LEARN HOW TO TEACH WITH A PUPPET IN YOUR CLASS - Let me introduce myself

Learn to teach with a doll in your class and do what I did: make the day more playful and attractive for children and for myself. You may have tried something with a hand puppet in your class, but if it doesn't turn out the way you hoped, there's a good chance the puppet will be put aside and not picked up again.
How can you make it a success? How to make the doll lively and attractive to children? I can help you with that. In this video you will get to know me and in the next one I will show you how I do it. So don't forget to subscribe and share this channel with all your colleagues. I really appreciate that and it inspires me to make new videos on topics that matter to you.
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My background:
My name is Helen Meurs and I’m a handpuppetcoach. I work with puppets for almost 30 years now, and had a webshop with hand puppets until 2019 in the Netherlands (Handpop.nl). I wrote the book "the hand puppet as an educational tool" and published some articles in educational magazines over the years.
I work with parents, teachers, pedagogical staff, caregivers, counselors and others who focus on the upbringing and education of children. So, I train educators and still like to go into class with my puppet.
For me, it's not about the hand puppet as a thing. I don't emphasize the technique of playing either, technique is needed, but you shouldn't make it more complicated than strictly necessary. The puppet serves what I want to do with it, what I hope to teach and pass on to children. That's my main reason for using a puppet.
What I wish to pass on requires not only a puppet that comes to life, but also a puppet that actively provides direction, who comes with examples, sometimes literally takes children by the hand and is itself part of a (learning) process. The puppet is controlled by me, but operates from a different role and can bring its content in its own way. That gives space, air and above all a lot of fun.
There is a lot to tell about the hand puppet as a tool. If you look at a puppet through the eyes of children, a barrel full of possibilities arises. Opportunities that you can use to gain more insight into a child, to challenge him to participate, to tell something, to try something, to learn something. My puppet gave me access to the world of the child as I had never seen it before.
Could I combine that with the learning content I wanted to offer, with the action plans I had to implement, with the goals I wanted to work towards with children? How could I constructively use my puppet to support and help them in a playful and sparkling way with, for example, their language or social-emotional development? Those questions are the basis of my work.
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Wil je dat kinderen je meer vertellen, makkelijker meedoen met activiteiten, en meer interesse tonen in wat je te bieden hebt? Met een handpop creëer je op een speelse manier direct verbinding en openheid bij kinderen. In mijn minicursus 'Wat heeft de handpop wel en jij niet?' leer je hoe een simpele handpop een krachtig hulpmiddel kan zijn om hun betrokkenheid en vertrouwen te vergroten.
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