Home puppet theater: how to organize and conduct

Zaitsev's cubes, Nikitin's games, lacing - all these words are well known to mothers. Modern society has become very fascinated early childhood development. It seems that every year there are some new techniques that caring mothers immediately begin to apply, and grandmothers just shrug their shoulders, wondering how they could raise their children without all these smart methods.

But was there really no way to develop babies before? Of course they were! Moreover, some of them are still very popular. One of these methods is puppet show. It helps not only to develop various skills in a child, but also allows adults to look again into such a coveted childhood country.

How useful is puppet theater for children?

puppet show- an exciting, vivid spectacle that allows spectators and participants to be transported to a fairy-tale land. But besides the fact that such an event brings joy and pleasure, puppet theater will also help:

1. Develop memory and imagination. Preparing for his role, the baby listens, remembers and repeats the words of his hero, which contributes to memory training. In the future, he will learn not only to memorize, but also to invent and build his correct sentences. And there, maybe he will come up with his own script.

2. Develop motor skills of the hands. Taking the doll in his hands, the child begins to feel it, try it on, which contributes to the development of fine motor skills of the hands. And by controlling his hero, setting him in motion, the child learns to control his own actions.

3. Understand what is good and what is bad. A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it ... With the help of a fairy tale, you can not only entertain a child, but also explain to him which actions are good and which are bad.

4. Teach communication skills. During the game, the baby communicates with other children and learns to cooperate with them - not to take away toys, not to shout out their words first.

5. Overcome shyness. Having entered the taste of the game, the kid will be able to feel like a real little actor performing on his impromptu stage, which will undoubtedly teach him to be more self-confident in the future.

6. Get joy from communicating with loved ones. Time spent with parents is the most valuable thing for a child, and if this time passes so excitingly, it is triple interesting.

How to organize a children's puppet theater at home

Having decided to organize a puppet show at home, you need to decide on the following things: where to play and what to play with.

Venue for home puppet theater

The convenience of the puppet theater is that it can be played everywhere. Even if the apartment is very small, you can always find a place where you can improvise with dolls. It could be:

- Any flat surface - table, chair, floor. Such a theater is more suitable for very young children, when a parent takes any toy and enlivens it with his own hands and words.

- Cardboard box. Taking such a box and cutting out one of the walls, you can get a wonderful scene. And if you still make holes and hang fabric on a wire, you get a real curtain.

— Ready puppet theater. Today in the toy store you can find a ready-made screen for puppet shows. And they come in different sizes: from the smallest, placed on the table, to large, occupying half a room.

The choice of characters for theatrical performance

Having decided on the venue, you need to “hire actors”.

Selection of toys for the puppet theater very large, it can be:

- Everyday baby toys. Favorite doll Masha, a teddy bear and even a tractor - all this can be used in a puppet show. It is good if the dolls have several outfits that can be changed during the performance.

- Handy materials. In fairy tales, everything comes to life, which means that anything can be their characters: twigs, cones, leaves, chestnuts - the main thing is to show imagination.It will turn out to be such an eco-theatre.

- Glove dolls. These are perhaps the most popular actors of puppet shows. Wearing such a glove on your hand, you can revive a frog, a bear cub and even a dragon. You can buy them in stores, or you can make them yourself - on the Internet you can find a lot of instructions for sewing such dolls.

- Finger puppets. Such puppets are designed for a mini-theatre. They are very convenient for little fingers, even the smallest novice actors will not find it difficult to manage them.

- Dolls on sticks. Suitable for riding theatre, when the puppeteers are hidden behind a screen. Such dolls are made mainly with their own hands. A stick is attached to the base of paper or wood (or you can take a finger puppet), with the help of which the future character is controlled.

- Puppets. The most interesting and complex dolls. By pulling the strings that are attached to the arms, legs and head of the doll, the puppeteer sets it in motion. But to learn how to manage such a character, you need time and dexterity.Suitable for children from 4-5 years old and adults.

It is not difficult to create your own home puppet theater, you just need to show imagination and imagination. And you should definitely involve children in this exciting business - by making toys and a stage together, you can not only spend time together with interest, but also teach your baby to be creative and independent. And it will be so wonderful to say later: “Attention, the curtain!”

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