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Series 256: Fruit and Vegetables

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Fruit and Vegetables

Current research suggests that a growing number of children are overweight and spending

less time in active play and exercise. As a result, there is increasing community awareness of

the need to establish healthy eating and exercise habits in early childhood.

In this series, we take a playful look at fruit and vegetables. During the week we feature a

fresh fruit and vegetable store and a Farm Calendar that includes many different types of

fruits and vegetables. We also include stories, songs and cooking experiences that highlight

good health through a playful approach to diet and exercise. We encourage children and

their families to use these experiences to explore the smells, textures and tastes of different

fruit and vegetables.

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Monday

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps – Jay Laga’aia

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Humpty and the Bean Stalk

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Meerkats at Taronga Zoo

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Visit your local greengrocer and choose

lots of different fruits and vegetables to use

in the kitchen.

Make your own pretend fruit and

vegetables using household objects,

recycled materials, crepe paper and other

art & craft materials.

Dress up like a farmer!

SONGS

Tutti Frutti

Composers: Richard Penniman, Dorothy La

Bostrie & Joe Lubin

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

Composer: Fred Heatherton

Crazy, Crazy Conga

Composers: Chris Harriott & Simon Hopkinson

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

Composers: Richard Rodgers & Oscar

Hammerstein II

Publisher: Williamson Music Co./EMI

Hop Hippity Hop

Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost

Publisher: Origin/Control

We’re Going Up

Composer: Ron Gamack


Shaky Shaky

Composers: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray

Cook & Greg Page

Publisher: Wiggly Tunes

Round and Round and Round We Go

Composer: Colin Buchanan

Publisher: Rondor

This is the Way

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Healthy Salad

What you need:

Lettuce

Celery

Apples

Snow peas

Grapes

Olive oil

Lemon

Salt

Caster sugar

Wash the fruit and vegetables.

Tear the lettuce into small pieces.

Chop the celery and apples into bite-sized pieces.

Grate the carrot.

Place all fruit and vegetables, including the snow peas and grapes, in a large salad bowl.

Toss to combine.

To make the dressing, place a tablespoon of olive in a small jar. Add a squeeze of lemon, a

pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar. Screw the lid on tightly and shake to combine. Pour

dressing over salad and serve.

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Tuesday

PRESENTERS

Abi Tucker – Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Sleepy Places

Author: Judy Hindley

Illustrator: Tor Freeman

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd.

FILM

Yoga Class

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make some healthy fruit kebabs! Pick some

different coloured fruits, cut them into

chunks and thread them onto bamboo

skewers.

Go for a walk and see if you can see

and/or hear the birds in your

neighbourhood.

SONGS

Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar

Composers: Roberta McLaughlin & Lucille

Wood

Two Little Dickie Birds

Writer: Traditional


Hanging Around

Composer: Don Spencer

Publisher: MCA/Gilbey

Everybody’s Got a Body

Writer: Traditional


I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning

Writer: Traditional


A-Jump

Composers: Roberta McLaughlin & Lucille

Wood

Publisher: Bowmar

Ten in the Bed

Writer: Traditional


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MAKE AND DO

Exploring Fruit!

Visit your local greengrocer and buy a selection of different fruits. Take them home and use

your senses to explore them!

First, close your eyes and use your hands to feel each fruit. You might like to ask someone to

pass you different types of fruit whilst your eyes are still closed. Try guessing what they are by

the way they feel!

Open your eyes and look closely at the colour, size and shape of each fruit.

Ask an adult to cut each fruit open. Compare the inside to the outside. Note differences in

colour, pattern, smell and texture.

Ask an adult to cut the fruit into small segments for eating. Notice the differences in flavour

and texture – sweet, sour, juicy, dry, soft, crisp, hard, etc.

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Wednesday

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps – Rhys Muldoon

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

A New House for Mouse

Author and Illustrator: Petr Horacek

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd.

FILM

Milliner Makes a Hat

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Create a compost bin in your garden using

an old plastic bucket and food scraps. The

worms will love it!

Make a recipe book and fill it with pictures

of your favourite foods.

Use recycled materials, such as cardboard

boxes, shoe boxes, scrap paper and

cardboard to make cosy homes for your

toys.

Dress up as a scarecrow using an old shirt

and hat and a pair of gardening gloves.

