1999
Aka ep99.1 Angela and Colin make a 'bush habitat' out of a doona draped over blocks and a blue sheet for a running creek. Angela makes an echidna. Colin digs like the echidna, jumps like the kangaroo and runs like the possum. Angela and Colin play the 'Pick-A-Pocket' game. Cards are hidden in the pockets of clothing on a hat stand. The presenters take turns to choose a card and hop, jump or wriggle according to the picture on the card.
1999
Angela and David cut paper butterflies, dip them in a container of water, then drip paint from a paintbrush onto them. Angela tie-dyes fabric. David shows the colours of the toys clothes. David and Angela play an animal movement with a large cardboard box with different animal pictures on each side. Don presents the story of The Baby Platypus. Angela, David and Jemima dress up as butterflies with pipecleaner antennae and tie-dye cloth wings.
1999
Shot on location at the AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK, Gosford, NSW. The presenters show us a statue of a frill-neck lizard. Angela introduces Eric the crocodile, small turtles, various snakes, a blue tongue lizard and a baby crocodile. Angela and Colin go for a walk in the bush. The presenters act out the story of The Crocodile Hunt in the playground. Glenn and Colin sing about dingoes. The presenters enjoy a picnic and ask questions about the types of food different animals enjoy and which animals are covered in feathers, fur or fins.
1999
Angela and David show white, black, yellow and red sand, then use the sand to make a stripey sand castle. They make a wavy stripey sand jar by pouring dry sand of each colour into a jar then pressing down with a stick to create a wavy pattern. David shows posters of native animals. There are two pictures of the same house, one during the day and one at night. Characters are added to each picture to show who sleeps at night and who sleeps during the day. The presenters create sand pictures of a shark, turtle and snake by drawing outlines with glue on paper, then pouring sand over the top, and shaking off the sand.
1999
Angela and Colin undress Banana and wash his pyjamas and hang them on on a clothes line. The presenters experiment to see how many drops of water from an eye-dropper fit onto a five cent piece. Angela creates the 'Silly Animal Book' by cutting in half pictures of a duck, a wombat and a kangaroo, then mixing and matching the top and bottom sections of their bodies. Colin paddles in a box-canoe around the wetlands to go bird watching.
1999
Colin and Noni dress up the toys as dinosaurs; Big Ted as a 3-horned Triceratops, Jemima as a Velociraptor and Meeka as a Tyrannosaurus. Noni dresses up as explorer Dr Noni and discovers the name of the day in a lump of clay. Noni shows a photo of a party. Little Ted has a fourth birthday party with a Dinosaur theme. Old Bear, Little Ted's grandfather, also attends the party.
1999
Glenn and Karen introduce the Play School pets, Peppino and Peppina the budgerigars, Bit and Bot the goldfish, and Henry and Henrietta the mice. Glenn dresses as paleontologist, Dr Glenn and discovers the name of the day in a sand pit. Glenn shows plastic eggs, each with an animal inside. Glenn makes big eggs out of newspaper-covered washing baskets then hides inside one pretending to be Karen's baby dinosaur. Karen, dressed as a "Playosaurus" searches for her "baby" and discovers Little Ted Stegosaurus and Big Ted Triceratops along the way.
1999
Benita and Simon show the Apatosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus Rex made of cardboard boxes that were made on Monday. Benita feeds the dinosaurs, distinguishing which are herbivores and which are carnivores. · Simon shows fossilised dinosaur teeth, one from a herbivore and one from a carnivore. Leo the Lion is greeted by loyal and gift-giving subjects, Daisy with milk, Henny Penny with eggs and Sam with wool. He saves Slush from a crocodile by shooing it away with his throne.
1999
Angela and Simon flatten a lump of clay and Simon leaves an imprint of his foot in it. Simon shows a fossil of a fish. Simon dresses as Professor Simon and finds the name of the day in the sand-tray. He then discovers the long lost tiny tea set of the long lost tea-drinking people. Angela shows a Velociraptor, Apatosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex, made of boxes. These become part of the Play School Museum showing the history of Earth.
Mon, Jun 21, 1999
Aka ep101.1 Noni makes a train and a roller, while Simon makes a car and a digger. Noni folds out six blue paper cut out buses, then turns them over to reveal the name of the day. She uses five yellow paper cutout cars with a poem. Simon pretends to be different robots in a car factory.
Tue, Jun 22, 1999
Deborah and David show how a bike works. The presenters conduct a safety check on the bike before David has a ride. Deborah and David sing a silly song using Scrap the dog, Daisy the cow and Henny Penny. Deborah paints with fingerpaint on a clear perspex easel. She paints: a bus in blue paint, a car in yellow, a fire truck in red and a bicycle in purple paint. David prints the pictures. The prints are attached to a chocolate wheel to play a game.
Wed, Jun 23, 1999
Deborah and David build a house out of cardboard boxes for the toys then attach a garage. David uses a remote control to drive Diddle's car into the garage. David sends a letter to Deborah, to let her know the name of the day, via Diddle in her car. David makes a fire engine. The fire engine is used to help Diddle, Slush and Sam off the roof of their house.
Fri, Jun 25, 1999
Noni and Glenn assemble a wooden train track. Noni uses the train set to tell the story of The Little Red Engine. Glenn demonstrates the history of the invention of the wheel with some help from Noni. The name of the day is spelt out on wooden blocks inside a toy trolley. The presenters draw squiggles and circles in the air with ribbons attached to sticks. Noni and Jemima go to the Play School Motor Show. They look at a fire engine and a train.
