Assingments % - Unit 5 Assignment Expressing Emotions with Puppets

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 5 Points: 100 Overview: Puppets have multiple uses in the early childhood classroom. Counselors and play therapists often use them to help children communicate their feelings comfortably. Parents can also use puppets for this purpose. They can enhance the quality of the relationships between teachers and students and build community in the classroom. Additionally, puppets can be great fun for teachers and children alike. They open the doors to creative expression by making puppets and using them to retell stories, build relationships, and explore feelings. Instructions: • Create a puppet. This can be as simple or elaborate as you wish! Have fun! View the resources for puppet making in Reading and Resources. • Describe how you would use the puppet you created to do the following things: o Help a child (or children) gain self-acceptance and a positive self-concept. o Help a child build interpersonal relationships and apply this understanding in your classroom. o Help children develop respect and appreciation for diversity and apply this understanding in your classroom. • Reflect on your experience in making the puppet. For instance, was it hard to get started? Where did you get the materials? Did anyone make a puppet with you? Did you name your puppet? How did you make it? Do you like it? Would you like to make other kinds of puppets? Have you or will use puppets in this way with children? • Make a connection to something in this article. For instance, did something impress or surprise you? Is there something special that you would like to remember from the article? Don’t forget to include this URL web address to show the quoted or paraphrased ideas from the article. CHS201 Creative Activity Unit 5 Assignment: Expressing Emotions with Puppets © 2021 Post University, Waterbury, CT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://www.edutopia.org/article/no-strings-attached-supporting-social-andemotional-learning-puppets • Provide a link to another resource and briefly describe the resource you used to build your content knowledge on an aspect of this assignment related to social and emotional development, teaching with puppets, or puppet making. Requirements • Submit a Word document of 2 or more pages that responds thoughtfully to all prompts. Use double-spacing and Times New Roman, 12-point font. • Include a photo of your puppet with your submission. Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write. Minimum Standard: The response is well-organized, accurate, and sufficiently detailed to demonstrate that the student has mastered course concepts.

Readings and Resources

Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 (Click on the MindTap link in the Unit).

Howard, R. and Mayesky, M. (2023). Creative activities and curriculum for young children. 12th edition. Cengage Learning. MindTap

This chapter is about helping children develop healthy social and emotional development.

Chapter 5: Social and Emotional Development

Readings and Resources

Visit these puppetry sites to help you with ideas for the unit assignment. The first is the Puppeteers’ Cooperative Home Page, where you can learn how to make a variety of very big puppets. Click on a puppet’s name to see a diagram of how to create the puppet, an explanation of the puppet, and a photo of an example of that type of puppet.