Download or read book Puppetry and the Art of Story Creation written by Nancy Renfro and published by Nancy Renfro Studios. This book was released on 1979 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lotte s Magical Paper Puppets written by Brooke Hartman and published by Page Street Kids. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lotte thinks the cinema is magic. But Lotte doesn’t just want to watch the magic: she wants to make it. Before Walt Disney made history with Snow White, Lotte Reiniger created what is considered one of the first feature-length animated films: The Adventures of Prince Achmed. With the outset of World War II, Lotte had to leave her home in Germany, fleeing from place to place for years. But she never stopped creating. Through a love of fairy tales, a strong creative vision, and her uniquely expressive paper puppets, Lotte brought new possibilities to the world of film. Written in gorgeous lyrical prose, and illustrated with striking papercut illustrations that evoke Lotte’s classic silhouette creations, this captivating picture book will introduce readers to the life and art of an unsung creative trailblazer.

Download or read book Storytelling with Puppets written by Connie Champlin and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest revision of Storytelling With Puppets, Connie Champlin has polished themes and fine-tuned sections to meet today's ever-changing programming environment, paying special attention to literature-based instruction and multicultural themes.

Download or read book Storytelling with Puppets Props and Playful Tales written by Mary Jo Huff and published by Brilliant Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional storyteller, Mary Jo Huff, shares her secrets for making stories come alive in Storytelling with Puppets, Props and Playful Tales. Activities foster listening, pre-reading, speaking and thinking skills. The book includes original tales and photocopiable patterns, plus tips for creating inexpensive puppets and props from everyday materials. The ideas in this book will: stimulate imaginations; encourage creativity; develop critical thinking; encourage participation; and create a love of books, reading and, eventually, writing.

Download or read book Madwomen of Meriweather written by Gail E. Haley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original illustrations by Gail E. Haley, winner of the Caldecott and Kate Greenaway Medals. Blanche is snatched from her husband and young child and taken to a state asylum for the insane. Her hopes for rescue are dashed when she discovers her husband Earle had her committed and declared her dead. Has the death of her newborn indeed driven Blanche to madness or is her ordeal part of Earle's plot to steal her inheritance? Blanche's redemption begins with her assignment to organize the new asylum library. At the same time she entertains her fellow inmates with experiences of fabulous meals and winged trips through the air and watches over her small daughter in the consciousness of birds. Are these supportive fantasies or delusions? Or are these experiences real? Earle's dark secrets eventually come to light and Blanche triumphs, but not without a tragedy that costs her a friend and champion. Inspiration for the story comes from the records of a North Carolina insane asylum in the 1920s. Reviews of works by Gail E. Haley: "Dramatic tale of love and its triumph over greed and wickedness. She embroiders rich imagery into both her prose and ... illustrations, which work beautifully with the text." -New York Times Book Review (Birdsong) "lucid, vibrant voice ... use of metaphor, hyperbole and dialect captures the playful spirit of mountain lore. -Publishers Weekly (Mountain Jack Tales) "Compelling story." -Lauren Peterson, Booklist (Two Bad Boys) "The author's prose style, essentially realistic but lightly infused with mysticism, subtly evokes a paradise lost," -Publishers Weekly (Two Bad boys: A Very Old Cherokee Tale)

Download or read book Practical Puppetry A Z written by Carol R. Exner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puppetry is an exciting, flexible, malleable art form that can engage the creative forces of children or adults. Puppets can not only tell a story, they can be used to enhance the curriculum, present an idea or a concept in a compelling way, or teach any number of necessary skills. Children and adults presenting a puppet play are given a sense of their own inventive power. This reference work offers an A to Z view of working with puppets. It covers everything from the basic strategies of advertising and marketing puppet productions, to assembling the puppets out of household materials such as paper bags, cereal boxes, or gloves, to the more elaborate sculpting of armatures. Stages, curtains and props are also discussed along with the history of puppetry. Numerous illustrations give a visual of many of the finished products. This work concludes with an annotated bibliography and index.

