Project Erasmus + Bridging three generations

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PUPPETS GAMES!
SCHOOL “TIBERIU MORARIU “
SALVA, ROMANIA
ERASMUS+PROJECT
“BRIDGING THREE
GENERATIONS:
TIMELESS GAMES AND TOYS”
2015-1-TR01-KA219-021800_6

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Short introduction about puppets theater in
Romania.
Of course, Romanian space is no exception, first playing dolls masks
and magical ritual were found from very ancient times. Some of them
are alive today but scarcely being aware of their role and pre-Christian
meaning. By masks goat, deer, estates were put on stage the death
and resurrection rituals, invoke powers of nature or illustrated travel
beyond this world and also in the underground initiation of the soul. A
form of puppetry is practiced in the eighteenth century was called
"Nativity Drama" and was very long-lived. Although the name comes
from Viflaim, that Bethlehem side religious spectacles disappeared
completely from the remaining 1715 when an Italian traveler described
the performance as "one Maschera troppo scandalous" just the
paintings that adorned the casket in which were kept dolls and faking the
scene.
The puppet performances were parodied iconic figures to society, habits
and taboos were simultaneously attacked fined “metehne”. Besides
Vasilache and Marioara, longer showed characters like Napoleon
Bonaparte (hard to believe for these parts of the world ...), gravedigger,
Turks, Cossacks, the Jew, the teacher (or priest), hunter. Basically,
essential elements of life of the people of those times were put on the
small scenes, the conflicts were distilled fears exorcised laughter,
taboos tested if holding.

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The first puppet stable in Romania was established in
Chernivtsi in 1928 and in 1939, actress Lucia Calomeri
initiated in handling the dolls a group of students from the
Faculty of Fine Arts in Bucharest, the group will form after the
end of The second World War, the core Ţăndărică Theatre.
Another famous personality of Romanian puppetry was
director Margareta Niculescu, Director for 30 years
“Ţăndărică Theatre,” which in the “80 emigrated to France,
where he founded the first higher education institute in the
world that prepares “marionetişti”.
The fact is that puppet theater, with its millenary tradition, it is
far to be last word. Fascination with dolls that move and talk,
that you can tell a lot and to whom you can again become
again the child is still present, dolls reaching nowadays in
television shows, movies online, but also have a therapeutic
role, whereas can be successfully used in the offices of
psychology, in front of children, may through them to discuss
with children from peer understood them and heal them.

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Benefits of puppets theater for children!
It is by definition playful, but the game is the most important means
of communication for children;
It is a theater workshop by playing with dolls and puppets,
cheerful, entertaining and extremely attractive for children. Puppet
theater manifests intense circumstantial language . Increase the
volume of active vocabulary , grammatical structures of language
practice . Developing team spirit; Develop the spirit of observation;
Development of critical and self-critical ,development of the moral
traits: perseverance, diligence, honesty, justice. Contribute to
deepening and expanding the connections between disciplines,
contribute to the formation of a new attitude toward knowledge.
Children get to know their life and the world in various aspects
through knowledge transfer, developing sensibilities of children,
develop flexibility of thought. Acquiring knowledge of wielding
techniques of dolls.
The most famous traditional puppet dramatizations and plays from
Romanian culture are: Goat with three billy goat, Beer and fox,
Grandmother girl and grandfather girl, Cock bag with two pennies.
The most famous traditional puppet dramatizations and plays from
European culture are: Pinocchio, Red riding Hood, Snow white,
Three Little Pigs.

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Interviews with stakeholders
In our research we used actors active
representatives of local and regional society.
1. MUSCARI-SALVAN CARMEN-MANAGER
KINDERGARTEN NO.3 CITY BISTRITA.
2. CLAPOU CRINA-INSPECTOR EARLY
EDUCATION SCHOOL INSPECTORATE
BISTRITA-NASAUD COUNTY.
3. GIUREBE CRISTINA- MANAGER ,
KINDERGARTEN N0.1 NASAUD.
4. FILIP ANA- HISTORY TEACHER,RETIRED.
5.DAN PRAHASE- CURATOR MUSEUM
NASAUD
6.LINUL GINA- TRADITIONAL ARTCRAFT
7. ONUL GABRIELA -ENGLISH TEACHER
TRANSILVANIA COLLEGE NASAUD
NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFORMATION
AND TOURISM PROMOTION NASAUD
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION

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Each interviewee answered a list of questions about
games with puppets , about artisans who create these
puppets and mascots, about the impact on children's
mental development in puppets play, the determination
of family relationships, creative workshops on puppet.
The answers from those interviewed was important to
synthesize some ideas about traditional games with
dolls in our region:
-puppet games were most popular in their childhood,
regardless of gender or social status.
-in our area stands a return to local traditions and a
revival of traditional crafts including the production of
traditional puppets games .
-psychologically are very important game with puppets
in mental development of pupils.
-recommended the introduction of daily moments
playing with puppets in activities at the school for the
positive impact for children and teachers .

