Using 

puppets in teaching supports children to develop

socially and emotionally as they view puppets as a friend and
feel more comfortable engaging in social interactions. Puppets
also encourage children to improve their motor skills and creativity
when they are designing and using their puppets. Puppets
can help children to learn rhymes and songs as they imitate
the puppet too. There are a number of motor skills that children
can improve through playing with puppets. The fine movement
required to wear a puppet helps with dexterity and using fingers to
manipulate the puppet improves fine motor coordination. The
appeal of the puppet can motivate students, including those who
are shy or hesitant, to engage in general classroom conversations
or subject-specific topics such as science and conservation. The
puppet can act as a role model and give children practice
speaking in front of a group

Types of Drama
 Improvisation. A scene is set, either by the teacher or children;
with little or no time to prepare a script, the students perform
before the group.
 Mime (Pantomime) ...
 Drama Games. ...
 Role Plays. ...
 Masked Drama. ...
 Puppet Plays. ...
 Reader's Theater. ...
 Radio Drama.