HOW TO USE HAND

PUPPE

TS IN TH

E

CLASSROOM

B Y LI L

L I AN A

U T R Y

Using preschool puppets to teach children in the preschool classroom is a fun way to introduce new skills. Puppets are an entertaining tool that will get and keep children’s attention which is important when trying to teach anything.

Stick Puppet

•Child

ren ca

n mak

e their

own paper

bag puppets

,

stick

puppets, s

tring puppets

, finger

puppets an

d

hand puppetsPU

PPETS CAN BE U

SED IN

CREATIVE ARTS

HAND PUPPE

TS CAN BE

USED FO

R DRAMATIC PL

AY

When children are sad they can talk it out with the puppets.

•Usin

g han

d puppets to

demon

strate

feeli

ngs

HAND PUPPE

TS CAN BE

USED TO PR

ETEND TO

BE

ANOTHER CHARACTER

I can be a bear!

• At s

tory t

ime c

hildren

can ac

t out t

he chara

cter in

the book

or th

ey ca

n preten

d to be a

n anim

al.

PUPPE

TS CAN BE USED

TO

SHOW HEALTH

Y HABITS

Jesse learns how to brush teeth

•Such

as ea

ting hea

lthy f

oods,

brushing th

eir te

eth

and w

ashing th

eir han

ds

STORIES W

ITH PU

PPETS

ALSO HELP CHILD

REN

LEARN IM

PORTA

NT VALUES

Sharing and caring

•Valu

es lik

e shari

ng, cari

ng and gett

ing al

ong w

ith ot

hers. A

nimal p

uppets

can ac

t

out a

ll sort

s of c

hallen

ging si

tuations l

ike fe

ar of t

he dark

, what t

o do if y

ou get

lost o

r stra

nger dan

ger in a

non-th

reaten

ing way

that

child

ren ca

n unders

tand.

Old MacDonald PuppetsOld MacDonald is a beloved preschool

song that children love to sing along to. Old MacDonald puppets bring the song to life with Old MacDonald and each of the animals on his farm. These Old MacDonald finger puppets are a simple way to teach kids about the farm and you can take them with you anywhere.

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