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Puppet Theater of Japan: Bunraku
An introduction to bunraku--the traditional puppet theater of Japan. Find clear explanations of the history of the art form and details of the music, props, and puppets used. Illustrated with beautiful pictures. Includes several video...
Read Works
Read Works: Puppet Power!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about puppets. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transformational Puppet
This activity is designed to reinforce the concepts of reflections and translations by having the students create a virtual puppet using Cabri Jr. As they construct their puppets, students will reinforce their understanding of...
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Paper Bag Monkey Puppet
Students can use this template to make a paper bag monkey puppet.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Athur's Puppet Theater: Cinderella
Join Arthur, D.W., Buster, and Muffy as they perform Cinderella while you choose casting, silly sound effects, and more. Choices affect the dialogue and you can change the background music or turn the disco ball on and off.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Finger Puppets You Can Count On
Make finger puppets. Learn to recognize numbers and count from one to ten and ten to one.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Reversible Gorilla Stick Puppet
This activity allows students to create reversible gorilla stick puppets using the template and directions provided.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Puppy Puppet
Make a puppy stick puppet using the template and instructions provided.
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Puppets
A kid friendly introduction to the art of puppetry. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
Other
The Puppetry Home Page
The Puppetry Home Page provides lots of resources for puppeteers including news and puppetry organizations.
Curated OER
Puppeteer and Shadow Puppet From Bali and Beyond
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
Curated OER
Shadow Puppets From Stage Hand Puppets
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Puppeteer
Cartoon of a puppeteer holding sock puppets in his hands.
Curated OER
Exhibit of Nick Barone Puppets
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
Curated OER
A Bunraku Performance From Awaji Puppet Theater Tradition of Japan
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
Curated OER
Bbc: Learning Zone Broadband Class Clips: How Shadows Are Made: Shadow Puppet
A shadow puppet.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Spring at the Smithsonian: An Incipient Case of Puppetmania
A useful article outlining the important features of a puppet and how to successfully use them in your classroom as a learning tool. A fun look at puppets around the world is also included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Activity Starters: Peg + Cat
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience. This site includes 5 Peg + Cat activity starters: Conversation Cards:...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Activity Starters
There are four sources in this activity bundle. Cut out these learning cards for quick, adult-led conversation and activity starters for school and for home. In activities 3 and 4, students make Character Puppets and play Puppet Theater...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Adventures in Someplace Else
In this activity, children can create puppets of Donkey and her pals and play about their adventures in Someplace Else, or you can make up your own stories.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Collection
Donkey Hodie online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce social emotional curriculum. In every episode of this puppet series for 3-5-year-olds, Donkey Hodie and her pals, Purple Panda, Duck Duck...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Harold Mac Grath
This site features the author George MacDonald including the full text of three novels: The Drums Of Jeopardy, The Goose Girl, and The Puppet Crown.
Other
Puppetry Traditions Around the World
Discover how puppetry differs around the world. Follow the links to over 10 countries and see traditions of making, viewing, and using puppets in different cultures.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Shadowbox Theatre
Have you ever thought about your shadow? One way to learn about them is to make your own shadow box theater--once a very popular form of entertainment in Europe during the 1800s and early 1900s.
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