Useful entertainment
Puppet theater is not just a pleasant pastime. Perhaps no other game develops so many skills at the same time. Coordination of movements. Finger puppets develop fine motor skills; dolls - gloves - fine carpal movements; puppets improve the connection between the hemispheres of the brain. Speech. Since I became an actor, if you want, you do not want to, but I must speak so that you will be heard and understood in the "auditorium". Memory. Arranging a theatrical performance is the best way to persuade a child to learn by heart not only poems, but also impressive pieces of prose text. Emotional development. Even the simplest setting requires a young actor to get used to the image - to understand what other beings think and feel and share this understanding with the audience. Creative skills. The kid will have to be not only an actor, but also a playwright, and a decorator, and a musician, and a stage mechanic. Shy, timid kid, hiding behind a theatrical screen, very often overcomes his shyness, and reincarnating in different characters, can quite (with the help of adults) cope with his fears and complexes.
Creative
You can start playing theater with the children in two or three years. Of course, such a crumb will hardly be able to remember and reproduce significant pieces of text. Therefore, at first the duties will have to be divided: someone from adults or older children will say the text, and the kid - to illustrate it with the help of dolls. Later, young talent can be entrusted pooing for a dog, pomyukat for a kitty, then say one or two spectacular cues. And only when he gets accustomed to the stage and feels confident, he can be entrusted with a full-fledged role. Our advice: do not specially memorize anything. Choose many times read, well-known to the child poems, nursery rhymes and short fairy tales. Note: If the crumb wants to modify the known plot, make some additions to it - do not hinder in any way! After all, this is why the theater, in order to creatively rethink the source. The fewer children, the shorter the preparatory process. If the rehearsals are protracted, the actors will lose their immediacy and freshness of perception. It is enough to agree on what and how to do on stage, and repeat the text a couple of times in general terms - and you can start the presentation. Our advice: that the actors are not at a loss at the most crucial moment, forgetting the text - in advance, teach them to listen to prompts prompter.
The actors of the home stage
Puppet theater is an ancient and respected art. For many centuries and even millennia, a variety of types of dolls were invented and perfected. All of them can successfully perform in the home show, but most often "invite" the "actors" of three kinds. Finger puppets. Extremely easy to manage, places almost do not occupy, and they can be made in a few minutes. To begin acquaintance with them is better in 10-11 months. Put one of the pupae on your finger and show the baby. When a crumb becomes interested, ask him to pull on the finger another doll. Arrange a small puppet dialogue. At first, of course, you will speak for both "actors", but over time, the crumb will begin to take an increasingly active part in the "conversation". Our advice: for sale there are a lot of different finger puppets, but if desired they can easily be made from old gloves - the easiest way is rubber: your fingers are cut and painted on them with muzzles markers. Dolls are gloves. Classic heroes of home theater. Very simple in management and at the same time extremely expressive and mobile. Pay attention: especially useful dolls with a mouth opening, into which a palm is inserted. "Speaking" for a doll, a small actor unconsciously relates the sounds of speech to finger movements, which is extremely useful for forming the skills of written speech. Important: glove dolls are indispensable for psychological diagnosis and correction: the baby perceives the second "I", put on the doll's hand, at the same time, and can distract from it and tell from the person.
Puppets. The most difficult to manage and at the same time the most spectacular. Develop the subtle movements of the hand and fingers, improve eye-hand coordination. Note: the more difficult it is to control a puppet, the more threads it has. You need to start with two; it is somewhat more difficult to drive a doll on four threads. Aerobatics - to manage a puppet with a double cross and eight or more strings. Simple tricks puppet master even 5-6-year-old child will master. The puppet should not touch the feet of the floor and fall forward or back. Lead and dismiss the doll from the side, and not from above, because she walks, and does not fly.
Puppetry workshop
In the development games shops today are sold theatrical dolls of all kinds and sizes. But still, if you have conceived a full-fledged performance, it is desirable to make yourself and dolls, and scenery, and props. And that interest to the idea is not lost even at the stage of preparation, it is necessary to simplify it as much as possible.
• Use more widely available materials (disposable dishes, old socks and gloves, rolls of toilet paper, used CDs).
• Do not achieve perfect accuracy.
• Reduce time-consuming procedures, using an adhesive tape, a stapler for connecting parts, a variety of rollers and stencils for paint.
Orchestra pit
Even if the performance is completely unpretentious and takes no more than five minutes, take care of a worthy musical accompaniment. The easiest way is to pick up a phonogram, in the presence of elementary digital technology it will not be difficult. But still, live music gives children's plays a special warmth and spontaneity. If someone from your household plays musical instruments, be sure to use their talents to prepare the performance, even if the level of performance is far from professional. However, it would be useful for the small actors themselves to take part in this. No special skills are required: with improvisation on a harmonica, whistles, children's noise instruments or a self-made drum kit it's not at all difficult to cope with.