FORMAT: THIS IS A CHARACTER BUILDING SERIES USING PUPPETS, SONGS AND A SCRIPT. KIDS WILL DELIGHT IN INTERACTING WITH THE RIGHT CHOICE KIDS CHARACTER BUILDING PUPPETS.

THE RIGHT CHOICE KIDS PUPPETS ARE DESIGNED WITH SPECIAL SYMBOLS ON THEIR CLOTHING TO HELP KIDS "CHARACTER BUILD": IVA COURAGE WEARS HER "BADGE OF COURAGE", HONEST LEE HONORABLY PERFORMS "THE PLEDGE", CHER KINDNESS HAS A "BIG HEART", PHIL PRIDE PROUDLY DISPLAYS HIS "STAR OF SELF-ESTEEM" AND SONNY DISPOSITION PICKS YOU UP WITH A SPLASHY "SUN BURST"!

EACH SESSION ONE PUPPET IS FEATURED WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES: PRIDE, ATTITUDE, KINDNESS, COURAGE OR HONESTY.

SESSIONS CAN BE CONDUCTED ONCE A WEEK (OVER A FIVE-WEEK PERIOD) OR ONCE A DAY (TO BE COMPLETED IN WEEK).

AFTER EACH PUPPET IS PRESENTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR (WITH DIALOG SCRIPTED FOR EACH PUPPET), THE COORDINATING CHARACTER BUILDING SONG IS PLAYED. THE INSTRUCTOR SHOULD ANIMATE PUPPET FEATURED DURING THE SONG TO HELP BRING THEM TO LIFE AND TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS, CREATING A FUN ATMOSPHERE. AFTER SONG IS PLAYED, DISCUSS WITH KIDS WHAT THE PUPPET AND SONG MEANS TO THEM. ENCOURAGE KIDS TO CREATE THEIR OWN DIALOG AND TO ACT OUT THEIR RESPONSES WITH THE HAND AND FINGER PUPPETS FEATURED.

ACTIVITY IDEA: AFTER EACH SESSION, KIDS COULD CREATE THEIR OWN BOOKLET BY DRAWING A PICTURE BASED ON THE THEME OF THE SESSION.

AFTER EACH SESSION LEAVE THE HAND PUPPET (& MATCHING FINGER PUPPET) DISPLAYED (THEY STAND UP BY THEMSELVES). …SO AT THE END OF THE FIFTH SESSION ALL THE PUPPETS WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR KIDS TO REFLECT UPON.

EACH SESSION: 15 MINUTES

INSTRUCTOR: TEACHER, PARENTS, OLDER KIDS. THE INSTRUCTOR WILL GIVE MOVEMENTS AND VOICES TO THE HAND PUPPETS.

AUDIENCE: KIDS THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

PROPS & MATERIALS NEEDED: RIGHT CHOICE KIDS HAND & FINGER PUPPETS, CD OF SONGS, SCRIPT & CD PLAYER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A HOMEMADE THEATER TO PRESENT THE PUPPET SHOW.

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