PUPPET PROGRAMS

Puppet Kaleidoscope
This visual treat of hand, mouth and rod puppets is laced with humor.  The educational focus is on creativity and making choices.  In addition to the demonstration of professional puppets, the students see simplified puppets that they might create themselves.  Fantasy animals perform a colorful dance accompanied by a puppet playing a large keyboard.  Children experience ventriloquism with a puppet that thinks she is talking and moving by herself.  Students learn how puppets are constructed and manipulated and watch a sock turn into a dog.  Jan Potter demonstrates how her creative ideas develop.  This show is suitable as an assembly program or for smaller groups.  It is a marvelous motivator for creative student projects.

elementary grades – 50 minutes

Hands - On Puppet Making
Puppet making workshops for individual classrooms are adaptable to fit any age level.  The length of the workshop will depend upon the age of the students and the complexity of the project.  Some of the projects are:

• Envelope puppets - 30 min.+, grades K-3

• Sock puppets, simple – 1 hour, grades 3 and up

• Sock puppets, with clothes and moveable arms – 1½ hours, grades 5 and up

• Rod puppets, simple – 1 hour, grades 3 and up

• Rod puppets, intermediate – 1½ to 2 hours, grades 5 and up

Puppetry as a Learning Tool
This is a teacher’s workshop to incorporate puppets into your program and use them as educational motivators.  (1 hour)

Ventriloquism for Beginners
Now that you have made your puppets, learn how to bring them to life!  Includes a beginner’s manual.