1999
Aka ep102.3 Karen and Glenn demonstrate a "noise ladder" and experiment with different sounds. Glenn shows how silkworms develop into moths. Taking turns to draw, the presenters make squiggles and turn them into pictures. Dramatic Play: Glenn pretends to be a tree and Karen fans him to blow him down. Don is outside in the bush and tells the story of Koala and her Family.
Thu, Dec 16, 1999
Benita and Glenn complete a picture puzzle of Humpty. Glenn makes a frog puzzle using empty tissue boxes. Benita plays a sound game with the toys. Jemima goes on a mission to find Banana who is lost in space. Glenn plays Knock em Down with the Humpty puzzle and a soft ball made of a net bag filled with newspaper.
Mon, Sep 20, 1999
Aka ep104.1 Karen makes a hobby horse from a shoe box, a cylinder, pieces of egg carton and newspaper. George makes a crown from strips of cardboard. Karen paints a portrait of George on the hobby horse made earlier. George explores the emotional affect different colours have on us. George becomes the guide of the Play School Art Gallery and shows Karen the works of art. He then plays a trick on Karen by pretending to be a moving portrait in a frame.
Tue, Sep 21, 1999
Karen wears green and George wears red to create interesting illusions behind a chair. Karen paints a rainbow. George shows us some more colours at the Play School Art Gallery. Karen makes a peggy-leggy bird. They admire The Red Collection at the Play School Art Gallery thanks to Karen, our guide, and George as the painting that keeps changing.
Wed, Sep 22, 1999
Angela and George finger paint and mix colours, creating different patterns. George shows us some pictures of animals. George makes a monkey mask for Little Ted. Angela dresses as a doctor for "Three Cheeky Monkeys". Angela is today's Guide for the Play School Art Gallery, where George plays a practical joke, pretending to be a statue of a monkey.
Thu, Sep 23, 1999
Deborah and George draw animals to music. We look at a collection of pictures of umbrellas. Deborah makes the name of the day with dot painting, and then paints a cardboard goanna. Deborah shows us some Aboriginal art in the Play School Art Gallery. Deborah and George move to "dot" and "line" music.
Fri, Sep 24, 1999
Karen and George show us scrolls that have poems written on them for Diddle and Humpty. The presenters show us around the Play School Art Gallery. George plays a 'gallop and stop' game with Jess and his percussion instruments. Meeka "walks" through a scenic box with a moving background, discovering sakura (cherry blossoms ) along the way. Elliott and Jess, Karen and George recreate the Chinese New Year Dragon Dance.
Tue, Dec 21, 1999
Glenn, David and Angela play a memory game with kitchen utensils (wooden spoon, measuring jug, saucepan lid, biscuit cutter, egg cup and tongs). The presenters make Banana Snow, which they then enjoy at the dining table. Angela and David use the shapes of cut-out food pictures to create a kangaroo, a rabbit and a person. Angela creates music with body percussion. Glenn and David copy her music patterns.
Wed, Dec 22, 1999
George and Angela brush the guinea pigs. George hides food for the guinea pigs to find with their sense of smell. The presenters make fresh spaghetti with a pasta-making machine. George hangs the spaghetti out to dry. Later he cooks it on the stove. Angela, dressed as a mouse, scares George, who is dressed as an elephant. Angela sets the table so the presenters can enjoy the cooked spaghetti with cheese.
Thu, Dec 23, 1999
Angela traces Simon's outline onto a perspex window. The presenters make gingerbread men, Simon by hand and Angela with a biscuit cutter. Simon, Angela and the toys present the story of The Gingerbread Man in a rotunda. Simon to explain the journey of food into the mouth, and into the digestive system.
Fri, Dec 24, 1999
The presenters make bread dough and it is left to rise. They show us pre-made dough that has risen, been shaped and put in a loaf tin, then left in a warm place to rise again. Simon pretends to be a lump of dough, Angela "kneads" him, then he grows bigger and bigger. The risen dough in the tin is put in the oven to bake and is removed after the story. Simon and Angela make butter by shaking cream in a container. Angela makes peanut butter in a food processor. The presenters share and eat the food that they have made.
Mon, Sep 27, 1999
Aka ep106.1 Benita and David complete a cardboard house and furnish it with things from the Useful Box. Benita places animals in the house for a surprise. David takes a wooden doll for a tour of his new house and finds the animals. David pretends to be different people who help around the house; a window washer, a carpenter, a postie. David finds letters that show him how to move to different places.
Thu, Sep 30, 1999
Deborah and George make pikelets. George makes cooled pikelets into a 'Pikelet Man' using cream cheese and fruit. Deborah takes Lisa to visit Jim's house, Meeka's house and Kim's house. George shows us some children's drawings of homes and families. The presenters share and eat 'Pikelet Man'.
Fri, Oct 1, 1999
OUTSIDE BROADCAST: filmed at the family home of Play School's friend Angela. George and Colin go to visit Angela's house to help with some jobs. They show us the rooms of the house and then start to work on the list of jobs. The jobs include: putting covers on the doonas, polishing the table, sweeping the leaves, hanging up the washing, making banana muffins, planting out the lettuces, feeding the fish. They prepare a snack for Angela and the children.