![]() ![]() I had heard about how wonderful the puppets from the Folkmanis company are and decided to buy my first one which was Snowy the Owl. I had considered using puppets in my teaching but this idea did not really take off in my practice until about two years ago. Puppets are more in the preschool to the elementary category, but some studies indicate that even middle schoolers will relate to puppets to help them navigate all of those new social skills they’re working on! Puppets can help with learning retention, social and emotional learning (have two puppets work out a conflict in class, rather than the students), and can deepen language development. In fact, several studies show that students relate to puppets like a peer, and therefore process the information they receive from puppets in a different way. They are ok with a little suspension of disbelief. Here’s the thing: kids are up for the weird. ![]() ![]() Have you ever wondered about using puppets in your teaching? Kids seem to respond to puppets, but given all of the fancy CGI and technology they see in a day, it can feel a little weird asking them to suspend reality when you’ve got a stuffed animal jammed onto your arm. ![]()
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