Water - in the Natural Environment Play School : Season 23 Episode 16

Aka 5.1 Shadow puppets of 'Jack and Jill' are shown each day this week while the nursery rhyme is sung. Benita and John make a river with a pond at one end in a sand tray and fill these with water. Paper grass, birds, rabbits and frogs are placed around the pond, and a bridge over the river. They sing 'The Green Grass Grew Around'. A felt board game with shapes is played: the wrong part is corrected, for example a car with square wheels. A block city is built near the river and a take-away container boat with 'people' floats off towards the pond. The story is 'The Rabbit's Wedding' by Garth Williams. Through the windows the Popeye boat is launched in Adelaide for a boat trip.