Puppets in the Puppets in the classroomclassroom

By Ken HaackBy Ken Haack

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Assignment 3Assignment 3

Puppets and their “lives”Puppets and their “lives”

Puppets and their Puppets and their voicesvoices

Types of puppetsTypes of puppets Puppets and their Puppets and their

many uses in the many uses in the classroom.classroom.

Puppet rules.Puppet rules. Some of my puppets.Some of my puppets.

Some of my puppets have voicesSome of my puppets have voices

DotDot JannierreJannierre ReggieReggie TheresaTheresa TimothyTimothy All of these puppets All of these puppets

have voices that I do have voices that I do and the students love.and the students love. Timothy

Individual VoicesIndividual Voices

Most of my puppets have voices.Most of my puppets have voices. My wife says, “Some people My wife says, “Some people hearhear voices, my voices, my

husband husband doesdoes them.” them.” Sometimes the individual voices stick with me Sometimes the individual voices stick with me

and I can’t get rid of them.and I can’t get rid of them. Some of the voices don’t always seem to fit, but Some of the voices don’t always seem to fit, but

the kids don’t seem to mind. Only the adults the kids don’t seem to mind. Only the adults seem to mind if it is an unusual voice.seem to mind if it is an unusual voice.

Who’s who of voicesWho’s who of voices

Ken

Dot

Janierre

Reggie

Marco

Timothy

Sneakers

And many, many more that I don’t have time to name or do the voices for.

OTHER TYPESOF PUPPETS

These include marionettes, hand puppets, life size puppets, over life sized puppets, rod puppets,Shadow puppets, bunraku puppetsAnd mannikin Americans.

How to use puppets in the classroom.

1. Use the puppet to get the students attention.2. Have the puppet read a story.3. Let the puppet just talk to the students.4. Sometimes the puppet will get the students

attention even when you can’t.5. Sometimes the puppet can say things that the

teacher can’t say.6. Sometimes the kids will talk to the puppet

when they won’t talk to you.7. The students will hug the puppet before they will

think of hugging you.8. Introduce the puppet to the students as a special

guest that will only come out if they are quiet.9. After you put the puppet away explain to the students

that the puppet is sleeping.10. The students can use the puppets to do a

presentation from behind a curtain instead of infront of their peers.

Scooter

Many Puppet facesMany Puppet faces

Sometimes the puppetswill say things that children might findupsetting if someoneelse said it, but becausethey mostly have cutefaces and I can makethem do cute expressionsthe students don’t mind.Usually the student will laugh and realize that thepuppet is just having fun.

Puppet rulesPuppet rules

The students need to sit still or the puppet The students need to sit still or the puppet won’t appearwon’t appear

The students are not allowed to pull on the The students are not allowed to pull on the puppet or put their fingers in the puppets puppet or put their fingers in the puppets mouth.mouth.

The students are not allowed to punch the The students are not allowed to punch the puppets.puppets.

If they follow the rules I will pass the If they follow the rules I will pass the puppet around and they can play briefly.puppet around and they can play briefly.

My puppetsMy puppets

I have two monkey puppets, a polar bear, I have two monkey puppets, a polar bear, a wolf, a tiger, two leopards, three dogs, a wolf, a tiger, two leopards, three dogs, Grover, a dragon, a baboon, a moose, a Grover, a dragon, a baboon, a moose, a reindeer, a unicorn, a snake that I made, a reindeer, a unicorn, a snake that I made, a couple of human puppets that I made, a couple of human puppets that I made, a human puppet that I bought, plus many human puppet that I bought, plus many many more that I can’t think to name. Or many more that I can’t think to name. Or don’t have room here to name.don’t have room here to name.

ScorchScorch

Hi, My name is Dot, and I am a Black Lab.

Marco

Benjamin Bartholomew Wolf“Wolfie”

Written, Produced and Directed by Written, Produced and Directed by Ken HaackKen Haack

Sound recording by Ken HaackSound recording by Ken Haack Produced by Ken HaackProduced by Ken Haack Photographs courtesy of FolkmanisPhotographs courtesy of Folkmanis Music courtesy ofMusic courtesy of Special thanks my family, my puppets, my Special thanks my family, my puppets, my

dogs, all of our animals and all Mannikin dogs, all of our animals and all Mannikin Americans everywhere.Americans everywhere.