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At Teaching, Leading and Caring we have posted about <a href=\"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/making-puppets-leads-to-storytelling\/\">how to use puppets to support early literacy<\/a> and have shared resources for creating <a href=\"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/whos-playing-with-puppets\/\">remote learning plans around puppet making<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video from 1969, Jim Henson demonstrates how to make puppets from everyday materials &#8211; cups, balls, envelopes, potatoes, spoons. It\u2019s amazing how with an eye or two and a tuft of hair they assume a character in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Henson on Making Muppets 1969\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AC440k6iByA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Blog Credit: Boing Boing&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/author\/thomdunn\">THOM DUNN<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;6:20 AM FRI&nbsp;MAY 15, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for more ideas about how to incorporate puppets into remote learning, reach out to our CUNY partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puppetryinpractice.org\/ws-distance-learning\">Puppetry in Practice<\/a> (PiP) an independent, not-for-profit organization housed in the School of Education at Brooklyn College. 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