Using+puppets+as+mediators


 * Skippy and the puppet as an emotional mediator. **

At first children may feel shy or embarrassed. The puppet could be the perfect tool to work public language. Children feel less intimidated talking with the puppet and allow themselves to talk and interact more. Teachers can play different roles through the tool and work emotions easily. Teachers have to characterize the puppetchanging the tone, and modulating the pitch, volume, pacing, tone… Learning through play is fundamental to our children's education, helping them to develop the necessary skills in life. Puppets can stimulate children's imagination, encourage creative play and discovery and are a wonderful interactive way to introduce narrative to even the most reluctant reader. They can be a powerful way of bringing story time to life; puppets can provide a focus for role play, encouraging the child's imagination and involvement in activities and can play a fundamental part in the recitation of stories and verse. In addition, hand puppets with workable mouths and tongues are an excellent motivational resource to inspire the teaching of phonics within literacy. Puppet can encourage the quietest of children to start talking. Puppets can break down barriers and provide an effective means to initiate communication. The child trusts the puppet and doesn't feel threatened by it, making it a perfect neutral medium through which they can discuss sensitive issues. The child can express thoughts, fears and feelings through the puppet that they might otherwise find difficult to voice to an adult. *The puppet as a emotional and work mediator. *The puppet only speaks English. *The puppet gives instructions *We can work public and private language thought the puppet. *If the puppet has a pocket (like Skippy) we can hide things and play with the surprise. *We can develop __daily__ routines through Skippy like hello song and bye-bye song. *We can characterize the puppet in Halloween, Christmas … simply by adding a hat or complement. media type="youtube" key="WAt2f18mLOg" width="382" height="315" align="center"

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