Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival

Using Puppets to Help Children of All Ages Actively Engage in Storytelling

Kids love to hear stories, and kids love role-playing games. Puppets can help facilitate both, because kids of all ages respond positively to puppets, which can be made simply and inexpensively out of common materials. Kids already like to play by taking “parts” from fictional stories, and puppets allow them to connect directly to favorite literary characters for active playtime.