Photos from our Puppet Theatre Intensive

We spent an entire week working with 13 young students on Puppet Theatre, and had a blast of a time. We split our group into three, and gave them each a myth to write their puppet shows about. We focused on: The Legend of Taliesin (the first part), The Archer...

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Frida Kahlo Diorama

  "Feet, what do I need them for when I have wings to fly." - Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo had polio when she was 6 and was severely injured in a bus accident at the age of 18. Some say she wore long skirts and focused on her outer beauty...

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Inside a Cave Diorama - Goose Grease After School

The second diorama theme from our Diorama I class is "Inside a Cave." We start by building out the boxes with papier mache and teaching the kids a general lesson about caves, stalagmites and stalactites. In the second session we teach about cave paintings and focus on the beautiful caves...

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The Himalayas Diorama

We began our Himalayas Diorama by building a mountainous structure with plaster strips. We made a space for a snow leopard. During this lesson we used the opportunity to discuss different types of clouds, snow leopards and their habits, Tibetan prayer flags and villages in the Himalayas.    We spent...

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