Benefits of Puppet play: Puppet play is about pure, wholesome, imaginative fun and an essential part of childhood. But puppet play has so many benefits besides that! Read on to learn more… Watch your children’s imaginations blossom as they fabricate stories starring their favorite puppets. Funny, scary, fantasy…with the right tools, children’s creativity has no bounds! Puppets help foster emotional development, as children identify with the thoughts and feelings expressed throughout the puppet show. Working with a shy child? Have him/her practice reading and speaking to the puppets, fostering confidence for eventual public reading and speaking. Puppet play improves motor skills, too, as children learn to manipulate the characters, moving their arms to bring the stories to life. Oral language and reading skills are refined and stretched as your child develops the plot. Puppets encourage group participation, as well. Give each child a puppet and the children will learn to coordinate with each other to create the story line. The rest of the group will enjoy the show with all the enthusiasm of true fans! Therapists, parents, and teachers can use these puppets to role play your child’s weak point, teaching essential skills and character traits in a fun and entertaining manner. Puppets improve communication and listening skills, too, as the show masters weave a delightful tale for their attentive audience. These adorable puppets make a great visual learning tool for teachers and educators, in a learning subject! Children ‘hide behind the puppet’, and feel safe expressing feeling that they might otherwise have a difficult time conveying. And, they are a great, therapeutic way to review essential skills or play out a scenario from various angles. Puppets are so much more than just fun and play!