Download or read book Artful Teaching written by David M. Donahue and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a practitioner’s guide and a school reform model, the new edition of this popular book shares exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, each chapter carefully describes how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn to assist teachers in developing their own philosophy and practice. This updated second edition features scholarship and art at the forefront of contemporary practice and addresses social justice issues such as racial, climate, and economic justice. Chapter authors provide concrete ideas along with lively examples of public-school teachers integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter that includes English, social studies, science, and mathematics. The bookÕs narrative approach makes arts integration accessible and understandable to novice and experts alike. Readers of this new edition will come away with a deeper understanding of why and how to use the arts every day, in every school, to reach every child. Book Features: Explains how arts integration across the K–8 curriculum contributes to student learning.Features examples of how integrated arts education functions in classrooms when it is done well. Introduces historical and contemporary artists whose work is transdisciplinary. Brings together and speaks to diverse stakeholders, including classroom teachers, teaching artists, school administrators, and teacher educators. Explores intensive teacher-education and principal-training programs now underway in several higher education institutions. “A thorough guide to integrating art into other disciplinary subjects . . . recommended.” —SchoolArts (for first edition)

Download or read book The Complete Book of Puppetry written by George Latshaw and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert conducts readers through every stage of the puppeteer's art, including how to construct several types of puppets, developing distinctive voices for characters, and translating human body language into puppet movement. Other chapters focus on designing stages, writing and adapting plays, directing productions, and performance-related tips. Over 150 black-and-white illustrations.

Download or read book Puppetry in Theatre and Arts Education written by Johanna Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a Nancy Staub Award for Excellence in Publications on the Art of Puppetry Connecting the art of puppetry with deeper learning for children, this workbook offers a comprehensive guide on how to bring puppetry into the classroom. It places puppet design, construction and manipulation at the heart of arts education and as a key contributor to 'manual intelligence' in young people. Packed with practical, illustrated exercises using materials and technology readily available to teachers, Puppetry in Theatre and Arts Education shows you how the craft can enliven and enrich any classroom environment, and offers helpful links between puppetry, the curriculum and other aspects of education. Informed by developments in assessments and cognitive research, this book features approachable puppetry activities, educational strategies and lesson plans for teachers that expand any syllabus and unlock new methods of learning, including: - Making puppets from basic materials and everyday objects - Puppetizing children's literature - Puppetizing science - Film-making with puppets Puppetry in Theatre and Arts Education is a core text for arts education courses as well as an essential addition to any teacher's arsenal of teaching strategies.

Download or read book Storytelling Made Easy with Puppets written by Jan M. VanSchuyver and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1993-02-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes ways to use puppets to introduce books, lead songs, and tell stories, and suggests group activities.

Download or read book The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly written by Reg Down and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Tiptoes Lightly, who lives in an acorn high up in the branches of a Great Oak Tree.

Download or read book Revitalizing History written by Paul E. Bolin and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical inquiry forms the foundation for much research undertaken in art education. While traversing paths of historical investigation in this field we may discover undocumented moments and overlooked or hidden individuals, as well as encounter challenging ideas in need of exploration and critique. In doing so, history is approached from multiple and, at times, vitally diverse perspectives. Our hope is that the conversations generated through this text will continue to strengthen and encourage more interest in histories of art education, but also more sophisticated and innovative approaches to historical research in this field. The overarching objective of the text is to recognize the historical role that many overlooked individuals—particularly African Americans and women—have played in the field of art education, and acknowledge the importance of history and historical research in this digital age. This text opens up possibilities of faculty collaborations across programs interested in history and historical research on a local, national, and international level. By assembling the work of various scholars from across the United States, this text is intended to elicit rich conversations about history that would be otherwise beyond what is provided in general art education textbooks.

Download or read book Gesture Games for Spring and Summer written by Wilma and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Wilma Ellersiek's wonderful seasonal gesture games, fingerplays, and songs in the mood of the fifth. A companion to Giving Love, Bringing Joy.This book includes 32 songs and gesture games, inspired by nature and the children themselves, designed to lead teachers, parents and children into joyful participation with nature. Margret Costanini's introduction outlines the educational basis of example and imitation behind this work. Craft directions and a biography of Wilma Ellersiek are also included.There is a companion CD (sold separately) which also includes the songs for the Autumn and Winter book.

