| Make Simple Stick Puppets | | | | with the same characters. |
| Ask your students to do the following. | | | | Students can work individually or in pairs to create |
| - Draw the main characters from the story you are | | | | another story with the puppet characters. Get the |
| exploring onto thick paper. | | | | students to form small groups of four to six and retell |
| - To control the size, fold the A4 paper into 8 and | | | | their new stories to each other. If there is time, the |
| draw each character in one of the rectangles. | | | | students can then write and illustrate their new stories. |
| - Also draw any other important elements of the story. | | | | Students can use the puppets to create scenes from |
| If you are doing "The Three Little Pigs", you will need | | | | the story. |
| the three houses as well. If you are doing "Cinderella", | | | | If you have younger students (and access to a sand |
| you will need the pumpkin coach as well. | | | | pit) let them use the puppets and sand to create a |
| - Color your puppets, cut them out and glue them onto | | | | scene from story. If you can, take photos and display |
| sticks. | | | | them in the class. The students can then write or type |
| - Store the puppets in an envelope or piece of A4 | | | | a sentence that describes what is happening in their |
| paper folded in half and stapled at the sides. | | | | picture and this can be placed underneath. Once the |
| - Decorate the envelope and write the title of the | | | | students have finished their sand scene creation let |
| story and the name of the characters on it. | | | | them play freely with the puppets for awhile. |
| Once the puppets are made they can be used in | | | | If you don't have a sand pit, the puppets will also stand |
| other activities. | | | | up in the grass. Grassland scenes can be created |
| Students can use the puppets to retell the story. | | | | from leaves, flowers and sticks. If that is not possible, |
| A student can retell the story on their own using the | | | | ask the students to create a back drop to one of the |
| puppets as props (great for assessment) or each | | | | scenes in the story using an A3 piece of art paper. |
| student can play a character and the group can retell | | | | Students can use the puppets to create a book. |
| the story. The group version works best if there is an | | | | If you have time and your students have the ability, |
| adult leading the story. As the adult reads or retells the | | | | small groups could create all the key scenes from the |
| story the appropriate student uses the puppet to act | | | | story, photograph them, and use a computer to add |
| out what is happening. Ask the student controlling the | | | | text to the photos. Their work can be shown to the |
| puppet to get their puppet to say something at the | | | | class using power point or printed out to create a |
| same time,"Oh no, it's the Big, Bad Wolf again!" | | | | simple book. |
| Students can use the puppets to tell a different story | | | | |