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• 9 Benefits of Puppet Play
• Language Development : Children love to have 'conversations' with a puppet. Each verbal interactionwith their puppet will encourage language development.Children who are generally shy really benefit from the opportunity to let thepuppet be their voice. It is also possible to have a conversation between twopuppets. Wearing a puppet on each hand enables the puppeteer to have adialogue going on between two puppet characters.
• Social Development : The shy child, or the young child still learning social skills, has anopportunity to be more sociable through the medium of a puppet. Thepuppet becomes the spokesperson for the group.A puppet can be the voice used to correct table manners or other socialskills. The puppet becomes the instructor and children often enjoy listeningto the puppet teaching them to be sociable. It is not mom or dad's voicesetting the rules again, but a funny puppet character.
• Emotional Development : Puppets can teach children about their emotions.Children can interact with the puppets as they share their ability to behappy, sad, angry, funny or jealous.Children can express these emotions too without upsetting anyone. Theirpuppet character is the one to feel these emotions. Playing with theemotions of the puppets helps to develop the characteristics of sympathyand empathy too.Children also experience this kind of expression when engaging in symbolicplay.
• Listening Skills.: Puppets are great tutors.The puppet on your hand can encourage your child to listen to it as it givesinstructions or tells a story.Puppets can help children to learn rhymes and songs as they imitate thepuppet too
• Motor Skills : There are a number of motor skills that children can improve throughplaying with puppets.The fine movement required to wear a puppet helps with dexterity and usingfingers to manipulate the puppet improves fine motor coordination.Marionettes or string puppets help with eye-hand coordination as the puppetis made to walk and move in different directions.
• Building Self Confidence : Putting on a puppet show often happens quitespontaneously when children have access topuppets.It is really encouraging to see how childrendevelop their self-confidence through the act ofhandling a puppet. As their confidence growsthey will be happy to entertain family orfriends.