Drama pedagogical approach to object theatre

Cilj ovog rada je dokazati praktičnu primjenjivost kazališta predmeta u radu s djecom rane i predškolske dobi, s naglaskom na poticanje dječje kreativnosti, razvijanje govornog stvaralaštva pomoću lutke-predmeta, razvijanje socijalnih vještina te korištenje moći lutke-predmeta u terapeutske svrhe. Kazalište predmeta je kazalište koje se u inscenaciji priče služi predmetima iz svakodnevnog života. Pri tom bilo koji predmet koji se nalazi u našem okruženju može oživjeti i postati scenski lik. Zbog dostupnosti predmeta, ali i jednostavnosti rukovanja tim predmetima, ova vrsta kazališta je primjenjiva u radu s djecom, kao jedan od alata dramske pedagogije. Oživljavanje predmeta razvija imaginaciju i potiče kreativnost, ne samo djece koja osmišljavaju i izvode predstave, već i one djece koja te predstave gledaju. Cjelokupan proces i faze rada provedene s djecom vrtićkog uzrasta, opisane u praktičnom dijelu rada, potvrda su navedene teorije.The aim of this paper is to prove object theatre applicability in the work with children at early and preschool ages. The special attention is given to child creativity encouragement, to the development of verbal creation and social skills by puppet-object, as well as to the use of puppetobject power for therapeutic purposes. Object theatre is a theatre that uses the everyday life objects for story inscenation. Thereby, any object that is found in our surround can come to life and become scenic character.This type of theatre is applicable in the work with the children, as one of the drama-based pedagogy tools due to objects availability and simplicity of handling objects. The object animation develops imagination and encourages creativity not only in children that create and play puppet-shows but also in children that watch those shows. The whole process of work with preschool age children, as well as its work phases, described in experimental part of the paper, confirm the set theory