Toys and Puppets integrated Pedagogy

Importance of Toys�

Importance of puppet

Kids and Toys�

• Kids love toys. Most toys provide at least some children to learn. Toys engage a child senses, spark their imaginations and encourage them to interact with others.
• When you give your children educational toy and play with them it gives a chance to bond with you and have some fun at the same time
• Most parents invariably focus on building Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and motor skills in the early years;
• With the help of toys, we can introduce subjects like empathy, anger management, resilience and interpersonal skills which are of utmost importance in a fun and engaging way.
• Also, toys are a boon to the working mothers who have the added responsibility of office and home

Benefits of Puppet Play

• Stimulates imagination. The most obvious benefit of puppet-play is encouraging the child's imagination and creativity
• Emotional development
• Improves motor skills
• Learn etiquette
• Boosts confidence in speaking and reading
• Increases group participation

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Activities You Can Do With Puppets�

• Act out a storybook and create a new ending.
• Practice scripts to perform in the way of a puppet play.
• Make your own puppets with paper bags or socks.
• Make popsicle stick puppets.
• Watch YouTube videos of puppet plays for example.
• Go to see a live puppet show.

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How do sensory toys help children with autism?�

• Sensory toys help them to relax, focus and calm down to a particular scenario or event.
• It helps them grasp things with decreased fear and discomfort and enables them to play naturally.
• Sensory toys for kids help them develop social learning skills like planning, negotiating, and sharing.
• It helps them develop their gross motor skills such as picking large and small objects and understanding rules and activities.
• These toys stimulate the brain by creating neurological pathways to improve their neural processing systems.
• It improves their social skills like conveying a conversation with other people.
• Enhances their coordination.
• Engaging children with sensory toys is an excellent opportunity to enhance and develop the child’s motor skills.

A Teacher’s experience:�

• As per the experiences of the teacher, it is observed that children have a very short concentration time span. However, to get my point across to everybody, storytelling with puppets is a very good alternative. They are more attentive and while they enjoy the show, they are able to learn some important moral values.

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Based on the traditional game of Snakes and Ladders, we use healthy foods to go up the ladder, and junk foods to go down the snake. Simple but gives kids hours of fun instead of a computer game. It also helps them to associate positivity with healthy foods and negativity with unhealthy foods.