
Storytelling Puppets
4/8/2024 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Puppets are a great tool for creativity, language skills, and imaginative play.
Many children are completely entranced by puppets, so puppets are a fantastic tool to get young people talking and excited. This can help improve comprehension and encourage active listening.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.

Storytelling Puppets
4/8/2024 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Many children are completely entranced by puppets, so puppets are a fantastic tool to get young people talking and excited. This can help improve comprehension and encourage active listening.
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- So many children are completely entranced by puppets, and they are a fantastic tool to get young people talking and excited.
This can help to improve comprehension and encourage active listening.
Puppets are a great tool for creativity, language skills, and imaginative play.
Puppets can tell stories themselves.
They can be a part of stories, or they can just inspire children to create tales themselves.
- [Teacher] How about we go on a walk?
- Use puppets to narrate short, simple stories.
The puppets can act out different characters and scenarios, fostering creativity and imagination in early learners.
Playing with puppets is a great educational activity.
The purpose of the puppet is to create interaction and fun dialogue.
Playing with puppets will benefit your children's literacy development in the early years.
- [Teacher] Good job.
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Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.