Playing make-believe with hand puppets is one of the healthiest playtime activities for bonding with your child. Not only do puppets provide a chance for your child to engage in storytelling in an ...

Rebecca Longdon of Marysville is a mother, a grandmother and a woman on a mission. Longdon, 61, makes felt hand puppets for children in need and sends them all over the world. Recent packages have ...

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

You can make your very own DIY animal finger puppets! Using some cereal box card board, pipe cleaners, pom-poms and googly eyes you can make your very own DIY animal finger puppets. Create a menagerie ...

As a school boy, when his teacher asked him if he could perform for their annual function, Satyajit Padhye, son of acclaimed puppeteer Ramdas, made a Pink Panther puppet for his first-ever performance ...