Professional Development
When an educator or school incorporates puppets into their curriculum, children experience high levels of engagement and learning opportunities become more inclusive. Guided by puppet educator Daniel Gill, your staff will learn practical strategies for implementing puppet-facilitated learning opportunities in your school. There’s never been a better time to do this work.
Creative Puppet Collage for Young Children
In this fun, interactive workshop, we introduce simple collage techniques for children, using everyday materials, to create expressive collage puppet faces. Includes options for using visual supports, audio cues, and music to make this activity accessible for all learners.
Educational Puppet Specialist: Daniel Gill
Length: 60 minutes
Maximum Participants: 30
All materials included
$158
Participants will:
Acquire practical strategies for improving inclusion for children with disabilities
Understand the teacher's role in facilitating open-ended art making
Learn strategies for encouraging self-expression, problem solving, creativity, and innovation
Explore how collage making supports shape recognition, composition, and symbolic thinking
Engage in related activities that SEL (Social-emotional learning, identifying emotions, expressing emotions, perspective taking, empathy)
Increasing Circle Time Engagement with Puppets
In this engaging, hands-on workshop, participants create their own puppet house, design an opening ritual, and explore puppet-led activities that incorporate music, movement, picture books, and social-emotional learning.
Educational Puppet Specialist: Daniel Gill
Length: 60 minutes
Maximum Participants: 30
$158
Participants will:
Create their own puppet house and design an opening ritual
Gain knowledge in puppet-led activities that create deeper attention, engagement and interaction among children
Learn strategies for integrating puppets with music and picture book activities, enriching children's literary and auditory experiences, while supporting language and cognitive development
Explore how puppet-led circle time activities may increase accessibility for diverse needs of learners, including those with disabilities, using inclusive strategies that support various communication, sensory, and learning styles