DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES

(puppet)

is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is usually (but by no means always) a depiction of a human character, and is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre. The puppet undergoes a process of transformation through being animated, and is normally manipulated by at least one puppeteer.

PUPPET

There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction.

A small figure of a person or animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand. A figure having jointed parts animated from above by strings or wires A toy representing a human figure; a doll.

GLOVE PUPPET

----- is a type of local opera using cloth puppets that originated during the 17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou, in China's Fujian province, and has been historically practised in Quanzhou, Zhongzhou, the Guangdong region of Chaoshan, Taiwan, and other parts of southern China.

The GLOVE PUPPET is perhaps one of the most recognizable types of puppetry, made famous by that old standard, Punch and Judy. A glove puppet is, quite simply, a specially made glove which fits over one’s hand. Glove puppets are also best known as their other name, ‘hand puppet.

How to make glove puppet

1. Using some patterns included here, or animal books , draw shapes for eyes, ears, paws or feet, and nose onto paper.

2. Cut out the paper shapes, and use them as patterns; trace the designs onto felt with tailor's chalk.

3. Cut out the felt shapes.

4. Glue the various shapes to your gloves.

HAND PUPPET are sometimes

distributed as children toys or party favors.

Children usually like to experiment in play with a

puppet creating voices and movements and in many cases staging a

strictly private performance.

---- is a type of puppet that is controlled by the leg or face that occupies

the interior of the puppet. Glove puppets are a variation of hand

puppets.

Most of them being about 14 inches tall. The mouths and hands on almost all of them are movable making them very fun, entertaining, and most of all lifelike.

To bring a hand puppet to life:

The user simply inserts their hand up through the bottom of the hand puppet. The arms and hands on our hand puppets can also be moved by inserting your thumb and pinky into the holes on the inside of the body.

Advantages:* Make the audience responsive, as they get emotionally

involved with them.

* As an instructional device, the puppet show can involved the entire group of students – as speakers of parts, manipulators of the figures, and makers of the

puppets.

* It provides them opportunity for verbal expression.

* Puppets help to develop dramatic expression.

* It gives them confidence.

* It provides opportunity for team work.

* It provides them emotional release.

* If children watch a puppet show it stimulates their thinking process and makes learning more interesting.

* It enhances their power of imagination.

* It provides opportunity for developing their listening skills.  

Disadvantages: * Since they are small, puppets can sometimes

cause problems in usage.

* Audience seating has to be managed carefully so that

everyone can have a clear view and sound carries to the last person in the audience.

AIMSThe PUPPETS can help

teachers provide more opportunities for productive talk in lessons, using puppets as a stimulus.

To help teachers enhance their practice, by increasing the opportunities for children’s talk that promotes thinking and reasoning

Do not use puppets for plays that can be done just as well or better by other dramatic means.

Puppets plays must be based on action rather than on words.

What principles must be observed in choosing a puppet

play for teaching?

Do not omit the possibilities of music and dancing as part of the puppet show.

Keep the play short.

Adapt the puppet show to the age, background, and tastes of the students.

Thank you for listening!

By:Ruth AlmadaAbigail “abby” Dela Cruz