Little Patt´s Mind

Comic is a linguistic genre and a funny timeless tool which is well received by the children. We can use this interest of students to develop written, visual and iconographic expression. It combines linguistic with irony and we can work the logical structure of thinking and it facilitates the assimilation of concepts that children studied in class.
Comic works creativity and it shows that if we use it at the right time then it can achieve significant learning and best participation by the students.

Today I will show you differents websites to use with children to create funny comics:

1. Develop creativity and imagination of children. They can be used to create their own stories. Children will decide what puppets say or what actions represent with them. This activity invites to imagination can fly.
2. Puppets promote empathy. Children have to take the side of one of the characters and helps throughout the story. This helps children learn to put themselves in someone else´s place and to appreciate the feelings that some actions can produce.
3. They increase the attention. Puppets stimulate the child´s concentration because child has to be attentive to create the characters and to imagine the stories. They help the child to remain doing the same activity for a specific time.
4. Children learning through play and increase their vocabulary while they work the vocabulary and memory. Also puppets stimulate the child´s comprehension because they have to interact with the characters.
5. Puppets educate in values. Traditional stories represented with puppets spoke of values such as tolerance, kindness or generosity. This stories usually transmit a possitive message to children.
6. Toys are simple to create by the child and they are available to all children.