When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Local nonprofit, WhyArts, has created a program teaching kids about disabilities through puppetry. The puppet show with purpose aims to instill compassion in kids. CREATED A PROGRAM TO TEACH KIDS ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing Puppetry is more than just child’s play at Children’s Fairyland, Oakland’s iconic storybook theme park. Small children have ...

Puppet performances are captivating young visitors at the Ekushey Book Fair, reviving interest in a traditional form of ...

The new month means a new opportunity to honor people living on the autism spectrum. April is Autism Awareness Month and KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez tells us it begins with a puppet show, ...

NAKHLE, Lebanon – Crouching inside a small tent in a hilltop olive grove in northern Lebanon, Jassem works his hand puppets and sings rhymes in a falsetto voice about landmarks in his native Syria.

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Peace Week is putting on a variety of events throughout the community to promote “peace at home and around the world” in honor of International Day of Peace, also ...

When a classic Christmas claymation film is remade into a stage musical, audience members probably expect to have a good time. But this audience member didn’t expect to feel a pang of nostalgia and ...

On the Los Angeles County Fair asphalt, a mobile stage faces the Millard Sheets Art Center and the Clock Tower. At either end of the low flatbed truck, behind curtains, two puppeteers limber up with ...