Show of Hands Using Puppets with Young Children

Name: Show of Hands Using Puppets with Young Children
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ISBN: 9781929610365

ISBN-10: 192961036X

ISBN-13: 9781929610365

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ingrid M. Crepeau, M. Ann Richards

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Puppets are a play-time favorite in countless classrooms. With the ability to capture and nurture a child's imagination, puppets have great untapped potential as creative teaching aids. Disproving the notion that puppets are strictly for play, A Show of Hands presents innovative ways for teachers to use puppets as valuable and developmentally appropriate teaching tools. Drawing from over fifty years of combined experience in the arts and education, the authors-one an award-winning puppeteer, the other an arts educator and writer-illustrate how the use of puppets can support emergent literacy skills, introduce children's literature, manage the classroom, and assist in the development of…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Foreword



Why Puppets?


Educational Benefits of Puppets


Steps to Incorporating Puppets into the Classroom



Puppet Basics


Puppet Types


Ways Teachers Use Puppets


Ways Children Use Puppets


Puppet Characters



Using Puppets in the Classroom


Qualities of the Classroom


Puppet Rules for the Classroom



Puppet Faces and Stages


Developing a Puppet Personality Step by Step


Puppet Stages



Puppets and Children with Special Needs


Children Who Are Shy


Children with Attention Deficits


Children with Visual Impairments


Children with Hearing Impairments


Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder


Children with Developmental Delays


Children with Physical Challenges



Puppet Lessons: Plans and Suggestions


Lessons Based on Picture Books


Puppet Lessons Based on Oral Traditions


Lesson Techniques with Puppets


Original Stories: Activities for Special Purposes



Making and Purchasing Puppets


Tips on Making Puppets


Puppets for Lesson Plans in Chapter 6


Children Making Puppets


Using the Puppets


Purchasing Puppets



Puppet Patterns


Glossary


Resources