Theme Notes Series 252: Building Page 1 of 13 Building Building is one way that young children begin to make sense of the world around them. It helps them understand the qualities of different materials and how these materials can be joined together to create something new. Children enjoy making and creating their own buildings and structures from the resources and materials they find around them. This process provides opportunities for the development of physical control, logical reasoning, decision-making and problem solving. First constructions can be quite simple, such as stacking blocks to build towers and watching them fall when knocked over. With experience, constructions can become more complex and may involve group work, such as creating cubbies and shelters using household objects and recycled materials. Children can learn more about the processes of construction by investigating buildings and structures in their local environment. A walk to the shops or a trip to the city can be extended by drawing attention to the shapes of windows and rooves and the colours and textures of different building materials. Watching the busy activity of a construction site from a safe distance can also be of interest.
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Theme Notes
Series 252: Building
Page 1 of 13
Building
Building is one way that young children begin to make sense of the world around them. It
helps them understand the qualities of different materials and how these materials can be
joined together to create something new.
Children enjoy making and creating their own buildings and structures from the resources
and materials they find around them. This process provides opportunities for the
development of physical control, logical reasoning, decision-making and problem solving.
First constructions can be quite simple, such as stacking blocks to build towers and watching
them fall when knocked over. With experience, constructions can become more complex
and may involve group work, such as creating cubbies and shelters using household objects
and recycled materials.
Children can learn more about the processes of construction by investigating buildings and
structures in their local environment. A walk to the shops or a trip to the city can be extended
by drawing attention to the shapes of windows and rooves and the colours and textures of
different building materials. Watching the busy activity of a construction site from a safe
distance can also be of interest.
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Monday
PRESENTERS
Andrew McFarlane – Karen Pang
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Humpty’s Visit
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Building a Bus Shelter
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Ning Nang Nong
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a cardboard tree house for your toys.
Dress up as a princess or a knight.
Build your own block castle with towers and
turrets.
SONGS
Riding in My Car (Riding Along with a Crane)
Composer: Rosalind Thrift
Publisher: Control
Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
Composer: Marian Sinclair
Publisher: Larrikin Music
The Wheels on the Bus
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Open Shut Them
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Mr Clicketty Cane
Composer: Peter Combe
Publisher: Control
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Cardboard Crane
You will need:
Two cardboard boxes – one large and one small
Masking tape
Four recycled round plastic lids for wheels
Two lengths of dowel, a bit longer than the width of the large box, for axles
Two long cardboard cylinders
Cardboard
Ribbon
Wool
Tape the sides of the large cardboard box closed.
Ask an adult to make a hole in the centre of each plastic lid, large enough to push the
dowel through.
Push one length of dowel through the holes in two plastic lids to create wheels on an axle.
Repeat with remaining lids/dowel.
Tape the two axles to the base of the large cardboard box.
Cut one face from the small cardboard box and tape the three remaining faces closed. This
will be the crane driver’s compartment! Sit the small box on top of the large box and tape to
secure.
Draw a hook on a piece of cardboard and cut out. Attach a ribbon loop for lifting objects.
Thread wool through two long cardboard cylinders and attach the cardboard hook to the
end of the piece of wool.
Attach one cylinder to the medium box and let the other cylinder, with the wool and hook
dangling out, hang down.
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How to Make a Picnic Table and Chairs for Your Toys
You will need:
Cardboard cylinders – short and medium in length
Masking tape
Sort the cylinders into a short pile and a medium pile.
Arrange five or six medium cylinders side-by-side to make a table top. Tape the cylinders
together with masking tape. Sit the table top on four short cylinder legs. Secure with tape.
To make the seat of a chair, arrange three short cylinders side-by-side and tape together. Sit
the chair seat on four short cylinder legs and secure with tape. Tape on another short
cylinder for the back of your chair.
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Tuesday
PRESENTERS
Abi Tucker – Andrew McFarlane
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Friends
Author & Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy
Publisher: Walker Books
FILM
Government House
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Ask some friends over for a picnic or
barbeque in your backyard or the local
park.
Visit a camping store and look at all the
things people use when they go camping.
Make a tent for your toys using an old
sheet, pegs and some broom handles or a
clothes rack.
SONGS
There is Someone Who is Hiding
Composer: Henrietta Clark
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Friends All Together (Friends, Friends, Friends)
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control
Walking Through the Jungle
Composer: Max Lambert
English Country Garden
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
London Bridge
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Our House
Composers: Carl Smyth & Chris Foreman
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Flags
You will need:
Cardboard cylinders – short and medium in length
Coloured fabric or paper
Crepe paper cut into narrow strips for streamers
Double-sided tape
Ask an adult to cut triangle flag shapes from coloured fabric or paper.
To make a short flag, attach a fabric triangle to a short cardboard cylinder with double-sided
tape. Stick some crepe paper streamers to the top of the flag/cardboard roll.
To make a “double flag”, attach two fabric triangles to a medium length cardboard cylinder
with double-sided tape. Stick crepe paper streamers to the top.
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Wednesday
PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Jemima’s Farmhouse
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Helicopter
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Jump & Jiggle
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Stack blocks to make tall city buildings. Use
recycled materials such as flattened
cardboard and cardboard cylinders to
add other features, such as a bridge, a
clock tower or traffic lights.
Have a sleep over party with your toys!
Make up beds for them to sleep in and
wake them up in the morning for a pretend
breakfast.
SONGS
Let’s Go
Composer: Peter Dasent
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Build it Up
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Move Over and Make Room
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
May I Come Over to Your Place
Composer: Henrietta Clark
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Riding in a Helicopter (Wokka, Wokka)
Composer: Sean O’Boyle
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/ EMI
Walking in the City
Composers: A. North & M. Wesley-Smith
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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MAKE AND DO
How to Build Your Own City
You will need:
Large pieces of paper, such as butcher’s paper
Crayons, pencils and markers
Black and green material
Cardboard boxes
Cardboard
Safety scissors
Think about what you might see in a town or city, such as roads, buildings, a park or shops.
Draw a city plan with all of these things on a large piece of paper with crayons, pencils and
markers.
Build your own city using your plan as a guide! Use black material for roads and green
material for a park. Use cardboard boxes to build tall and short buildings. Build a car park
using a box and a piece of cardboard for a ramp.
Take your toys for a walk around the city!
You might also like to draw a plan for a country landscape with bush tracks, fences, creeks,
farmhouses and sheds. Use fabric, boxes and other craft materials to recreate your drawing.