In the degree entitled ‘Children’s Participation in the Creation of a Puppet Show’, we present the importance of involving children in the planning of educational work. With the help of a puppet – the group’s favourite, we try to arouse interest in exploring the world and solving various challenges. With some encouragement, help and guidelines, children can discover and learn about the environment and themselves, to the best of their abilities. They just need to be allowed to think freely, creatively and independently.
The theoretical part of the assignment describes how we can use puppets to achieve children’s participation. In the very beginning we present the model of children’s participation and the levels of participation. The next part is focused on the use of puppets that encourage active thinking and children’s creativity. Puppets allow for many creative activities, where the process is much more important than the final product. The entire project work that comes out of the puppet is based on the child’s creative thinking and expression.
The practical part presents the work with the puppet and the activities we carried out with the help of the puppet – the group’s favourite. All the activities led to the children’s participation in the creation of a puppet show. We demonstrated and justified how we can involve children in the process of pedagogical work with the help of puppets. In this process, children learn to think, be independent, resourceful, creative, and to cooperate with others. The preschool teacher’s task is to offer them opportunities to develop competences in various areas.
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