Presentations and Workshops
Educational Storytelling with puppets, pieces & props.
Experience the impact of this time tested tool of our profession. ✓
Inspiring interactive fun with passion and high energy. ✓
Teaching puppet theory and felt handling approaches. ✓
Including content rich literature and relevant curriculum. ✓
Demonstrating storytelling techniques and audience involvement methods. ✓
Offering expansion activities and open ended questions. ✓
Resulting in classroom management and diverse learner engagement. ✓
Connecting core standards with each rhyme, story, song and book. ✓
Keeping best practices at the core of it all. ✓
Keynote -
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High energy, interactive, fun and inspiring!
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Tailored to your theme, audience and expectations.
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Full of relevant curriculum and application material.
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Based on research that supports the Positive Discipline Approach.
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Nurturing executive function and enhancing classroom management.
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Storytelling techniques, expansion activities, innovative approaches.
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Option to include some Spanish content.
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Covering Core Standards, DRDP, and Early Learning Foundations.
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Keeping Best Practices at the core of it all.
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20 page handout of resources good for immediate use!
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1 - 5 hours.
Interactive Workshops -
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Broad Scope Literacy - Covers math, science, social/emotional & Spanish!
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Math - Math focused literature appropriate for ages 2-8.
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STEM - Demonstrating every story in our STEM Binder plus more!
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Spanish/English - Bilingual workshop.
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Infant - Toddler - For teachers and caregivers of ages 0 - 3.
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Parent Outreach - Building literacy for infants - age 8.
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1.5 - 2 hours.
Puppet Make & Takes with Training-
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Orca Whale - Make an orca whale finger puppet. Learn whale rhymes and puppet techniques to use. Learn all about whales with the non-fiction picture book Granny’s Clan.
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Pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern - Make a pumpkin/jack-o-lantern finger puppet. Learn pumpkin/jack-o-lantern rhymes in English & Spanish. Learn all about pumpkins.
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Learn all about felts and how to work with them. Learn some Artfelt trade secrets!
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3 - 4 hours
Children’s Interactive Educational Circle Time Fun -
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Educational storytime with puppets, felts and curriculum-rich literature!
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Tailored to your needs - setting, ages, curriculum needs, language needs.
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Expansion activities included.
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Handouts for the teachers.
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20 - 40 minutes
Community Outreach
• Available for local community events and organizations.
• Tailored to the needs of attendees/hosts.
Contact Sundrina Cottrell
• cell - 818-618-4583
• email - sundrina@artfelt.net or sundrinacottrell@yahoo.com
*Travel time and expenses may also apply
*Higher rates apply for distant venues