Course | Using Puppets to Teach Young Children

The price listed reflects a one-time payment.

Facilitator

Ekaterina Chinarova
Ekaterina Chinarova is an early childhood teacher, university educator, and instructional designer from Australia with a strong passion for early years learning (0-5 years). She has over 17 years of experience in various roles, including nanny, playgroup coordinator, librarian storyteller, educator, kindergarten teacher, and educational leader. Holding multiple qualifications—including a Master’s in Early Childhood Education—she also works as a relief early childhood teacher to stay engaged in the field.

Description

Transform your early childhood teaching with puppets! This course equips educators with practical skills to use puppetry as a dynamic teaching tool. Learn to engage children in literacy, numeracy, social skills, and more through interactive demonstrations. Discover how to select, create, and integrate puppets into daily programs to support learning, inclusion, and conflict resolution. Gain confidence in using puppets to enhance engagement and make learning more meaningful!

What You'll Learn

- Start using puppets for holistic development in early childhood education with confidence
- Learn how to make easy puppets for teaching and learning
- Apply puppets to effectively support children's social learning and conflict resolution
- Practice to tell stories and sing songs with puppets
- Link puppets experiences to the early childhood curriculum documents
- Understand the learning benefits of teaching with puppets
- Gain knowledge of the theories behind using puppets in teaching
- Navigate your way around different types of puppets
- Will start using puppets in early childhood daily program
- Create more engaging circle times in early childhood education and care context
- Learn how to tell stories with props, e.g. puppets, storytelling apron, felt board, finger puppets
- Get a range of easy to use resources, scripts and templates

Course Content

- Introduction
- What is Puppet?
- Puppets and Development
- Different Types of Puppets
- Practicalities
- How to Make Puppets with Children?
- How to Use Puppets in Early Childhood Curriculum?
- Conclusion and Additional Resources

Requirements

- No requirements, desire to learn about puppetry as an early childhood teaching tool
- By the end of this course, you'll learn how to choose the right puppets, make your own, and use them to support children's social learning, resolve conflicts, and guide behaviour. You'll also gain strategies for using puppets to help children with language difficulties, bilingual learners, and foster inclusion in your classroom. This course will equip you with practical tools to make puppetry a powerful, inclusive tool for teaching and learning. Your program wil never be the same.