Interpretation for Children
These resources showcase techniques for interpreting to children, including different developmental stages and using puppets. Click here to return to the chapter menu.
Video: Puppet program example
Naturalists at the Lowry Nature Center present monthly animal puppet shows that interpret ecological concepts. Part of the Three Rivers Park District of the Twin Cities, Minnesota.
Video: Piaget's Stage 1: Sensorimotor
Babies and infants demonstrate the learning of object permanence, which is central to the sensorimotor stage of Piaget's developmental theory.
Video: Piaget's Stage 2: Pre-Operational
Preschool children demonstrate lack of conservation, or realizing that something can have the same properties even if it looks different. This is a key characteristic of the pre-operational stage.
Video: Piaget's Stage 3: Concrete Operational
Grade school children demonstrate conservation (something has the same properties even if it looks different) and reversibility (reverse steps that were taken), both characteristics of the concrete operational stage.
Video: Piaget's Stage 4: Formal Operational
Adolescents demonstrate the ability to think abstractly and reason hypothetically, characteristics of the formal operational stage.
See also:
Chapter 5 Resources: Creative Interpretive Techniques
- David Stokes—Using humor
- Minnesota Zoo Zoomobile programs
- Tom Pease—Example of using music, sound, and movement
