Characters in Math's Puppets world - Pupils

There are a number of pupils among the puppets that inhabit the Maths Puppets classroom. They have differing abilities, so that there is always one puppet that a child can identify with as having the same level of understanding of the topic in question as the child has. Such identification between child and puppet is important for learning, because it leads the child to have an open mind. As the puppet learns the techniques necessary to master a topic, so the child learns alongside, letting the puppet make the mistakes which many children find so discouraging. Children can learn from the puppet’s mistakes without having to make them themselves. They also learn that there is no shame in making mistakes, that it is part of the process of learning, and thereby lose the self-conciousness that can deter them from admitting weakness or lack of understanding and thus which holds them back.