The document discusses puppets as an effective teaching aid. It defines different types of puppets like hand puppets, glove puppets, and rod puppets. Puppets can motivate students, create interest, add humor, and entertain through performances. Using puppets has benefits like stimulating imagination, improving motor skills, boosting confidence, and increasing participation. Puppets are useful in language, social sciences, and health education programs for children.

1. PUPPET AS A
TEACHING
AID
PREPARED BY :-Shivanee Kushwaha
Post Basic B.Sc Nursing IInd Year Student
Roll No. :- 30

2. INTRODUCTION
 Puppets are derived from Latin word “PUPPA” which means doll. The
word puppet, today, means a figure which fits over the hand, like a
glove and is operated from behind below by the fingers.
 It can be used as an effective teaching aid for language and social
sciences.
 In selecting or writing a puppet play, the age, background and interest
of the students should be taken into consideration.

3. PUPPETRY
 Definition
Puppetry is an education cum
entertaining aid in which
puppets manipulated by the
performer, is a person termed as
characters in a story to be
depicted.

4. PURPOSE
 To motivate the student.
 To create interest.
 To add sense of humor.
 To entertain through performance.
Benefits of puppet-play for children
 Stimulates imagination.
 Emotional development.
 Improve motor skills.
 Learn etiquette.
 Boosts confidence in speaking and reading.
 Increase group participation.

5. Types Of Puppet
 Hand puppet
 Glove puppet
 Rod puppet
 Finger puppet
 String / Marionettes puppet
 Stick puppet
 Shadow puppet
 Carnival puppet
 Water puppet

6. Hand Puppet
 These are puppet controlled by
one hand which occupies the
interior of the puppet.
 This is the simplest hand puppet
with few or no moving parts.
They can be stiff, made from
hard plastic, but are move often
flexible, made from fabric.

7. Glove Puppet
 This is like a finger glove which
fits on the hand and operated
form below by fingers. It is a
complex from of hand puppet. It
is extremely portable and need
cost very little to make. It has
long been the favorite type of
puppet for street performance.

8. String/Marionettes Puppet
 A marionettes is a puppet
controlled from above using
wires or strings.
 Made from piece of wooden
plank, hard board paper, metal
sheet etc.
 Tied to their arms, legs and
hands with strings. Strings
control the movements of body
parts acco. to dialogue made.

9. Rod Puppet
 These are operated from the below
the stage by a combination of rods
and strings.Usually a central rod
supports the head, while two
smaller rods control the arm.
 The term “Rod Puppet” can also
imply any use of rods to animate
the puppet, whether the puppet is
controlled from below, from above.

11. Shadow Puppet
 Shadow puppetry, is an ancient
form of storytelling and
entertainment which uses flat
articulated cut-out figures
(shadow puppets) which are
held between a source of light
and a translucent screen .
 Various effects can be achieved
by moved both the puppets and
the light source.

13. Principles
 Puppet action should be accompanied by short dialogues.
 A puppet show should not have many characters.
 Put in short duration songs and dance to arouse.
 The main problem should be introduced in the beginning of the
puppet show and answer comes out at the end of it to keep up interest
and suspense.
 Songs or speech from the back or recorder talk are used.
 The actual voice of men, women and children can be limited.
 There should be silent pause in between the dialogues.

14. Advantages of Puppetry
 Puppet show can heighten the human emotions.
 It captures the attention of participant.
 It creates interest in learner for learning.
 It motivates the students and stimulate thinking.
 In nursing puppetry used in health education program.
 It provide emotional release.
 It develops cooperation among children.

15. Disadvantages of Puppetry
 It needs group co-operation and co-ordination.
 It requires skills in preparation and in presentation.
 Preparation is very time consuming.
 Seating arrangements is to be managed carefully.
 Ideas convey through puppets show can be misinterpreted by the
audience.

16. References
 I Clement ; “Internship Textbook for General Nursing & Midwifery” ;
2nd Edition ; The Health Sciences Publisher ; Pg No.- 115-117.
 Basvanthapa BT (2003) ; “Nursing Education” ; 1st ; Jaypee Publisher ;
Pg. No.-446.
 Openschool.com.sg/blog/benefit-of-puppet-play
 En.wikipedia.org/wiki/hand-puppet

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