Sun, Jun 30, 2013
Aka series286 ep1. Come along with Andrew and Karen as they make bottle top bugs, play a game of skittles and see a walk looking at ants, spiders and other mini beasts through a national park through the windows. Andrew reads the story 'Butterfly, butterfly'. The animation of Incy Wincy Spider is shown.
Tue, Jul 2, 2013
Aka s286.3 Leah and Luke look at Play School's very own habitat with lots of mini beasts including a stick insect, worms and snails. Leah makes a birds nest with folded paper birds that have peg beaks. Paper hatching eggs are placed in the nest. The story is 'Slinky Malinky, Open the Door'. Through the windows there is a wildlife montage.
Wed, Jul 3, 2013
Aka s286.4 Leah and Teo make space bugs from foil and other kitchen items. Melon balls are placed in lunch bags and held with a peg to look like butterflies. Leah and Teo tell the story of 'The Inchworm and the Grasshopper'. Through the windows goes on a picnic by Torrens River and watch different animals which fly.
Thu, Jul 4, 2013
Aka s286.5 Karen and Teo dress the toys up as insects. They tell the story of 'The Mini Beast Ball'. Through the windows there are tulips. Teo makes some lanterns with paper bags cutout with cellophane windows for a torch to shine through. The presenters make a painting of tulips, ladybird and bee on a large piece of calico fabric.
Sun, Jul 7, 2013
Aka series287 ep1. Zindzi and Andrew help Humpty, Jemima and Little Ted use different machine vehicles made from boxes including a tricycle, submarine, rocket and aeroplane. They make a lifter and shifter by using string, cotton reels and cardboard cylinders. A small playground is made for cardboard people in a sand tray. Through the windows there is Broken Hill Quarry. The story is 'Dig Dig Digging'.
Mon, Jul 8, 2013
Aka s287.2 Zindzi and Luke make orange juice in the kitchen. Luke puts clothes in a cardboard washing machine. A balloon is set up on a string to send messages back and forth. Through the windows there are street machines. Zindzi and Luke tell the story of 'Jemima's Mystery Box' using the toys.
Tue, Jul 9, 2013
Aka s287.3 Robot Alex helps Sofya make different foods off a menu in a food store. Justine reads the story 'The Girl Who Loved Wellies'. Through the windows there is a car assembly line. A pachoonga is made from a wooden spoon and cardboard tube to catapult balls through the air. A photo copier is used to copy different materials arranged in different patterns.
Wed, Jul 10, 2013
Aka s287.4 Justine and Alex dress Big Ted up as an inventor to help the toys. Peter plays on his piano accordion. The presenters perform the story of 'Farmer Brown's New Cow'. Through the windows cheese is being made. Justine and Alex make Spanakopita with spinach, feta and ricotta rolled in filo pastry.
Wed, Sep 25, 2013
Aka s288.4 Come along with Jay and Emma as they create a drippy, droppy, splotchy painting, make some raita dip for poppadoms, take a look at a sensory garden through the windows and play with some banksia people. The story is 'Humpty's Big Bright Lunch' performed by the presenters.
Mon, Dec 16, 2013
Aka s289.2 Leah and Jay dress up and perform the story of 'The Magician's New Trick'. Through the windows there is Henna hand painting. The presenters make hand print paintings in flower shapes, using finger prints for the pollen centre. Leah and Jay dress their hands up with fabric to be ballerinas, with their thumbs as the face. They sing 'Thumbelina'.
Tue, Dec 17, 2013
Aka s289.3 Emma and Alex use the marionette dolls from Monday's episode. The presenters perform the story of 'The Elves and the Shoemakers'. Through the windows there is a play gym. Fruity feet are made in the kitchen with a banana and yoghurt mixture for the foot decorated with kiwi fruit, grapes and berries. Emma and Alex make an obstacle course with different textures to place their feet on and in.
Wed, Dec 18, 2013
Aka s289.4 Jay draws an outline of Emma on a perspex screen. The presenters make a collage picture of Jemima using different fabric and paper scraps. Through the windows we see some riding for the disabled. The story is 'Bear Takes a Trip'. Emma and Jay sing the song of the week 'Heads and Shoulders'.
Thu, Dec 19, 2013
Aka s289.5 Abi and Andrew make lion masks from paper plates and pretend to be lions while singing 'Leo the Lion'. Jemima visits some animals, with some of the toys. Children and Teachers from Menindee Central School sing "Head and Shoulders" in the Barkindji language. Through the windows there are sea lions on Kangaroo Island. The story is 'Animal Chatter'.
Sun, Jan 19, 2014
Aka series290 ep1. Join Teo and Justine as they create a jungle tree house for monkeys, elephants and parrots; build a kitchen out of boxes for the toys to pretend to cook, make some yoghurt pops and take a look at some dressing up through the windows. Justine and Teo also pretend to be different people by dressing up.
Tue, Jan 21, 2014
Aka s290.3 Leah and Teo dress up as different sea creatures, including a starfish. Teo pretends to go snorkeling in a crepe paper sea. The presenters make a seaside dough and cardboard cylinder people. Wool is wrapped around a cardboard fish to make a stripy pattern. The story is 'Ruby Learns to Swim'. Through the windows there is the lighthouse on Kangaroo Island.
Wed, Jan 22, 2014
Aka s290.4 Leah and Alex make an office tower building and set bottle people to work. They make peg puppets and make them perform in a park scene. Jemima is dressed as a doctor and tends to the toys. Leah and Alex tell the story of 'Better in No Time'. Through the windows we see a doctor.
