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Aesop's fables and puppets

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Yesterday was World Animal Day and this was a great chance to use puppetry to bring Aesop's fables to life in my lessons. Aesop was a master of telling morality tales based on animal characters, often with a humorous twist. His tales reveal our stereotypical views and the symbolic meaning of animals: proud lions, busy bees, industrious ants and more. The values of these fables can be highly underlined by the use of glove puppets or finger puppets. Look at some of photos of my puppet friends If you need any scripts on Aesop fables for puppetry play, you can resort to   http://www.kidsinco.com/aesop-fables/.  For example you may want to take a look The lion and the mouse: http://www.kidsinco.com/2008/08/the-lion-and-the-mouse/ The rooster and the fox: http://www.kidsinco.com/2016/01/the-rooster-and-the-fox/ The fox and the cat: http://www.kidsinco.com/2010/05/the-fox-and-the-cat/   If you have the classic books with Aesop fables you can also o