TARGET: Puppetry

[smm2p <smm2p@MTSU.EDU>]

My school has received an Atlas grant and I have signed up to do some
activities after
school with the children who will be in this program. Actually parents can
attend too. I
signed up to teach extended library and puppetry.

Is anyone knowledgeable in the area of puppetry?
Can you recommend some activities to do with the group? What have you done?
Are their any good puppets I need or any good puppetry books I can use as a
reference?
Web sites on the topic?
Any other advice you can pass along?
Are their any puppet building kits? (Some type of package where all the parts
of the
  puppet are included you just have to put it together.)

I thought it might be need to build a puppet theatre and then make our own
puppets and
props to go along with a story. What story is the next big question :)

Any help would be appreciated! THANKS!

Shannon Minner
smm2p@mtsu.edu
Murfreesboro, TN
MNP Librarian

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