1. Guiding Play & Puppetry Experiences Chapter 21

2. Types of Play  Dramatic Play:  When one child imitates another person or acts out a situation  Socio-Dramatic Play:  When several children imitate others or act out situations together  The most complex type of play  Seldom observed before the age of three

3. Stages of Play  Solitary Play:  Independent play by one child  Parallel Play:  Play beside, but not with, another child  Seldom observed before age two  Cooperative Play:  Play between two or more children  Involves sharing  Builds social skills

4. Stages of Material Use in Play  Manipulative Stage:  Handles and discovers toys  Uses senses to explore toys  Functional Stage:  Uses toys as they are intended  Ex. Plays house with a doll house, uses a car on a track, pounds with a hammer, etc.

5. Stages of Material Use in Play  Imaginative Stage:  Does not need real toys to play  The child thinks of and uses substitutes  Ex. Makes a large box into a space ship, uses a swing set as a dog house, etc.  Not all children reach this stage – they don’t choose to play this way

6. Puppetry  Involves the use of puppets in play  Hand puppets  Mascot puppets  Me puppets  Personification  Giving human traits to animals or nonliving objects  Conflict = Two or more forces that oppose each other  Ex. Good vs. evil, right choice vs. wrong choice  Adds interest or excitement to a puppet show

7. Writing a Puppet Story  1-Choose a theme that teaches the preschool children a valuable life lesson or skill  Ex. Don’t talk to strangers, honesty, eating healthy foods, etc.  2-Choose and assign the characters  3-Outline the script  Set the tone by introducing the characters and story line  Present a conflict for interest and excitement  Provide a happy ending with a resolution to the conflict

8. Creating Puppets  Create at least four characters with speaking parts  Puppets may represent humans or you may use Personification and have animals or objects speak and act like humans  Choose a consistent style  Ex. Paper bag, stick with foam paper, sock, fabric or felt  Use a variety of materials  Ex. Popsicle sticks, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, paint, shredded paper, yarn, foil, pasta, beads, silk flowers, buttons, sequins, TP rolls, Styrofoam balls, etc.

9.  Projection:  During therapy, a child places feelings and emotions onto a puppet  Use puppets to externalize an internal problem  Ex. Child speaks through the puppet to share a traumatic or difficult experience, points to body parts on a puppet instead of their own body, etc. Another Use for Puppets