SONGS

Watermelon

Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin/Control

Fruit Salad


Cook & Greg Page


There’s a Worm at the Bottom of My Garden



Put on Your Hat

Writer: Colin Buchanan

Publisher: Rondor

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Composers: Molly & Geoffrey Russell -Smith

Publisher: EMI

I Like Dogs

Writer: John William Fox


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MAKE AND DO5

How to Make a Fruit Salad

You will need:

A range of fresh fruits

Large mixing bowl

An orange

Wash fruit and peel if necessary.

Ask an adult to cut fruit into bite-sized chunks.

Mix fruit together in a large bowl.

Squeeze an orange and pour the juice over

the fruit salad. Toss to combine.

Serve and enjoy!

How to Make a Scarecrow

You will need:

Broom

A balloon, or an old stocking and

newspaper

Marker

Tape

Old shirt and hat

Use an old broom for the body of your

scarecrow.

Blow up a balloon or fill an old stocking with

newspaper to create a round head.

Draw on eyes, a mouth and nose with a

marker.

Tape your scarecrow’s head to the broom

handle.

Dress the scarecrow in an old shirt and hat.

Place your scarecrow in the garden!

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Thursday

PRESENTERS

Georgie Parker – Jay Laga’aia

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Soup to Share

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Building a Cubby House

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Eat a fruit or vegetable that you’ve never

tried before!

Play shops using fruit and vegetables and a

home-made shopping bag.

SONGS

Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things)

Composers: S. Aplin & P. Barton


Bags

Composer: Don Spencer


Let’s Go Walking

Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorne

Publisher: The Willis Music Co. (c/o Campbell

Connelly)

Tutti Frutti

Composers: Richard Penniman, Dorothy La

Bostrie & Joe Lubin

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Hot Potato


Cook & Greg Page


May I Come Over to Your Place?

Composer: Henrietta Clark


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Shoulder Bag and a Backpack

You will need:

Large paper shopping bags

Craft off-cuts, such as coloured paper, material, ribbon etc.

Glue

Long pieces of ribbon, cardboard or fabric for straps

Tape or stapler

Glue coloured paper, material, ribbon or anything you like onto a paper bag.

Use a long piece of ribbon, fabric or cardboard to create a strap for a shoulder bag. Use two

long pieces of ribbon, fabric or cardboard to create two straps for a backpack. Attach using

tape or a stapler.

Use the bag to play a shopping game!

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How to Make Guacamole

You will need:

1 avocado

1 lemon

Sour cream

Ask an adult to cut the avocado in half and

remove the stone.

Scoop the avocado flesh into a bowl. Add a

squeeze of lemon and mash with a fork until

smooth.

Add a dollop of sour cream and mix well.

How to Make a Veggie Face

You will need:

Guacamole

Carrot sticks

Cherry tomatoes

Celery sticks

Spoon guacamole onto a plate and flatten out

using the back of the spoon to create a circle.

Use carrot sticks to make a nose and mouth.

Use cherry tomatoes for eyes.

Use celery for hair.

Eat and enjoy!

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Friday

PRESENTERS

Rhys Muldoon – Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam

Author and Illustrator: Pamela Allen

Publisher: Puffin Books

FILM

Gymnastics

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Rake up the fallen leaves in your garden.

Create a pile of leaves and jump up and

down on them! Then, rake them into a pile,

load them into a wheel barrow and take

them to your compost heap.

Go for a ride in a wheel barrow

Make your own veggie patch! Plant some

seedlings, such as corn or zucchini

seedlings, and watch them grow.

SONGS

Like a Leaf or Feather

Composer: Mary Champion De Crespigny

Publisher: EMI Music

This is the Way



Who Do You Think I Should be Today?

Composers: Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith

Everybody Likes Fruit and Vegetables

Composer: Jay Mankita

Publisher: Dreams on Tape Music

The Muffin Man

Composer Traditional


Dance with a Dolly

Composers: Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton &

Mickey Leader

Publisher: J Albert & Son

I Can Tickle Myself

Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting &

Justine Clarke

Publisher: Origin

Singing a Cowboy Song

Composers: Margaret Dennison & Margaret

Fletcher

Publisher: EMI Allans Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Corn Husk Dolly

You will need:

1 corn husk

5 hair ties

Marker

Tissue paper

Tape

Secure a hair tie around the corn husk to form a head.

Use a texta to draw on eyes, a nose and a smiling mouth.

Fold over one piece of corn husk and secure with a hair tie to create an arm. Repeat on the

opposite side.

Cut a small hole in the centre of a square of tissue paper. Slide the tissue paper onto the corn

husk dolly to create a skirt. Secure with tape.

Fold over one piece of corn husk under the skirt and secure with a hair tie to create a leg.

Repeat on the opposite side.

Make your corn husk dolly dance!

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