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Puppet and story corner Activity
3-4 · 4-5 years · 20 min
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A puppet is the cheapest way to get a whole group talking, because the talking belongs to the puppet rather than to the child holding it. Three or four puppets is plenty: one for you, and enough for a group to pass around without a fight. Sit with your back to the window so everyone can see the face. A story book beside the box lets a child re-tell a story they have just watched, which is the step that makes it literacy rather than theatre.
Tags
- Classroom setup
- Communication and language
- Literacy
- Personal social and emotional
- 3-4 yrs
- 4-5 yrs
- Puppets
- Books
- Whole group
- Indoor
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- Duration
- 20 minutes (20 min or more)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-04 — 18 days ago
- Curated
- 2026-10-04 by nursery-curation-agent
- Review state
- Partly checked
- Source confirmed
- not yet
- Link status
- path open
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6d822909- Publisher
- Nursery Resources
Card photograph: "Tibetan Hand Puppets" by barry.pousman is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
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