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Age range: 3-6
Theme Area: Finger Puppet Feelings
Related Episode: Three's a Crowd
Subjects/Skills: Emotional Development; Dramatic Play
Materials Needed:
Small strips of paper
Tape
Marker
Directions:
Draw faces on two small strips of paper. Use tape to wrap the strips around your child's index fingers to create a finger puppet. Ask your child to name the fingers. Tell her that the fingers are friends who love to play together.
Make a finger puppet on your own index finger. "Walk" your finger up to your child's fingers. Tell her the name of your finger puppet. Then say, "Pointy likes to play with Crystal. Today she's feeling sad because Crystal is so busy playing with Blue that she doesn't have any time to play with Pointy. What should Pointy do?"
Show your child how "Pointy" might talk to Crystal to tell her how she's feeling. Then ask your child to show you what Crystal would do if Pointy was busy playing with Blue and didn't pay attention to her.
Continue using your "finger puppets" to act out different friendship situations that your child has encountered.
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