Thu, Mar 2, 2006
Aka s157.4 Justine and Rhys make a baby mobile for baby Little Ted and baby Maurice. Change tables, high chairs and cots were all made from different boxes. Through the windows seedlings are potted in a nursery. A kangaroo is hidden on the calendar. The story is 'The Elephant and the Bad Baby' by Elfrida Vipont.
Mon, Jun 12, 2006
Aka series158 ep1. Jay draws a train on paper, and then pastes on the appropriate wheels. Next he uses a big and a little wheel to form a cat, and draws two pointy ears and a long tail. Finally Jay makes a caterpillar picture by pasting lots of wheels in a row, and drawing legs and antennae. Georgie and Jay play 'Three in a Bed' with the toys. Through the windows it's bedtime. The story is 'Down at the Station' illustrated by Siobhan Dodds.
Wed, Jun 21, 2006
Aka s223.3 Brooke and Teo make a doll family with ping pong balls attached to the top of bottles with paste. Hair is made from wool. A face is drawn on with a texta, and clothes are put on using scraps of material. With a cycad, Brooke hides dinosaurs, and removes one. Then she asks the child which one is missing, giving clues to help. Through the windows are sea lions. 'Dino Stomp' animation is shown. The story 'Max's Sandcastle' is told with the doll family in a sand tray.
Wed, Jul 19, 2006
Aka s224.3 Justine and Jay make skittles, paper icecreams for the toys and play with the toys in a ball pit. Through the windows is a netball game being broadcast. 'My Dog Bill' and 'It's so Nice to have a Cuddle' animations are shown. The story is 'The Way I Love You' by David Bedford.
Mon, Nov 27, 2006
Aka series225 ep1. Georgie and Jay build a box elephant and a box Howdah for Humpty to ride in. Jay makes animal shapes: he pastes popcorn on a sheep for wool, and adds peggy legs; Next he pastes pieces of pink wettex onto a pig shape and adds peggy legs as well; Finally, he pastes Hessian pieces onto a donkey for hair and adds legs. Through the windows are elephants. The story is 'The Pig in the Pond' by Martin Waddell.
Tue, Nov 28, 2006
Aka s225.2 Alex draws around his thumb and fingers and joins the line at the back. He adds elephant eyes, ears and a tail. Having made three elephants, he paints them purple, gray and yellow, and places them on a piece of string. Justine makes tiger bread, using Vegemite with strips of cheese to form stripes. She makes fluffy bread using cream cheese and covering it with alfalfa. Finally, Justine covers butter with 100's and 1000's for colourful sprinkly bread. Through the windows is a sparkly dress for Jemima. The story is 'Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?' by Bill Martin Jnr, illustrated by Eric Carle.
Thu, Nov 30, 2006
Aka s225.4 Karen decorates a green flag with purple stickers and some tinfoil scraps. Then she finishes a pink flag with 3 orange dots and puts them up for bunting. Matt finishes off a poster of Humpty by adding some woolly hair, some red crepe paper for a bowtie, and spots for his tummy. The flags and bunting decorate an area for a parade, with toys on floats, and the large elephant from Monday. The spectators (the toys) are in place to watch the parade. Through the windows are shoe shops. The story 'The Tug Boat' is performed.
Fri, Dec 8, 2006
Aka s226.5 Simon draws around Leah to form a large outline on paper. He then adds facial features and paints on a dress which he decorates with material. Leah does the same, using an outline of Simon. Simon makes a monkey by adding facial features to a monkey cardboard cutout. He threads the wool through two straws and attaches with tape, the straw pieces to the monkeys hands. Then, Simon pulls the pieces of wool alternately and the monkey climbs up the wool. Through the windows is a dog walker. The story 'The Farmer in the Dell' is performed.