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When I first began working with a puppet, I thought it was a technical skill I needed to master. I was eager to learn it, hoping it would allow me to enter the world of a particular child I had in mind.
7 sectors where a hand puppet is used
Hand puppets are used in various sectors where one deals with 0 – 9 year olds. Let’s see which sectors then include:
I do not remember his name, but I do remember the look in his eyes and his story. A story about hospitalizations and assumptions. Let me call him Tom, that’s easier to talk about. Tom visited me in my office in Elst, during the time I was running my hand puppet webshop there. His mother, on the recommendation of a friend, had called me.
How many kids do you have in your class that you wonder what’s going on in their heads? That catch your eye, that raise questions in your mind, and where you open your whole box of tricks to find out more?
The hand puppet is a wonderful tool, and should not be missing in your toolbox if you are working as a teacher, an educator, a child coach, counselor or therapist.
APRIL 29, 2022
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The hand puppet is a frequent and welcome guest within a school and plays a special role in numerous teaching methods. Many schools already have a puppet (or even several) and that puppet holds more potential and opportunity than you might think.