Play School (1966)
Mini Beasts (1)
TV-G
S286 • E1 Jul 1, 2013 25mSeries 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 1
PRESENTERS
Andrew McFarlane – Karen Pang
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
BUTTERFLY, BUTTERFLY
written & illustrated by Petr Horáček Walker Books Australia
FILM
Barron Gorge Walk
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Incy Wincy Spider
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a garden diorama with green grass, a blue sky & flowers made from patty pans and pipe cleaners. Make some craft bugs to live in your diorama, such as the bottle top bugs described below.
Take a walk in your garden or a local park and look out for “mini beasts” such as ants, worms, beetles and birds. Take a close look at the mini beasts you find (without touching them) and then draw or paint a picture of them. Tape or staple your pictures together to create a mini beast scrapbook!
Plant some colourful flowers in your garden or a plant pot. Watch them as they grow. Do they attract any insects?
SONGS
Spots Are Great
Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard
Publisher: Origin/ Control
Incy Wincy Spider
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Outside in the Garden
Composers: Peter Dasent & Judith Keyzer
Publisher: Origin/Control
Flutter, Flutter Butterfly
Composer: Lesley Lees
Publisher: Ward Lock Educational
Would You Like to Be a Tree?
Composers: Peter Casey & Carissa Campbell
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 1
PRESENTERS
Andrew McFarlane – Karen Pang
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
BUTTERFLY, BUTTERFLY
written & illustrated by Petr Horáček Walker Books Australia
FILM
Barron Gorge Walk
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Incy Wincy Spider
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a garden diorama with green grass, a blue sky & flowers made from patty pans and pipe cleaners. Make some craft bugs to live in your diorama, such as the bottle top bugs described below.
Take a walk in your garden or a local park and look out for “mini beasts” such as ants, worms, beetles and birds. Take a close look at the mini beasts you find (without touching them) and then draw or paint a picture of them. Tape or staple your pictures together to create a mini beast scrapbook!
Plant some colourful flowers in your garden or a plant pot. Watch them as they grow. Do they attract any insects?
SONGS
Spots Are Great
Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard
Publisher: Origin/ Control
Incy Wincy Spider
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Outside in the Garden
Composers: Peter Dasent & Judith Keyzer
Publisher: Origin/Control
Flutter, Flutter Butterfly
Composer: Lesley Lees
Publisher: Ward Lock Educational
Would You Like to Be a Tree?
Composers: Peter Casey & Carissa Campbell
