Your Child Will Learn
Create a puppet with art materials
Here’s What to Do
- Give your child an old sock and color markers to create a sock puppet
- While your child is working, create your own sock puppet alongside them
- Put the sock puppets on your hands and perform a funny play together
Put PEER Into Action
PAUSE
- Put two socks on your hands and model a funny dialogue between them for your child
ENGAGE
- Ask your child, “will your sock puppet be a person, animal, or something special”?
- Ask your child, “what colors, lines, and shapes will you draw on the sock for your puppet”?
ENCOURAGE
- When holding your sock puppet, open and close your hand to model dialogue
- Say, “my puppet wants to play with your puppet, what shall we play”?
REFLECT
- Ask your child, “what other materials could we use to make more puppets”?
Not Quite Ready
Work on creating one puppet together before your child creates one on their own
Ready for More
Ask your child to create a family of sock puppets
As Your Child Masters This Skill
They will use performative play to express ideas and create unique characters
Time to Complete
20-30 minutes
Materials Needed
Old socks, color markers