University of Mobile students majoring in education were making puppets, flannel board figures and putting on a puppet show Thursday, June 2 as part of their "Storytelling and Puppetry" class taught by Cynthia Biegler, professor of education and chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education.

Photos by Victor Calhoun, Mobile Press-Register Staff Photographer
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Some students in the class show off their puppets. From left, front row, are Valerie
Mason, Veronica Watson and Pauline Dale. From left, back row, are Mary Davis,
Shelby Jean Hammontree Paul and Linda McDonald.

Valerie Mason, left, gets help with her project from Dr. Cynthia Biegler.

Shelby Jean Hammontree Paul works on her flannel
board figures.

Pauline Dale performs a show using a hand puppet
she created.