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
Aka s290.5 Michelle and Alex take Diddle, Tippy and Fergus on a big adventure. The presenters play in a Heads and Tails shop. They make rainy day scratch drawings. Michelle and Alex make a rocket sandwich with avocado spread on the body of the rocket and pea sprouts for the flames. Through the windows we see it is raining. The story is 'Good night, sleep tight'.
Sun, Apr 20, 2014
Aka series291 ep1. Find out what's inside the treasure chest of patterns and join Justine and Jay as they make some pattern pictures with different implements, create some peg people with spotty and stripy bodies and visit a button shop through the windows. The story is 'My beak, your beak'.
Mon, Apr 21, 2014
Aka s291.2 Justine and Teo play a spinning game with a wheel showing different activities completed throughout the day. They make a patterned pizza with capsicum, olives, ricotta cheese and basil leaves. They sew different patterns onto hessian fabric. Through the windows we see poddy lambs. The story of 'Doug from Dullsville and Danielle the Decorator' is performed by Justine and Teo.
Tue, Apr 22, 2014
Aka s291.3 Zindzi and Jay make garden rubbing pictures with bark and leaves underneath paper and then rubbing with crayons. They play a floating and sinking game with different objects from the garden and bushland. A large underwater painting is made on perspex screen. Through the windows there are reptiles. The story is 'Mr McGee Goes to Sea'.
Wed, Apr 23, 2014
Aka s291.4 Abi and Teo make different patterned windows from wrapping paper and decorated paper. They construct a cardboard box city with buildings displaying the patterned windows. They make a patterned craft box to store different craft items. Through the windows is Black Mountain (Kalkajaka) National Park. The story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' is told by Abi and Teo.
Thu, Apr 24, 2014
Aka s291.5 Zindzi and Teo make an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink orchestra with objects from the kitchen. They place the metal bowls in water to see what sound they will make. They make a cat and mouse out of balls of wool. The toys have a picnic. Through the windows is the Bowral Street Parade. The story is '10 Little Circus Mice'.
Sun, Apr 13, 2014
Aka series292 ep1. Abi and Teo play the Opposites Game, decorate a tablecloth with paint spray, make yummy hot and iced chocolate, see how to tie-dye T-shirts through the windows and play a hiding game with James and Meena. They make wooden spoon dolls. The story is 'Dinosaur Roar'.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014
Aka s292.2 Join Teo and Rachael as they plant some seedlings, create a striped picture, play a hiding game with the wooden spoon puppets James and Meena and look through the windows to learn about weaving in the Northern Territory. The story is performed by the presenters and called 'Fine Friends'.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014
Aka s292.4 Come along with Alex and Leah as they make some balloon faces and topsy turvy dolls with different emotions when they are turned upside down, play a hiding game with the wooden spoon puppets James and Meena and see how to cook arancini balls through the windows. The story is 'Henry and Amy'.
Thu, Apr 17, 2014
Aka s292.5 Join Rachael and Alex as they wear some silly dress ups, make long and short neck sock puppets and stencils, play a hiding game with the wooden spoon dolls James and Meena and take a look at a swimming hole in Wincannia through the windows. The presenters perform the story of 'A Squash and a Squeeze'.
Sun, Jun 22, 2014
Aka series293 ep1. Michelle and Teo make a cardboard family with cylinders and balloon heads, create drippy droppy paintings and look through the windows to see a boy post some pictures to his grandparents. A moving background is placed behind the cardboard family and is moved by rolling the paper backdrop along. The story is 'Time for Bed'.
Tue, Jun 24, 2014
Aka s293.3 Teo and Michelle make a pillow snowman and are visited by some rabbits. Join them as they play with a cardboard family and look through the windows at some people playing in the snow. Michelle goes exploring with some binoculars to find different animals played by Teo. The story is 'With Nan'.
Thu, Jun 26, 2014
Aka s293.5 Come along with Andrew and Emma as they make toy jetpacks from cereal boxes, foil and patty pans; and visit the moon with the toys. Join Emma and Andrew as they play with a cardboard family and take a look through the windows at a messy mural being made. The story is 'Helping Little Star'.
Sun, Sep 21, 2014
Aka series294 ep1. Emma and Hugh make some dangly decorations from patty pan cases, straws and lids; some woolly cats are made from balls of wool and the presenters see some dolls getting washed through the windows. Some babies also show what they can do. The story is 'The Three Little Kittens'.
Mon, Sep 22, 2014
Aka s294.2 Karen and Andrew hold a seaside market for the toys. They sing 'I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside'. Andrew makes a melon boat sailing boat with a skewer mast and paper sail. Through the windows the Mindil Beach Markets are shown and we also find out what 2 year olds can do. The story of 'Blobette Goes To Daycare' is performed by Karen and Andrew.
Tue, Sep 23, 2014
Aka s294.3 Come along with Emma and Hugh as they make a play dough face, create a leafy picture and visit a community garden through the windows. Some three-year-olds also show what they can do. They then have a tea party with Humpty and the Teds wearing leaf hats. The story is 'Somebody's House'.
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Aka s294.5 Join Rachael and Alex as they create plinkety-plunk splatter paintings with elastic bands, make a paper plate tambourine and take a look at some NAIDOC celebrations through the windows. Some five-year-olds also show what they can do. The story is told by Alex and Rachael and is called 'Joe Gave it a Go'.