Process

**Movement of Puppets and Uses in Learning.... It is important when you first start out using puppets that you set up a system of when you will use the puppets. Putting together a diagram quickly that can be changed is the best way to do this process. Using the program [|bubbl.us] allows you to configure your day, week or month to incorporate puppets. Just by laying out your day, you can easily see where puppets might make a lesson plan for fun and engaging. bubbl.us allows you to quickly do a space chart linking all your actions or activites back to one lesson plan. You can change the size of the shapes and color to help keep your actions and information connected. You can export the file into other documents or print out a copy. **bubbl.us The program is very user friendly and it is included in the wiki to help you find times when a puppet might be useful and effective. Shown below is a sample of what you can create. Clicking on each box will allow you to add more additions, or changes. I put together a sample science lesson and added times when to use puppets, this information can then be kept or changed depending on how lesson goes for future classes. The space chart can be enlarged, reduced, font enlarged etc. What is great about this program is it is changeable and adaptable to any lesson plan that you need to work with. **
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A video is a great way to see how to handle the puppets and even get ideas on how and when to use the puppets. This video gives you and idea of how comfortable it can be to use puppets. media type="youtube" key="TXOAFMtS2yc" height="344" width="425" If you use your imagination it is easy to combine puppets in the classroom. Whether they are introducing a story or getting the children's attention they add so much to the lessons and activities.
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