May 2018

Upcoming Puppetry Workshop for Teachers in Sydney!

3rd May, 2018|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

We're excited to announce that we've organised a one-day Professional Development Puppetry workshop for teachers, and we'd love you to join us! Run by puppeteer and primary school teacher Kay Yasugi (Pupperoos), this hands-on workshop aims to help teachers explore how puppetry can be used to stimulate enriched literacy projects and act as a springboard [...]

June 2016

Shadow Workshop at London School of Puppetry

7th June, 2016|

On 26th -31st August 2015, the London School of Puppetry (LSP) ran a week-long program on the Art of Puppetry in Education and Therapy, focusing on shadow puppetry.This video shows how the participants explored shadows through play. They experimented with body shadows, dancing with cellophane, making shadows with nature and found objects, operating large and [...]

Shadow Workshop for Teachers: The Art of Puppetry in Education and Therapy, UK

7th June, 2016|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

On 26th -31st August 2015, the London School of Puppetry (LSP) UK ran a week-long program on the Art of Puppetry in Education and Therapy, focusing on Shadow Puppetry. I ran this course with Caroline Astell-Burt, who is the school's Director of Studies and author of "I am the Story", a wonderfully practical manual for puppetry [...]

April 2016

Teacher Training Workshops and Lectures: Puppetry for the ESL Classroom

18th April, 2016|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

On 4th September 2014, Kay Yasugi visited Sydney University to speak with the Third Year Primary Education students about using puppetry with ESL (English as a Second Language) students. She ran the puppetry lecture with Kate Harris, who is a primary school teacher and tutor at Sydney University. The session included a wide range of [...]

September 2013

Teacher Workshops: Puppetry for Literacy and Creativity

23rd September, 2013|Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

Pupperoos has been busy this year running professional development workshops for teachers in Sydney.One workshop was for Pre-School Teachers, which focused on Puppetry for Early Childhood Language Development. Participants learned how to use puppetry to stimulate literacy and act as a springboard for other engaging learning experiences. The 2 ½ hour session was held at [...]

December 2012

Puppetry for teachers! A Look at Teacher Training Workshops

23rd December, 2012|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

Students studying Primary Education at Sydney UniversityPupperoos has been busy running training workshops for teachers and childcare workers in Sydney.  One highlight has been running a session for ESL teachers at the 'ESL:The Way Forward!' Conference in South Western Sydney. It has been great to see there is a growing interest in educators using puppets [...]

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