Puppets Pathfinder

Puppets

Make your classroom really come alive!!

Puppets are wonderful toys. They can teach both kids and adults all kinds of things. Why? Because folks tend to listen to puppets.Puppets are gentle, non-threatening friends that can do goofy things. They can be hilariously funny or poignantly sad. They can show a child how to brush his or her teeth just as well as they can teach about how to do square roots. Plus, everyone loves a puppet show! Brings story characters to life with the use of classroom-made and ready-made puppets. Have the characters speak for themselves and teach students how to express themselves in a new way! This pathfinder's purpose is to help teachers find ways to make puppets as well as integrate the use of them into their teaching curriculum. These ideas really will make your classrom COME ALIVE!

Curriculum Reference

Manipulatives

		Curr/Ta Lang Arts 145	Chimpanzee	TA Lang Arts 100	Tree huggers Hand Puppets
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 139	Red Dragon	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 146	Snowy Owl	TA Lang Arts 124	Animal Finger Puppets
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 141	Prince	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 147	Frog	TA Lang Arts 125	Pop-up Bear Puppet
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 142	Princess	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 148	White Mouse	TA Science 8	Caterpiller to Butterfly
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 153	Wizard			TA Science 50	Octopus Puppet
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 140	Chameleon	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 149	Cottontail Rabbit	TA Science 51	Hatching Chick Puppet
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 143	Tortoise	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 150	Large Pig	TA Social Studies 4	Looking out the Window Puppet Set (Elephant, Cow, Monkey, & Giraffe)
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 152	Mosquito	Curr/Ta Lang Arts 151	Cockroach	TA Social Studies 8-9	Hand Puppet Kits 1 & 2 (lion, raccoon, bull, giraffe, elephant, monkey, panda bear, crocodile, 3 hippopotami, mouse, & duck).
Curr/Ta Lang Arts 144	Alligator	TA Lang Arts 29	Mouthy Finger Puppet

Lang Arts B848H 1980	The Real Happlily Ever After Book by: Claudia Blamer Breznau Experience 21 favorite fairy tales with simple narrations, puppets, masks and other cut-and-paste activities for young children.	Art M848 1988	Paper Mitt Puppets by: Kathleen Morgan Create animals, robots, aliens, princesses, dragons, and wizards! They are all created by using paper in a basic "mitt" shape. Each can be used for story telling and dramtic play. Grades 1-6.
		Art M848 1988A	Animal Puppets by: Kathleen Morgan All children love animals! Use this book to find patterns for 25 puppets form one basic folded paper design! For grades 1-6. Great for science units too!
Lang Arts C367 1986	Super Story Telling by: Carol Elaine Catron Explore super stories using creative ideas including finger plays, flannel board stories, pocket stories, and puppets for youngsters.	Art W181 1989A	Instant Puppets for Kids by: Lois Walker Make puppets with your class instantly. Each puppet body is made from simple "throwaways" found at home. Children will love the magic of creating their own puppets and telling their stories.
ActBks S785 1986	Fingerlings: Finger Puppet Fun for Little Ones by: Jean Stangl Help students make-believe rhymes and stories with these patterns for fingerlings, glove puppets, and snap-on/snap-off characters. Directions for props, stages, and storage suggestions are included.
Art B878 1983	Puppets and Mobiles by: Jerome C. Brown Paper, boxes, and paper bags become fun and attractive tree-dimensional art projects that make brilliant decorations for any classroom.
Art B348S 1993	60 Art Projects for Children by: Jeanette Mahan Baumgardner This book is an assortment of art projects using the basic art principles of drawing, painting, making paper projects, molding clay, and plaster, as well as advanced projects such as making puppets, masks, papier-mache, printmaking, basketmaking and much more.	Art W181 1989	The Instant Puppet Resourcebook for Teachers by: Lois and Herb Walker Jam-packed with interesting and original ideas. Reproducible black-line masters offer an easy approach to topics like story creation, word games, organizational strategies, and more

Periodicals

Nov/Dec
2000
p. 7

Lollipops
"Playful Puppets"

Four full pages of ideas on how to construct homemade puppets and how to use them in classroom lessons as well as informal play time during centers. Wonderful to use during a classroom conflict to express feelings.

Mar/Apr
1999
p. 24

Lollipops
"St. Patrick's Day Fingerplays"

Sing these two poems on St. Patty's Day! They can be sung with puppets or just with the actions given. These are perfect for the younger grades!

Feb/Mar
2002
p.42

Mailbox Bookbag
"Give 'em a Hand"

Looking for a fresh way to infuse your classroom with drama and educational fun? This article provides a list of supplies for puppets and stages as well as ideas in use. Also includes reproducibles.

Finger Poem

from www.proteacher.com

Caterpiller
There was a little caterpiller crawling all about.
He worked and he workd without a doubt. (Index finger wiggling)
Wrapping himself in a snug cocoon.
Waiting and waiting, will it be soon? (Cover index finger with other hand.)
Look he's coming out, my oh my!
For now he's beome a butterfly.
(Cross thumbs and let fingers be butterfly wings.)

Media Materials

Media
VTV
1960

The Nutcracker
Video Recording

Show students puppets in action in a storty that begins on Christmas Eve with Clara, an adolescent girl, who has a dream in which her toy soldier nutcracker turns into a handsome prince, her puppets come to life, and a platoon of mice invade her parlor. Feel the puupet show excitement!

Children's Collection

Children 791.5 P381E	Easy Puppets: Making and Using Hand Puppets by: Gertrude Pels An instruction book for making puppets out of apples, old gloves, eggshells, and more. Index and diagrams included.	General PN1982.H 46F56 1993	Jim Henson: The Works by: Christopher Finch The art, the magic, and the imagination of Jim Henson's Muppets will never be forgotten. Follow his work from beginning to end in this bibliography/documentary. Includes beautiful photos of the puppets.
Children 791.5 L345P	Puppeteer by: Kathryn Lasky Beautiful photographs and text follow a professional hand puppeteer as he mounts a production of Aladding and His Wonderful Lamp. Watch him from start to finish.	General PN1979.S 5L58 1998	Chinese Shadow Puppet Plays by: Liu Jilin Swing into the Chinese Culture in this book and learn about shadow puppets from Bejing. The plays are exciting and a new experience for students.
Children 791.5 E53P	Punch and Judy: A Play for Puppets Illustrated by: Ed Emberley An illustrated version of the most famous puppetshow with a brief history, the full dialogue and exciting illustrations.	General TT870.G 693	Paper People by: Michael Grater Paper can be used in many, many ways! Learn how to make inexpensive toys, hand puppets, marionettes, jumping jacks, and other "paper people" from cut, folded, and molded paper of various kinds.
Children 791.5 346P	Puppet Plays and Puppet-Making by: Burton Marks Explore the world of puppets as well as instructions for making puppets and a stage.