz

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Larrikin

Watermelon

Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Waterfall

You will need:

A plastic pool or water trough

Plastic containers with holes in them

Water

Build a tower of plastic containers or buckets in a plastic pool or water trough.

Take a watering can and tip water in the top of your tower. Watch it cascade down your

tower and collect in the pool or trough.

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How to Plant a Succulent Garden

A succulent plant is a watering-retaining plant which thrives in dry conditions, such as the

Australian outback.

You will need:

A variety of succulent plants, such as Aloe, Sempervivum, Jade Tree, Echeveria and

Aeonium

An old cane basket or a large pot

Gardening gloves

Small hand shovel

A spray bottle

Potting mix

Large pebbles

Put on some gardening gloves and fill an old cane basket or a large pot with potting mix.

Use a small hand shovel to make several holes in the potting mix.

Plant the succulents of your choice.

Give the succulents a spray of water.

Cover the soil with pebbles.

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Friday

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps - Luke Carroll

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

A Cake for a Cat

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Recycled Art

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a cake for your family or friends.

Collect some old boxes, lids, plastic

containers and other useful bits and pieces.

Make a robot, a sculpture or anything you

wish.

Make a bird house from recycled

containers.

Make compost for your garden with

vegetable scraps, old eggs shells,

newspaper, etc.

Make a cubby house for your toys! Throw

some sheets or blankets over a table so

that they hang down over the sides to

make a cubby house. Put some cushions

under the table to make the cubby warm

and cosy.

SONGS

What Shall We Do?

Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard


How Are You Feeling?



Happy Birthday

Composer: Mildred & Patricia Hill

I Like to Dance (I Like to Sing)

Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost


Bump a Deedle (Everybody Says Sit Down)

Composer: Malvina Reynolds

Publisher: Schroder Music Co.

Possum on the Roof Top






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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Plant Pot

You will need:

A kitchen colander

Pipe cleaners

Large colourful buttons

Gardening gloves

Small hand shovel

Potting mix

Potted flowers (we used Marigolds and Violas)

Watering can

Thread pipe cleaners through the holes of three large colourful buttons. Attach the buttons

to your colander by poking the pipe cleaners through the colander holes and twisting to

secure. Attach two buttons for eyes and one button for a nose.

Thread another pipe cleaner through the colander’s holes for a mouth.

Put on some gardening gloves and use a small hand shovel to fill your colander with potting

mix.

Make a small hole in the soil and plant your colourful flowers for hair.

Water the flowers using a watering can.

Think of a name for your plant pot - we named ours “Mary Marigold” and “Venetia Viola”!

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How to Make a Dancing Gardener

You will need:

Empty plastic honey or yoghurt

container (or something similar)

Pipe cleaners

Tac

Plastic bottle top lids, such as milk lids

Plastic takeaway container with a lid

Leaves and bark

Tape

String

Jar lids

Pipe cleaners

Foil pie tray

Ask an adult to make a hole at the bottom of a honey or yoghurt container. Thread a pipe

cleaner through the hole for a handle and tape to secure.

Use tac to stick on some plastic bottle lids for eyes and a nose. Tape on a pipe cleaner

mouth.

Fill a plastic takeaway container with leaves and bark for your dancing gardener’s body.

Make sure you press the lid on tightly! Attach the container to the dancing gardener’s head

with string and tape.

Cut two lengths of string and tape on lots of recycled jar lids. Attach to the dancing

gardener’s body with tape for legs.

Tape on two pipe cleaner arms

Ask an adult to make a hole in the middle of a foil pie tray. Thread the pipe cleaner handle

through the hole in the pie tray for a hat.

Hang your dancing gardener outside and watch as he dances in the breeze, making music

with his jar lid legs.

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