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This activity was quite difficult for me because I never did before so I practised a lot. First of all I familiarizate myself with the book " taste of the moon" and with the animals illustrations. I decided to put the illustrations on the blackboard so I was stand also I adapt the story for small pupils, for that reason I repeated the same phrase at the end of the paragraph: " (animal) come and help" For me, the most difficult part was kept in contact all time with the children and use gesture and mime at the same time that I thought in english. Another important part in my story telling was involved children so at the beginning of the story they guess the story animals with some questions that I made with this dynamics the focus on story. MATERIALS: - Real animals photography - Laminated -Sticky tape -Wall

1. Find a clean sock that's long enough to cover your arm. A crew sock or a knee sock would work great for this! The sock can be any color you like. It can be fuzzy or plain. Jut make sure there aren't any holes.   2. Slip the sock over your hand. Once you the sock on, make a C-shape with your hand. Put your fingers into the toe part. Try to get your thumb into the heel part. If you can't reach it, tuck the sock into the groove between your thumb and fingers. Open and close your hand. Your sock should already start looking like a puppet. 3. Glue some eyes onto the sock. You can do this with a hot glue gun, fabric glue, or tacky glue. For the actual eyes, you can use buttons, pompoms, or googly eyes. You can also draw the eyes on with a marker. If you want, draw some eyelashes with a marker! 4. Add some other decorations. Your puppet is done at this point. You can still glue items onto it to give it more character. For example, you can glue some ya...

Communication and Social Skills  Hand Puppets are an ideal springboard for developing speaking and listening skills . Children often communicate more easily with puppets, giving them confidence to express their ideas and feelings Shy children can become acquainted with others through the roles they take on Children are free to try on new personalities and take them off again, with a puppet on their hand, broadening their own in the process. Scary animal hand puppets like lions and sharks or shy ones such as a tortoise can help children master uncomfortable feelings Puppet play provides an opportunity to gain some control over their world by working out fears and frustrations.