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VanIslander · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: hand puppets in teaching

anyone done them in actual structured lessons? (outside of kindy classes)

i bought three of them and will use them with kids in grades 1-3 some time.

i know they'll come in real handy during listening tests involving dialogues.

what other specific uses?

drawbacks? limitations? pitfalls? (distraction - requiring a pretty organized lesson to maximize value i suspect)

those who've tried them, please respond

peppermint · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:42 am Post subject:

I was forced into using them in the public school, when my TV ( to show the dialogs from CD rom) busted. It was hell, but that had to do with the class sizes more than anything.

With a smallish advanced class- after they get a basic pattern down, try giving them the puppets and letting them build a dialog with that pattern.