How to Make Puppets with Children contains all the necessary pattern pieces for making 37 delightful hand puppets and 26 finger puppets that lend themselves to a variety of curriculum areas. Use the puppets to provide a variety of opportunities for practicing oral language skills: - retell a story - create original puppet shows - use the puppets to accompany oral reports about the animal - beginning readers may use the finger puppets as they learn their initial sounds Hand puppet subjects include: - hippo - dragon - giraffe - bear - walrus - tortoise - cat Other subjects include: - girl - boy... more