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- puppets help creating lasting ties between
different generations, pupils-teachers,
children-grandparents, children-parents,
children-children.
-puppets reveal the dynamics of family
relationships but also the emotional
components.
-all participants support and participate
directly in the development of creative
workshops of traditional puppets and
mascots.
-these traditional puppets workshops is
suggested to take place in non- formal spaces
museum ,artisan house, out doors, NGOs.
-some participants recommend organizing a
summer school in which to organize
interesting and creative activities with children
and grandparents.
With all answers and videos in this research
we did an movie you can find on DVDs.

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Grandparents and pupils workshops!
In our institution traditional puppet workshops
consisted of three steps:
•Meeting of MIT team who presented the topic,
discussed methods and about the material for these
workshops.
•Discussions with pupils from secondary schools, with
parents and grandparents of pupils from primary
cycle and nursery schools to establish data of
workshops, the necessary materials and creative
techniques.
•Realizing puppets in numerous and creative
workshops where we enjoyed this large contribution
of grandparents and parents, methods, materials and
ideas coming from them. All classes from our
institution have developed creative workshops with
parents and grandparents of students, most have
been conducted outside the classroom schedule in a
friendly atmosphere, sometimes accompanied by food
prepared by grandmothers.

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Most working materials, canvas white, colored
canvas, cotton, colored thread, needles, beads
ornaments were gifted by grandparents and
parents to be used in the workshops.
Many grandmothers present presented to pupils
different techniques for sewing dolls, clothing
embroidery, sewing beaded embellishment of
these colorful puppets that resemble those of their
childhood.
All generations involved in these activities
cooperating and communicated positively have
maintained a friendly atmosphere, all enjoyed
most of the initiative.
Grandmothers of children remember their
childhood with nostalgia when also organized
weekly social meetings in order to manufacture
different items of clothing, reciting stories
,manufacture different toys made of natural
materials.

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We set for March to realize another series of
workshops with grandparents and on this
occasion we will disseminate the meeting and
activities in Bulgaria.
After discussion with the project team we want
to include in the educational process in the
schools more collaborative moments with
grandparents of students.
Grandparents will be sources of information
for local heritage culture and will transmit this
knowledge to the younger generation.
The children were very excited about these
workshops photographed and filmed every
step, they were very glad to shared this
moment, own creations on different social
networks.
These moments are important for the
formation and holistic development of our
students and potential of traditions is no limit.

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Family
To determine family relationships and ensure
the sustainability of our work from workshops
with parents and grandparents Romanian
team have created for each country a didactic
game with puppets.
Families of puppets were created by various
techniques some modern clothes and others
were dressed in traditional costumes.
Often, those who are challenged they can play
very well, very much talking and arguing a
situation, even before they were the opposite.
This is a good thing because you get to
discover interesting facts about the person
and to know her better. Another utility role play
emerges in situations where you think there is
no solution to solve a problem.

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Role play and are advantageous because they
can switch roles between participants often,
they are free to say what they thought, while
being in agreement with the roles they play.
This stimulates cooperation, competition,
interaction with others and, not least, empathy.
Recorded be formulated as follows: "Role-
playing: Family”.
The role playing is a very good method of
reviewing experience, and when used it in
intercultural learning sessions its objectives
should be: to analyze prejudices, to promote
tolerance in the group and between different
cultures, to analyze relationships of minority /
majority.
Positive reactions received from the categories
involved in this complex activity cause us to
say traditional games can still survive and
become an important resource in our class
work.
This role play will be an important part of
Societal Curriculum.

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THANK YOU FOR
ATTENTION!
TEACHER VASILICA GAZDAC
TECHER ANAMARIA POP
TEACHER OANA ILOVAN
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