Storytime with Puppets
Class 7 · Vocational Education
4 ideas in Class 7 Vocational Education, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Stories and Puppets
Part of: Puppet tales
Cave paintings told tales centuries ago; shrine-boxes, dance-dramas and village plays carried oral lore without scripts. A puppet is a figure a performer moves — a stitched sock qualifies, a wind-up doll does not — worked by hand, rods or strings with just one or two humans.
Why it matters. Old tales teach new stages.
Try it in two minutes
- Name two old forms.
- Define puppet simply.
- Spot mover parts.
Try at home. Sock-puppet one line.
Script and Characters
Part of: Puppet tales
Attention hooks listeners; keep tales short with drama. Scripts sequence scenes, dialogues, emotions, positions, songs and effects for 2-3 characters in varied speaking styles. Props are stage objects, not puppets; sketches fix height, mood and habits before building.
Why it matters. Scripts turn tales into shows.
Try it in two minutes
- Pick short tale.
- List scenes, voices.
- Sketch two traits.
Try at home. Script a two-scene tale.
Making Puppets
Part of: Puppet tales
Socks wear on hands, spoons paint faces on handles, shoes pose on soles, balls ride broomsticks, potatoes pin vegetables, leaves wave twigs, cardboard cuts features. Heads layer twig frames with 3:1 water-glue paper; bodies dress rods; strings, jaws and sticks animate.
Why it matters. Scrap becomes stage stars.
Try it in two minutes
- Pick scrap base.
- Fix face, body.
- Fit mover stick.
Try at home. Paint a spoon face.
Stage and Show
Part of: Puppet tales
Hide performers behind sheets, frame windows cinema-wide, slide painted backdrops, keep held props light. Voice each figure distinctly and loudly; tap bottles for music, torch curtains for moons; keep a flat face, know entries, run a ten-point check, bow and credit all.
Why it matters. Staging makes stories shine.
Try it in two minutes
- Hide, frame stage.
- Voice each figure.
- Check ten points.
Try at home. Curtain-torch a moon.
What your child will practise
- Making Puppets: Candy Quest (Flip and Match)
- Making Puppets: Desert Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Script and Characters: Mission Control Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Stage and Show: Desert Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Stories and Puppets: Lab Explorer Quest (Match It Up)
- Quiz: Making Puppets (8 questions)
- Quiz: Script and Characters (8 questions)
- Quiz: Stage and Show (8 questions)
- Quiz: Stories and Puppets (8 questions)