Dancing / SEL Puppets Guide

$10.00

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.

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.

  • Ages: PreK-8th Grade, Adult Makers

    Time: 1-2 hours, (Chunk out in phases)

  • 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

  • Engineering

    Simple Machines

    SEL

    Literacy & Storytelling

    Social Studies

    Design Process

    Visual Art