Māori Girl Hand Puppet 30cm

Description

Māori Girl Hand Puppet

This Māori Girl hand puppet is dressed in a traditional Māori kapa haka outfit.

She wears a taonga representing strength and courage.

With comfortable and soft cushioning, this puppet is a way for children to learn through watching or play.

Perfect for any home, school or early childhood centre.

 

Features:

• The doll 30cm tall x 19cm wide
• 13cm wide at narrowest point; easily fits an adult’s hand.
• Made from 100% polyester fibre.
• Gentle hand wash only.
• Conforms to AS/NZS ISO 8124.1, so you know you are supplying a safe product.
• Designed in collaboration with a cultural integrity consultant.

 

COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS

Hand Puppets are an ideal springboard for developing speaking and listening skills.
Children often communicate more easily with puppets, giving them confidence to express their ideas and feelings.
Shy children can become acquainted with others through the roles they take on.
Children are free to try on new personalities and take them off again, with a puppet on their hand, broadening their own in the process.
Scary animal hand puppets like lions and sharks or shy ones such as a tortoise can help children master uncomfortable feelings.
Puppet play provides an opportunity to gain some control over their world by working out fears and frustrations.

CREATIVE SKILLS

Hand Puppet play helps young children develop creative skills by forcing them to use their imaginations. They make up the roles, the rules, the situations and the solutions.
It is through imaginative play that children come to understand the differences between fantasy and reality.
The real world becomes more real to children who have opportunities to pretend.

 

If you love this character, check out our range of nursery rhyme finger puppets!