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The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

Summers as a child, and for my children as well, were spent outside in nature. There was time to linger with things that captured our interest, ...
A Summer Tale -  Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

A Summer Tale - Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

When I was young my dad would take me by the hand in the early evening of a summer night. We walked down the path to the rose garden, which was ...
How the Rooster Got His Red Crown -  a tale from China adapted for puppetry

How the Rooster Got His Red Crown - a tale from China adapted for puppetry

 All of us love a good rooster tale, so robust in posture and song.  Here is one that makes a great puppet show, and inspires and delights the chil...
A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

 Hello friends, here is a little intro to Nursery Rhymes becoming Stories for Puppetry! The Nursery Rhymes are true verse from literature that have...
grandmother winter puppet

What if Winter Stays too Long - Seasonal Transition Stories

I love the 'in-between' stories, the seasonal tales that weave season to season.  Children love them too, and they help connect children to the l...
Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

We have had so much snow this winter, it has been white white for months, and some days it is breathtakingly beautiful, and some days I sigh, deepl...
Summer 2023 Professional Development Courses Online

Summer 2023 Professional Development Courses Online

So happy to announce our Summer Pro-D Online courses for 2023!  They all have start dates and timeline, but you can work on them at your own best t...
Gnome's Candlestick - A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas

Gnome's Candlestick - A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas

The Gnome’s Candlestick A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas Day  One dark and misty morning in late winter, Gnome was out early walking along...
A Peek at Puppetry for Babies and Tots

A Peek at Puppetry for Babies and Tots

A Peek at Puppetry For Babies and TotsWe love to see a mother lovingly holding a baby on her lap playing with a nursery rhyme puppet.  They are d...
Enlivening Puppets with a Sense of Place - the Wonder of Animals

Enlivening Puppets with a Sense of Place - the Wonder of Animals

  In a recent 'introduction to therapeutic puppetry' course, we dove into some of the fundamentals that make puppetry healing and therapeuti...
The Warmth, and Wonder, Within our Story Voices

The Warmth, and Wonder, Within our Story Voices

One of the most powerful tools available to us for bringing our storytelling to life is the engagement of our own inner warmth and wonder.   W...
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 ...