Puppets, Sustained Shared Thinking and Sensory Wonders with Charlotte Allan

For the sixth episode of our podcast, we were joined by Charlotte Allan: theatre-maker, puppeteer and researcher! Everything is better with puppets, so Charlotte teaches us her top tips for making your own, as well as how to make your own wow sensory moment!

The Creative Skills Podcast is part of Creative Skills Online, online resources for the ELC workforce in Scotland. To access this episode’s Reflective Practice worksheet, videos and sign up for Charlotte's Creative Chat visit: https://www.starcatchers.org.uk/episode6

Chapters

• 0:00 Heather's Introduction
• 1:27 Charlotte's Background as an Early Years Artist
• 3:41 Shared Sustained Thinking
• 10:15 Using Puppetry with Early Years
• 12:28 Puppety and Difficult Emotions
• 22:10 Sharing What You Love
• 25:03 Sensory Idea: Sensory WOW
• 31:24 Creating Awe and Wonder
• 36:17 Puppetry Idea: Sock Puppet Faces
• 44:26 Next Steps: How to Continue the Creative Conversation