Dancing / SEL Puppets Guide
TEACHING GUIDE
Explore engineering through kinetic puppetry! Transform our blank human puppet templates into custom creations. Design clever lever connectors to make your puppets dance. Designed to boost storytelling & expression, our “flossing” figures fuse engineering with many opportunities for social & emotional growth. Craft a hero, make a mini-me, animate personal stories or celebrate cultural traditions. This project can activate any curricular theme and is fantastic for all ages.
When you order this Guide, you’ll get a PDF one-sheet with a link and password to our Leader Portal. There you’ll find amazing digital resources for easy planning & implementation.
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Ages: PreK-8th Grade, Adult Makers
Time: 1-2 hours, (Chunk out in phases)
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Link & Password to Leader Webpage
Supply Planners & Ordering Links
PDF Templates & Handouts
Video Tutorials
Slideshow Instructions
Curricular Integrations
Scaling & Scaffolding Ideas
Trouble-Shooting Tips
Samples of Student Work
Common Core & NGSS Standards
Individual Program License
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Engineering
Simple Machines
SEL
Literacy & Storytelling
Social Studies
Design Process
Visual Art