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TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGY OF ADAPTATION
PROBLEM AND SCHOOL FEAR
Examples from the process
Example 11 - Bulgaria
THE PUPPET THEATRE AND MAKING PUPPETS
The puppet theatre is the form of art closest to the child, as its roots are in
childhood. The puppet show not only engages a child in art, but it also has
an impact on the overall development of the child. When playing with
puppets, children play their roles, believe in the images of their
imagination, experience deep feelings, comprehend moral norms and use
and incorporate their rich imagination
Making your own puppet is a creative process that changes the child's
position from contemplation to being active. Through it, the child is both the
narrator, a participant in dialogue and a listener.
The creative process of making a puppet shapes the ability to respond
adequately to emerging and unfavorable situations and the ability to enter
into a new social role corresponding to the moment and the course of
events.
The place of the puppet and its significance in the child's life is indisputable
because it has a hugely positive psychological effect. The puppet created
by the children is a personal expression in which they put their soul,
specific features, accumulated personal experience, and their emotions. It
becomes a friend on whom one can rely and with whom everything can be
shared.
Some children express themselves just through the puppet. They "talk"
through it – it can even say what is forbidden. Puppets are used for
training, education and entertainment, for relieving stress and tension in
children. The combination of therapeutic and traumatic effect allows a wide
application of this type of activity to all ages for any problems.
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