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Part Three: Storytelling Time
Today is the finale of the three-part extended activity experience. You will begin by reading a book about emotions, followed by creating your own story all about emotions using the sock puppets and puppet theatre you’ve created in the past two days.
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- Sock Puppets from part one of the three-part series
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- Puppet Theatre from part two of the three-part series
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- When I’m Feeling Happy by Trace Moroney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlSYTkw6kc or your child’s favourite book about emotions.
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1. Set up the puppet theatre and sock puppets on a steady surface.
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2. Find a comfortable space to read along using the YouTube link or your child’s favourite book.
This activity is enriched with multiple forms of supporting your child’s development. To begin, reading stories lends the chance to enrich your child’s literacy skills by hearing new words, and in turn increases their vocabulary bank. Reading a book about feelings, will preface what your puppet show will focus on; Emotions. Not only that, it is a great opportunity for children to strengthen their attention skills by sitting and listening to a story. Begin this activity by reading along the suggested book on YouTube. If you prefer, you can also choose your child’s favourite book if it will engage them more.
Once you are done reading the book, you can both wear your puppets and begin play. Begin your play with your puppet saying “Hey friend, my name is ____, what's your name?”. Once your child is engaged, provoke them to talk about their feelings. You can say “I’ve been feeling all sorts of ways, how do you feel today?”. This is a fun way for your child to develop their social skills – by taking turns in conversing and using language to express themselves. Let your child lead the conversation and engage them deeper with open-ended questions.
High-quality pretend play provides your child the chance to determine tasks and goals, to carry them out, and to create a narrative in their own voice with complex language. Children engaged in complex pretend play become storytellers by creating their own versions of familiar stories and making up new stories using their creative imagination. This builds the foundation to reading comprehension and fluency. It is not just play; They are laying the foundation to becoming a lifelong learner. Have fun!
Tip: You can watch “PLASP EarlyOn Journey to Learning: Language, Puppets, Discussing Feelings & Storytime” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8f_VvJZ9Pw to give you an idea on how to use puppets to talk about emotions.
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