Dogs and Cats (Thursday)

Presenters
Noni Hazelhurst, Colin Buchanan, and Max Lambert

Songs

 * Nick Nack Paddy Whack
 * I Can Run as Fast as You
 * I Am a Music Man

Poem

 * Dogs

Activities

 * Schnauzer dogs visit Play School and go for a walk around the studio.
 * Max and Colin play a body percussion and instrument game to words of Nick Nack Paddy Whack.
 * Noni mimes dog actions (running, digging, washing and eating).
 * Dog biscuit container is decorated.
 * A hiding game is played; Doggle, Doggle where's your bone?

Story

 * Boy with a Drum (dramatized song) Lyrics: D.L Harrison Music: M Jackson, (Walt Disney Productions; Larrikin Music Pty Ltd.)

Film

 * New Guinea Drummer

Ideas for Later

 * Make some biscuits or gingerbread in the shape of a dog or cat or even a bone.
 * Use saucepans and plastic bowls with wooden spoon beaters as a kitchen drum kit.

Reference

 * Let's Go Walking' by Satis Coleman and Alice Thorne from Another Singing Time (John Day)
 * 'Nick Nack Paddy Whack' Traditional from The Useful Book (ABC Books)
 * 'I Can Run as Fast as You' by Peter Combe from The Useful Book (ABC Books)
 * 'The Music Man' from Okki-tokki-unga (A and C Black)
 * 'Doggie, Doggie' from A Handbook for Parents and Educators by Judith Parkinson (Arts Council of the A.C.T Publication)
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000116032615/http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/parents/prognote/series72.htm