The Lorax – Summer Adventure
In our Summer Program, children had a lot of fun creating puppets and props based on The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.
The children worked together to color a backdrop for our puppet theater. The backdrop was used for the puppet show performance of the story.
Children also made “brown barbaloot” puppets from paper bags, “swamee swan” puppets from socks, and “truffula trees” from pipe cleaners and pompoms.
The group talked about the story’s message of environmental responsibility.
Next week we will make finger puppets and sewn felt hand puppets, then try out everything we’ve made in our puppet theater.
The project culminated in a puppet show performance of The Lorax. Children enjoyed working together on this multi-media project: coloring, making puppets, reading, discussing the story, and then acting it out for their friends.
The Lorax brought their attention to environmental responsibility, and how our actions can affect our world.
