Puppets as an Educational Resource in Early Childhood Education: Art, Therapy, and Literature (original) (raw)
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For so long now, puppets and the art of puppetry have only been seen as cultural treasures and not as intimate and inevitable partners of children in their early education. As a result, this art form (puppetry) has been reduced to a mere artifact, toy or decorative art, instead of being a “complete” and “pure” art form that can be effectively used in educating a child.. Through researches, it has been observed that puppetry has the ability to stimulate and catalyse teaching and learning processes in children as well as in adults. No doubt, puppetry is a very old traditional form of art that is used in many cultures but it seems that its usefulness has not been fully discovered by teachers, especially the early childhood educators in Nigeria. Therefore, the thrust of this paper is to re-echo the importance of the art of puppetry in the early education of a child, especially in the face of this current global economic realities. This paper suggests that puppets should not be seen as a product of art for art sake, but should be seen as a viable art form which has the innate ability not only to develop children’s emotional abilities, also to assist teachers in their pedagogical exploits. Consequently, the use of this creative art – puppets ought not to be silenced in the early childhood curriculum. It should be seen as a possible stimulant in making children respond to learning in classrooms and in all their early childhood pursuit.
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