Kids puppets are great teaching tools

It is said that the human brain registers only about 10 to 20 percent of what a person hears. It's no small wonder that educators worldwide have sought more effective ways of helping young students absorb and retain lessons in the classroom. By using visual aids - such as pictures, graphs, 3-D models and, yes, kids puppets - so children can see and hear their lessons, teachers can increase the retention of the information from that meager 10-20 percent to 50 percent or more. This also sparks great creativity from within students as well.

Studies have shown that combining mediums in this way compels children to use more of their senses, and this greater sensory involvement enhances retention. In addition to the visual stimulation of puppetry, engage students by having them answer questions or repeat back information in the course of the lesson. If you can get them even more involved with hands-on activities, such as making their own theme-centered puppet, children can increase their lesson recall to an incredible 70 to 90 percent.

Products like Manhattan toy finger puppets, Puppet Factory and Folkmanis hand models offer hundreds of human, fairy tail puppets, animal and Biblical characters, so there are sure to be toys to fit your lesson plan, family learning goals or even Bible-study themes.

Want to spur your children's or your students' interest in history? Use the adorable "A Day at the Castle" Manhattan toy finger puppets to bring the medieval period to life vividly in their imaginations. Teaching a lesson on agriculture or horticulture? Why not use the fun characters in the "A Day at the Garden" set to grab their attention?

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