PROJECT WORK USING PUPPETS IN INEGRATION WITH OTHER AREAS OF CURRICULUM

Diplomsko delo z naslovom Projektno delo z lutkami v integraciji z ostalimi področji kurikula je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in praktičnega dela ter zapisano na podlagi strokovne literature. V teoretičnem delu smo opredelili, kaj je lutka, kakšen je njen pomen za razvoj otroka in kako jo uporabiti v vzgojno-izobraževalnem procesu. Obravnavali in raziskovali smo tudi povezave lutk z drugimi področji kurikula. Projektno delo kot učni model smo razčlenili glede na etape in naloge dela, na katere smo se uprli v nadaljevanju in na podlagi le-teh predstavili tudi praktični del. V praktičnem delu smo v več pripravah in skozi slikovni material opisali izvedbo projekta, katerega namen je bil poleg vključitev lutke ljubljenke v skupino tudi zabaven način spoznavanja živali izven znanega, domačega okolja ter vzporedno tudi spoznavanje sveta in neznanega življenjskega okolja. Projekt smo izvedli v skupini drugega starostnega obdobja, tj. 5−6 let starih otrok. Izvajan je bil v obdobju od 26. 1. 2015 do 30. 3. 2015 s pomočjo lutke ljubljenke. Vključitev lutke ljubljenke v skupino − nagajivega Oskarja, je pomenila za otroke nov, zabaven način spoznavanja nove tematike, tokrat neznanega živalskega sveta. Otroci so v prvi vrsti spoznali planet Zemljo v celoti, kontinente in navsezadnje tudi živali, ki živijo na posameznih kontinentih ter njihovo življenjsko okolje. Projekt smo zaključili z nastopom za starše, kjer smo staršem predstavili vse, kar smo se v sklopu projekta naučili.The thesis titled Project Work Using Puppets in Integration with Other Areas of Curriculum consists of theoretical and practical part and is written based on academic literature. In the theoretical part, we defined what a puppet was, its significance for child development and how it could be used within the educational process. We have discussed and studied the connections that puppets had with other areas of curriculum. Project work as a didactic model was analysed according to various work stages and tasks that were important during our presentation of the practical part. In the practical part, we described the realisation of our project with the help of lesson plans and imagery. In addition to the inclusion of the favoured puppet into a group, the project’s aims were also to learn about animals in a fun way outside a familiar and domestic environment, and the familiarization of the world and the living environment. The project was carried out in a second level of transition, a group of 5-6 year-old children. It was performed with the help of the favoured puppet in the period from the 26th January, 2015 to 30th of March, 2015. The favoured puppet\u27s inclusion into the group – the teasing Oskar, had an important influence on the children. It was a new and fun way of discovering new topics, this time an unknown animal world. Children learned about the planet Earth, the continents, and the animals living on individual continents and about their living environment. The project was completed with a performance for parents where we introduced everything the children have learned in the project