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Uplift your more Earthy Celebration Days with Story

Uplift your more Earthy Celebration Days with Story

 Uplifting Celebrations Days  We have an abundance of resources for the BIG Holidays through the year, but what about those days ...
One World Puppetry - a first look at Cultural Diversity in Puppetry

One World Puppetry - a first look at Cultural Diversity in Puppetry

Diversity is a very hot topic in today's early childhood circles.  Here is a first look at one way to bring puppetry into children's lives that wil...
The First Step in starting a Puppetry Side Business!

The First Step in starting a Puppetry Side Business!

 With all the inevitable changes in the world ahead, wouldn't it be nice to find a way to recession proof our incomes?  What if we could start a s...
Writing Stories for Children -  First Steps!

Writing Stories for Children - First Steps!

I love writing tales for children.  There is a moment when an imagination arises and you just start writing, like the lovely flow of a creek, w...
House Gnomes in Puppetry - and a wee little tale of Pippin the House Gnome

House Gnomes in Puppetry - and a wee little tale of Pippin the House Gnome

  House Gnomes In Puppetry House gnomes are some of the helpers of human-kind.  When we establish a relationship of gratitude with the elemental ...
The Element of Surprise in Puppetry

The Element of Surprise in Puppetry

I love to bring the element of surprise in my puppetry, whether it is a hidden character on the stage under a silk, waiting for the perfect moment ...
The Warming of Puppetry for the Very Young

The Warming of Puppetry for the Very Young

I have been working with puppetry for all ages for over 40 years.For the last 25 years I have been researching puppetry for the very young.  This h...
Celebrate The Creative - My Outdoor Felting Kitchen

Celebrate The Creative - My Outdoor Felting Kitchen

A beautiful sunny morning to felt outside in my 'felting kitchen'. The birds are curious, right above me is a nest. Flower buds are swelling. A squ...
The Star Dipper - A Summer Tale Adapted for Puppetry from an Old Legend.

The Star Dipper - A Summer Tale Adapted for Puppetry from an Old Legend.

When we find generosity and kindness in story, rewards follow.  Keys to a magic castle are given; or perhaps a gift of a cloak of invisibility giv...
3 Year Long In-Depth Trainings Coming This Fall 2022 - So Excited About Them!!

3 Year Long In-Depth Trainings Coming This Fall 2022 - So Excited About Them!!

     Enrollment is now open for a New Group 2022-2023 Year       Year-Long Online In-Depth Puppetry Training Program Begins Sept. 18            ...
One way to make Puppetry Meaningful - Warming.

One way to make Puppetry Meaningful - Warming.

Let's think about 'warmth' in the young child – inner warmth, a healthy ‘inflammation’ that weaves us whole.  Children ‘hum’ with harmony at certai...
An Introduction to Outdoor Puppetry as Support of Children's Movement

An Introduction to Outdoor Puppetry as Support of Children's Movement

  I grew up in the countryside where my brothers and I spent hours everyday in active outdoor activity, running through the woods, making forts und...