puppet plays

Includes patterns and activities for finger puppets and plays for teachers, librarians, and media specialists.

Includes patterns, photographs, and activities for finger puppets and plays, centered around holidays.

Readers learn some of the finer points in how to make and move these wonderful creations.

Teaches reading through entertainment. In this episode, Lionel won't let Leona play a computer game because she isn't old enough. Focuses on the word "hen" and short "e" sound, the -en word family, and more.

Lionel, Leona, and their friends try to figure out why Bobby the Hopping Robot has stopped hopping. Introduces the short "o" sound.

A mysterious flying object turns out to be Barnaby B. Busterfield III. Introduces the short "i" sound.

Leona decides to ride piggyback on her dad's back forever. Introduces the short "e" sound.

Provides directions for making puppets, stages, and scenery, with scripts for five puppet plays.

Thirty puppet plays adapted from nursery rhymes, folk songs, fables, poetry, folktales, and myths with instructional chapters on making and using rod and shadow puppets and puppet stages.

Provides handicraft projects for children for making entertainment items like puppets and costumes, and includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions, patterns, and lists of necessary materials, plus notes for supervising adults.