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UNDERTANDING CREATIVE
EXPERIENCES WITH YOUNGCHILDREN
GED4093
MDM MONICA LEENA RAJARETNAM
M.Ed, B.A
e-mail :[email protected]
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TOPIC 10
Dramatic Play and Puppetry
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Objectives
define the goals of dramatic play
discuss the importance of dramaticplay to a young child’s development
discuss appropriate ways to usepuppets in the early childhoodprogram
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Goals of Dramatic Play
Physical: increase in strength,overall fitness, motor skilldevelopment, health;
Cognitive: increase in skills such asproblem solving, creative thinking,planning, organizing, language, and
overall academic success;
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Goals continued
Social and Emotional: enhanceddevelopment of cooperation, sharing,turn taking, less egocentrism,
increase in pro-social values and selfesteem, practice of appropriatesocial roles.
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Beginnings of Dramatic Play
Cont.
actual dramatic play begins when achild uses a prop for something otherthan the activity for which he has
seen it used
usually happens when the child istwo years old
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Development of Dramatic Play
simple imitative movements tocomplex dramatic play
important for teachers to be goodobservers and listeners
creative dramatics may begin withone child, and others will join in
–playing store, speaking on a toytelephone
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Development of Dramatic Play
Cont.
dramatic play is their way ofunderstanding and dealing with theworld
important medium for languagedevelopment
as play becomes more elaborate, the
child’s language becomes morecomplex
listen and respond to each other
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Dramatic Play in the Home
(Housekeeping) Center
one of the best places to expressthemselves
pretend to be many different roles insociety
provides endless opportunities forthe teacher to broaden the children’shorizons
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Dramatic Play in the Home
Con’t
supplies should reflect the activitiesin the classroom and extend theskills being taught while introducing
new ones
emphasize a nonsexist approach
encourage both boys’ and girls’dramatic play
teacher should not be the leader
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Dramatic Play in the Home
Con’t
teacher observes and asks questions
encourages children to play byproviding props that extend the playbut do not change the theme
help children with their thinking bymaking obvious statements abouttheir work that the child couldexpand on
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Dramatic Play in the Home Con’t
modeling behavior - process ofimitating what has been observed
children use a variety of materialsfrom various parts of the room tosupport their play
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Suggestions for creating dramatic
play boxes for the classroom
Build around thematic units
Collect inexpensive play
materialsDesignate a specific play area inthe classroom
Allow adequate time for playexperiences
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Commercially Available Kits
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Questions to assess your
dramatic play area at set-up
Does the play center incorporate avariety of materials that willencourage dramatic play of young
children?
Does the play center includematerials that will stimulate literacy
activities (reading, writing, speaking,listening)?
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Does the play center include teacher-made as well as commercialmaterials?
Are materials available that promotecreativity and flexibility of play?
Are the materials developmentallyappropriate for young children?
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Are play props included which areconducive to a thematic unit? Isthere a "theme" to your play center?
Does the play center reinforcephysical, cognitive, & social skillsappropriate for the grade level?
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Questions to assess your
dramatic play area once in use
Are children actively involved in playthemes?
Do projects stem from naturalencounters with play materials?
Are children engaged in high levelsof social play, specifically cooperativeplay?
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Questions continued
Does the center area account forvarious skill differences andindividual learning preferences?
Are children supporting in problemsolving activities?
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Puppets
offer two ways to express creativity
– creative experience of making thepuppet
–making the puppet come to life
using puppets begins in thepreschool
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Puppets continued
shy children may be more likely toparticipate with puppets
great tool for teaching abstractconcepts
stimulating creative storytelling
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Ideas for Using Puppets
puppet center (puppet materials,props, theater)
specific puppet for each center area
felt boards and puppets
move puppets to the beat of music
to teach children rhythm and musicinterpretation
social studies
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Kinds of Puppets
Stick puppets
bag puppets
hand puppets (pg
524)finger puppets
wooden spool
puppetstwo-faced paperplate puppets
play doughpuppets
Styrofoam ballpuppets
ping-pong puppets
sock puppetglove fingerpuppets
old mitten puppetscardboard cylinderpuppet
people puppets
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What is…?
creative dramatics
dramatic play
modeling behavior
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