It allows the puppet to interact directly with the puppeteer. Having the puppet and puppeteer out in the open allows the teacher to watch the child, rather than only the puppet, and see the way he is expressing the puppet's emotions in his own face. But I have been using puppets with my classes for years without any stage at all, and in fact even when I have a stage available I don't use it all the time. You can build it yourself or you can buy one ready made. Of course such theatres can be a lot of fun, and if you have the space and the resources, by all means get one.
It is not necessary to have any kind of "puppet theatre" to use puppets in the classroom. Puppets in the classroom are a great way to boost self esteem and to bring the class to a better sense of unity and cooperation. My students are very open and honest with each other, and can appreciate the creativity of one another's work. Sometimes the most creative puppet comes from a surprising source-that child you've been worried about all semester, who seems so unsure. Plus, by introducing "arts and crafts" into the drama classroom you begin to explore the connected nature of all the arts, and you give your students another way to excel. That way the puppet characters are personal to their operators, and the sense of ownership that comes from making the puppets invests their manipulation with added importance. However, often the best puppet experiences come when children make their own puppets. Most toy stores have fairly inexpensive "stuffed animal" type puppets, and the more educationally oriented ones usually also carry puppet kits, stages, etc. You can get puppets from a variety of sources, of course. Even my shyest students will perform loudly and boldly when using puppets. The child really is "acting." The puppet simply provides a safety net-an extra level of reality between the performer and her audience. If you watch a child operating a puppet, you see that every emotion and every movement of the puppet is mirrored in the puppeteer. When a child operates a puppet, the focus is on the puppet, rather than on the puppeteer, and the child forgets to be self conscious. Children who are afraid to speak or act in front of the class will often enthusiastically emote in the character of a puppet. Puppetry is a great way to bring more reticent or shy children out of their shells, and to help everyone become more expressive. I use puppets a great deal in my drama classes. Approaching a situation with good humor is key.Hand Animals | Found Object Puppets | Lunchbag Puppets | Newspaper Puppets | Doll Theatre
The possibilities are endless and you can create your very own puppets as situations arise for conflict-resolution with your children.
Here we allow the puppet to be a role model and peer that helps a child learn better, because they are at ease and less stressed about the process when we teach at their level with this playful visual addition of comfort, fun and love.
TEACHING PUPPETRY HOW TO
In this workshop series participants will learn how to effectively use this art form, which has existed for centuries to depict characters that extend beyond our own form, and yet still exists at our fingertips.
TEACHING PUPPETRY FREE
Please let me know if you cannot make these dates/times and we can discuss other options.įeel free to contact us about about options for your group to learn this most useful skill together virtually! One additional date for mutually agreed upon date for private consulting available through the end of the school year within this three part package. Do you feel that you might need an added boost in creating content for online learning and/or sharing that knowledge with your children at home that is stimulating and fun for all? We invite teachers, parents, therapists and teaching artists to learn to look through the eyes of puppet, make simple puppets at home for storytelling & skill building, lighten the mood with role playing and learn to laugh even when we are feeling the most serious about a situation.
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