UPCOMing CPD workshops in 2023:

 
An online CPD workshop
on Thursday 12th October, from 7 to 9pm.

Sometimes speaking with parents requires tact, warmth and understanding, and even then, what we say may not always be heard or understood.

How can we improve the way we speak with parents, so that everyone - parent, child, teacher, community - benefits?

​Participants will be invited to send their questions in advance, and Niamh Ruiseal will address these in this online CPD workshop.


Book via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/communicating-with-parents-tickets-726006764777?aff=oddtdtcreator​

​A CPD certificate will be provided to attendees of this 2 hour online workshop.

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Images from our recent CPD workshop on celebrating festivals

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IDEAS FOR ADVENT

Explore the deeper meaning, the sense of wonder, creating an Advent landscape, and some craft ideas to enrich your work with young children in these CPD workshops.

Click for links:    Advent Part 1  /   Advent Part 2

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​Listen to valuable nuggets of information about storytelling and puppetry.

Click on the titles to listen:
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• Yes Exactly Story​

 

• Wax Story 

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• Birthday Story 

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• Preparations & Elements 

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• Connecting to the Child through Story 

 

• Challenges ​

Here are some helpful videos about puppet plays:
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• How to set up a puppet show landscape

    Setting the scene for The Three Billy Goats Gruff

• A full puppet show of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, in English

    The Three Billy Goats Gruff in english

• A table-top version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, as gaeilge

    The Three Billy Goats Gruff as gaeilge

• Puppeteers share some useful insights after the puppet play

​     Elements of Setting up a Puppet Play
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​Storytelling: some helpful insights - click on the pink links:
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• Jackie Matthews, childminder, shares her experience of the value of storytelling

    Surprising ways stories support children

• Children create their own puppet play in the woods

     A Puppet Play in the forest

• Niamh Ruiseal talks about the storyteller's voice

     Using your voice in storytelling
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• Ruth Marshall, storyteller, speaks about embodying story

     Ruth Marshall - how to embody a story
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• Ruth Marshall, storyteller, on how oral storytelling aids literacy

     Ruth Marshall - Oral literacy

​Making your own soft Beeswax for modelling and Storytelling
 
Put 150g Beeswax and 150g Vaseline together in an old pot and warm slowly, stirring and melting.
Little by little, add 260g Cornflour.
Keep stirring until it connects and becomes a good smooth substance. Stir further until it cools down.
You can keep it either in an oil cloth or in a tin. This material is always ready to be used and does not need to be warmed before forming with the hands.
Easy for children to use.
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Endless stories to be told!!