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Puppet Plays

Doing a puppet play with your class is the perfect opportunity to integrate several subjects and to involve all students, regardless of their interests.

  • Create a story together or use the play below. Other plays will be added in the following months.
  • Create the puppets. A great visual arts project where each students can express his or her originality and creativity.
  • Rehearse the play. It's like an exercise in public speaking.
  • Present the play to the parents or to other classes in your school. You students will be proud and they will feel valued.

For each play, there are two printable documents: a "director's copy" which includes stage directions, and a "puppeteer's copy" which contains just the dialog. Our Puppet Plays are included with your Pro Membership and do not count towards the yearly quota of Animaplates projects. You are free to print as many as you want.

 

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Teacher's Guide

Puppet theatre is a lot like real theatre or the movies. The actors play their roles, but it takes a director to stage a show.

This 6-page guide is filled will information and practical tips. In it, I also explain how I built a puppet "stage" that, in my experience, works a lot better than the usual puppet theatres.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This is one of the most popular fairy tales, probably because it explains symbolically that the best choices in life are often situated between two extremes. Not too big, not too small... just the right size.