Download or read book Puppetry in Education and Therapy written by Edited by Matthew Bernier and Judith O'Hare and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-12-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Puppetry in Education and Therapy: Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart, one finds enormous variety, ingenuity, and creativity in the types of puppets, and the ways they are used in education and in therapy. Puppeteers, therapists, and educators, articulate what is meant by “puppetry in education” and “puppet therapy” and how it is the same or different from “puppet theatre”. They describe the unique characteristics and theory of puppetry in education and therapy, the skills it takes to be successful in these areas, the skills that are passed on to people who use puppets for personal expression, and how to assess the impact of puppets on learning or behavior change. Twenty-six authors discuss topics such as puppetry and the multiple intelligences; the process versus the product; using puppetry in schools to promote literacy, preserve cultural heritage, and teach music; how puppetry contributes to Core Curriculum Standards, the theoretical underpinnings of therapeutic puppetry, and a range of ways of facilitating growth and development. If you’re already using puppets, this book will inspire you to understand your work differently and to explore new possibilities. If you’re a teacher or a therapist and you’ve never used puppets before, it will open a whole world of possibilities. This book illustrates that puppetry arts can affect learning and behavior and that puppets indeed have the power to unlock doors to the mind and heart.

Download or read book Cultural Storytelling Through Puppet Illustration Performance Art with High School Students written by Maryam Rasoulzadeh and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proposed curriculum encourages American students to investigate their cultural backgrounds more closely by narrating a cultural story through artmaking. The main questions of creating this curriculum are as follows: firstly, how could we take the advantage of America’s multiculturalism in the art education classroom?Additionally, how could we combine illustration, puppetry, and performance art to narrate a cultural story? To find out the answers to the aforementioned questions, I conducted action research with a group of high school students, who were co-participants-- researchers, artmakers, representers, and critics. This helped me to learn about the different cultures of American students and observe their processes of artmaking. I began the project in my role as their teacher by modeling how someone could approach this project. I narrated an old Persian story titled “ Zahhak: The Legend of The Serpent King'' through a pop-up book to help students familiarize themselves with a Persian story and some of its features like Persian costumes, the appearance of people, architecture, the ways of making a different atmosphere and environment for every scene of the story. Afterwards, the students started remembering, researching and finding their favorite cultural story and summarizing it to begin their own artwork. This was accomplished by following various tasks described on different worksheets, sketching the main character, drawing a background image, illustrating the background image in watercolor and colored pencil, designing a puppet for the main character, documenting the artworks through photography and/or for earning extra points, recording their performance art by narrating and moving their puppet in front of their illustration. As a final task the students were asked to do a self-assessment in order to recognize their own weak and power points to improve them in their next projects. Consequently, the student learned about different cultures through cultural storytelling and artmaking. Since the students engaged both minds and most of their senses in the process of artmaking, they could internalize this experience, helping them to recall the stories later better. Hence, this curriculum could be a good method for all educators to utilize the specific features of their community and cultural backgrounds in order to make their art curriculums.

Download or read book I Am the Story written by Caroline Astell-Burt and published by Human Horizons. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this totally practical and imaginative work, full of stimulating ideas, the art of puppetry is brought to life for anyone interested in animated theatre. This inspirational book will provide an invaluable manual for students, teachers and parents alike.

Download or read book Making Puppets Come Alive written by Larry Engler and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other performing arts, puppetry is perhaps the only art form in which directing, acting, writing, designing, sculpture, and choreography are combined. In effect, the performer is creating an artistic entertainment that will appeal to audiences of all ages — in homes, in theaters, and in classrooms. This lucid, easy-to-follow book was specifically conceived to teach beginners how to bring a hand puppet to life and how, with practice, to develop the skills needed to mount an amateur puppet show — complete with staging, costumes, and special effects. Award-winning puppeteers Larry Engler and Carol Fijan provide ingenious finger, wrist, and arm exercises that are crucial for creating a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. They also cover the elements of good puppet theatrical technique: speech, voice use, and synchronization; stage deportment and interactions; improvisation, dramatic conflict, role characterization, and more. Every detail is clearly explained and beautifully illustrated with photographs, specific chapters being devoted to the use of props, puppet voices and movements, the construction of simple stages and lighting effects, and much more. A splendid addition to the literature on this subject, Making Puppets Come Alive is "the best book on hand puppetry we've seen." — The Whole Kids Catalog.