PUPPET SHOWS
Using puppets is a fun way to
help children learn about health.
Some health workers who have
had trouble holding children’s
attention or getting them to speak
their ideas, have found simple
hand puppets especially useful.
Children who are afraid to speak or
argue with an adult will often talk
freely to puppets.
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HOW CHILDREN
CAN MAKE PUPPETS
Puppets that open their mouths:
These work especially well for
health skits about the mouth,
throat, or teeth.
Children arc more likely to say what they think
when talking with puppets.
They are easy to make from a paper bay with the bottom folded over
Open and close your
hand to make it eat
or speak.
To make a
bigger puppet,
attach a
cardboard face
to the bage.
Puppets that change faces:
On page 24-8 we show how ‘slick puppets’ can be made to change the
expression on their faces. However, in the way shown, only 2 different expressions
are possible. The puppet below can have 4 different expressions—happy, angry,
worried, and sad. Glue 2 pairs of faces back-to-back and attach them to 2 sticks as
shown here:
two sticks
The
expression
can be
changed by
turning the
sticks like
pages of a
book.