Juniper Tree Puppets Blog and Story Resources

A Resource Round-up of Puppet Silks/Gauze! A Good Resource to Keep and Add To!

May 05, 2022

Silk and Cotton Gauze Silks and cotton gauzes for instant stages are a puppet's best friend. I buy natural silk and dye them at an annual Se...

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Our Early Childhood Puppet Story Apron Theater - Felt and Silk - a Pocket Full of Wonder!

May 04, 2022

After trying out different kinds of pocket story aprons for puppet telling, I decided the best one for early childhood use was one that would prov...

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Spring Song - A Tale of Listening and Wonder

May 02, 2022

A long time ago, way up in the mountains of a small kingdom, there was a shepherd boy. It was spring and the shepherd tended his sheep day after ...

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The Art of Listening at Story-time

May 02, 2022

In my teaching travels and online courses, I hear teachers say ‘the children just can’t sit and listen at story-time’. This has become a familiar ...

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A Roundup of our Summer 2022 Professional Development Courses Online

April 26, 2022

We are excited to be offering a selection of summer courses you will love! In all of them you can work on them at your own best schedule... lots of...

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Puppet Story Aprons With a Theme To It! Part 2 on story aprons

April 20, 2022

Today I am going to share about puppet story aprons that have a theme. Unlike the traditional story aprons that have many pockets filled with thin...

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The Puppet Story Apron Part 1 - Ye Olde Story Apron!

April 10, 2022

Beginnings Some things are permanent and delightful in our world. Two of these things are children’s love of story and hide and seek. Put the...

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SPRING! Why Children Love Mama Bird Tales So Much!!!

April 02, 2022

It is April now, and for many spring is well estabished... In high altitude Colorado towns like mine, lots of snow is expected in April.... in bet...

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Early Childhood Puppetry Made Easy!

March 18, 2022

I have been hearing more and more from teachers and parents who have been experiencing overwhelm these last couple of years. Covid has had a lot t...

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First Tales -A new evolution toward more healing Nursery Rhyme understanding

March 09, 2022

There is a sweet and gentle evolution toward the relationship between language arising in children and story. It starts with Mama humming, surroun...

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The Tale of Lucky Patrick - a Leprechaun and Farmer Story

February 28, 2022

Children love a lively leprechaun story in spring, especially St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s one that weaves through with a greatly adapted spark of ‘H...

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Nursery Rhyme Wisdom - an Introduction.

February 17, 2022

The Nursery Rhymes are verse from literature that have endured time, imprinting the lively, rhythmical, alliterative song-like little stories in ...

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