My current school was visited by children from my last school the other day. The kids from my old class all came running up to me for hugs and then chats. The very first question that ALL of them asked was – “Did Dave get voted chief monkey?” When I told them that yes, Dave had won, they all got very excited. There was smiled and shouts of YES! with fists pumped in the air like they’d won a race themselves, rather than a monkey puppet they met once winning a pretend election.
One of the girls came up to me to tell me that for her final project for this year, she’d made puppets. She said that her mum couldn’t work out how to make mouths that opened and closed, but that they had sticks on their arms to move their arms around. I was so proud that she’d made puppets for her project. It made me feel like I’d made a difference in their class.
Today, I got a Christmas present from one of my students. It’s an awesome hand puppet of a lion. It’s got a great expression and a little flower on it’s belly. I’m so wrapped! I love that a) I got a present from one of the kids, how nice is that, and b) that it’s a little hand puppet.
Puppets make me happy. And clearly they make other people happy too!
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