Location: Douglass-Truth Library
Time: 5-7pm
Date: 4/8/2015
Today the children put on a puppet show using puppets made
from paper lunch bags. We encouraged the kids to draw characters on the bags
using the art supplies we provided. Some examples of characters included goldilocks,
a puppy, and Mike from Monsters, Inc. The kids seemed very excited about putting
on a show for us, and we were happy to see them enthusiastic about making up
their own story.
Once
everyone had made at least one puppet, the whole group left our indoor space
and set up the stage outdoors. I filmed with an iPad while the children
discussed behind closed curtains how they wanted to put on the show.
Unfortunately, one of the kids was very bossy about how she wanted the story to
play out, shutting down the other kids’ ideas in favor of her own. It was
obvious that the other kids were not happy about this, but they went along with
it anyways.
Regardless
of the child who was bossing the other ones around, everyone had fun putting on
the show and the story was definitely original. They even encouraged me to put
down the camera and control a puppet of my own, which I did. This helped me remember
how important imaginative play is with young children. It’s unfortunate that we start to use less and
less of our imaginations as we grow older; nobody says we have to grow up.
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