By Linda Bentley
Puppets as partners in learning and teaching in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). A step-by-step guide to using puppets with young children.
This book shows you why practitioners need puppets; describes how to prepare successfully; demonstrates situations in which puppets can be used effectively; explains how to breathe life into your puppets and links into the areas of learning at foundation level.
The book is illustrated throughout with original and inspirational colour photographs showing a cast of puppet characters in a range of imaginative settings which can be used as starting points for you and your children.
“I don’t know what we’d do without this book in our class. The puppets’ adventures, miseries and hopes mesmerize all of us.”
Format: A4, 80 page, full colour paperback.
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Well, this new book Puppets at Large by Linda Bentley and endorsed by Jenny Mosley tells us that we can teach any subject through the medium of puppets.
This particular book is aimed at the early years, so infants up to 1st class though there is a book aimed at the senior level as well. This book is easy to use and to read. The first section tells you exactly how to setup a puppet friendly classroom, it uses colourful, glossy photographs of the puppets to show you. You can use any puppets
you like but if you buy the Jenny Mosley ones then you won’t have to go to the bother of photographing each one. It really gets into the detail, with one chapter explaining how puppets and animation/photography works. It gives a list of emotions and how you can make the puppet exhibit these in photos or in a class lesson. Another useful feature of this book is that is details how puppets can bring each individual subject to life. Finally, the majority of this book is a resource book, divided into themes-exploring feelings, likes and dislikes, making friends, happy times, fears and tears, making choices and out and about. Any teacher that knows their SPHE curriculum can see how using puppets can fit their circle time and SPHE lessons in easily!
Each theme then is made up of am attractive colourful photograph of the puppet, which a teacher could copy and laminate or re-enact themselves with their own puppets. Beside this photo is a suggested lesson plan, themes, questions to ask and extension ideas. Other extras include a list of the props you will need to buy for your infant classroom a selection of photocopiables. I was impressed by this book, especially as it could easily cover your Circle time lessons for the entire year.
If you like this book and you want to carry on working with your puppetry skills, then Learning through Puppets also has other books in this theme-Puppets at Large is aimed at more senior children and The art of storytelling contain scripts for puppet classes.
This review was written by Rozz Lewis rozz@anseo.net
Circle Time –
OK, so you’ve got the puppets – now what? This fabulous guide helps you breathe life into your puppets and make the most of the fact, that, unlike any other resource, their characters can evolve and adapt immediately to your pupils changing needs. You’ll learn how to develop a sense of anticipation, wonder and awe and how to maintain it from session to session. There are tips on handling puppets, including suggested movements to portray a complex range of feelings and reactions. There are links to learning in various curricular strands – PSED, communication, language and literacy. Mathemathical development knowledge and understanding of the world, physical development and creative development and a range of support materials. This includes lesson plans with colour photos to act as prompts and copymasters to consolidate and extend the skills you are focusing on, means that this book offers tremendous value for money. (Phillip & Tacey)