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...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: History of Puppets
Read about the history of puppetry and about the many interesting types of puppets around the world.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Paper Bag Monkey Puppet
Students can use this template to make a paper bag monkey puppet.
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: Ronnie Burkett Puppeteer
I've done a page for Ronnie Burkett because he is so unique to Canadian theatre. His puppet shows are a completely different experience in theatre, and his work is interesting and fun to learn about.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Puppet Crown by Harold Mac Grath
The full text of the novel The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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.
Other
Legends & Lore: It's All About Puppets
This Legends and Lore site offers fun and entertaining crafts activities involving the making of puppets.
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:...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Listen to Me Tell You the Story
Students will listen to familiar stories and choose their favorite story among them. Then students will make puppets for each of the main characters from their favorite story. Students will share a puppet show to a small audience.
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...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Life Inside Big Bird
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
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.
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