{"id":49747,"date":"2020-10-22T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/literacy-hand-puppets-bring-a-story-to-life-20201021-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:00:00","slug":"literacy-hand-puppets-bring-a-story-to-life-20201021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/literacy-hand-puppets-bring-a-story-to-life-20201021-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy: Hand puppets bring a story to life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_050b7a50\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9384\/b9688ebbb0b2406f961040db5c63bcba.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9384\/e137aba08c9f47a68048f95fa7f01322.jpg\" title=\"A group of student teachers at Despatch Preparatory with the hand puppets they made for the \u201cLiteracy Revolution\u201d project. In front from left areLeonn\u00e9 Herridge, Tashrika Lombard, Madelie van Jaarsveld, Neevra Bellingan, Vanessa Maarman, Shenel van Rensburg. At the back are Kayleigh Leonard, Ansie Harvey, Marinel Botha, Asja Strydom, Natasha van Tonder and Madel\u00e9ne Sachse (principal at Despatch Preparatory School).                                                                                PHoto:HEILIE COMBRINCK\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A group of student teachers at Despatch Preparatory with the hand puppets they made for the \u201cLiteracy Revolution\u201d project. In front from left areLeonn\u00e9 Herridge, Tashrika Lombard, Madelie van Jaarsveld, Neevra Bellingan, Vanessa Maarman, Shenel van Rensburg. At the back are Kayleigh Leonard, Ansie Harvey, Marinel Botha, Asja Strydom, Natasha van Tonder and Madel\u00e9ne Sachse (principal at Despatch Preparatory School).                                                                                PHoto:HEILIE COMBRINCK<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HAND puppets are an excellent tool to help stimulate the imagination of young minds, mainly because it helps them to experience the magic of story book heroes turning into real life, tangible, relatable characters . This in turn helps to create a love for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the above serving as strong motivation, Asja Strydom, a Grade 3 educator and head of department at Despatch Preparatory School as well as secretary of the Eastern Cape Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA) decided to start with the production of hand puppets as part of the school\u2019s \u201cLiteracy Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s face it, school reading can be boring. Children sometimes do not understand books, they are not involved. They do not want to be part of the story. But hand puppets have a massive impact. The moment you bring a story to life with these puppets \u2026 magic happens,\u201d Asja Strydom explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 Strydom\u2019s teaching skills were acknowledged by the Department of Education when she was announced as the best Grade R teacher in the district as well as in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe children believe in the puppets, even when they see it\u2019s actually you talking. They engage with, and become part of the story. The children don\u2019t take their eyes off the puppet; it is as good as if it was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strydom said the hand puppet project started after LITASA had sent the school a donation of books which, as part of Literacy Day (September 8) had to be donated to pre-schools in need of extra reading books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe donated the books to Lekker Bekkies in Daleview. The owner then asked for ideas on how to stimulate the children\u2019s imagination whilst reading stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI immediately thought: what better way to let the characters from a story book become alive than with hand puppets?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strydom contacted LITASA and requested financial assistance to acquire the necessary material for the making of hand puppets. LITASA agreed and so the production started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI chatted to the student teachers at our school as I thought it would be a lovely idea for them to get involved within the community, helping to raise the levels of literacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were ecstatic and at the end other staff members also joined in to help create the hand puppets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt looked like a craft shop. The teachers and admin staff were enjoying themselves and created the most amazing characters. 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