NOTE: You can only choose this option after contacting us at Puppets for Learning. We’ll work on finding a date to run the training that suits us both and will give you a quote for any travel charges. Sessions are offered every day of the week within the dates below, but get in as soon as you can as these dates book out quickly. You can combine training with centres in your area.
We are available for workshops only during these dates:
TERM ONE
January 27th – February 3rd 2026
February 19th – February 26th 2026
March 11th – March 14th 2026
TERM TWO
May 6th – May 15th 2026
June 21- June 25th
TERM THREE
August 1st – August 9th 2026
Sept 14th – September 18th 2026
Please choose the PURCHASE ORDER option at checkout and we will calculate the total amount payable. We will then send you an invoice for payment with the correct charges included. If you have a purchase order number that you need us to use PLEASE be sure to let us know. If not, write SRF as your purchase order number.
What you receive:
- 5.5 hours of training
- A whole bank of downloadable goodies containing the Social Puppets program and the Social Sam program (the parts relevant to preschool) along with programming sheets, checklists, notes, and loads of other resources relating to social/emotional learning and puppetry.
- Follow-up support via email, phone or Zoom as requested.
- You may choose to also purchase a puppet package of 5 or 6 puppets that complement the training. The Complete Puppet Package includes 6 puppets and includes a Word Bird puppet and egg (used in 4-year-old kinder for developing pre-literacy skills). You can also choose to purchase the package WITHOUT Word Bird. Puppets are posted to you prior to the training or brought to you on the day. SRF can be used to purchase the puppets, but you are required to also have at least one educator at your centre doing the training.
- Any questions prior to ordering – just contact our [email protected]
Throughout the day participants:
- Learn how to use hand puppets in a way that is engaging to children (“making a puppet come alive”)
- Explore the three types of puppet use applicable to the early childhood setting
- Explore theories of emotional intelligence and its development
- Learn how to model emotions using a puppet in order to promote a rich emotional vocabulary
- Learn how to demonstrate emotional regulation using a puppet
- Explore the Social Puppets program and discuss how to implement it within a centre (this is received free with the training)
- Learn about how to use the Social Sam program (this program is provided free along with the training)
- Explore current theories of social development and the levels of social understanding necessary for developing successful peer relationships
- Learn about why children vary in their social and emotional capabilities
- Learn about Theory of Mind, differences in Theory of Mind, and how to promote it using a puppet
- Learn how to set up play-based learning with puppets to further reinforce social and emotional learning
- Learn how to use a calming puppet
- Learn the Tommy Turtle calming strategy (for regulating anger, frustration, etc.)
- Learn how to adapt the above learning to other modes of play and book-sharing
Optional puppet packages
*If you need to minimise costs, this session can be run via Zoom. You’ll save on the overnight stays fee and any travel charges (See Option 2 in the online store).
*Also, feel free to combine with another centre to reduce costs.
Email [email protected] for more details!
*If choosing this option, do not pay until we send you an invoice including travel costs. Please fill out the options for this item and at checkout select Pay by Purchase Order. Simply enter SRF when asked for a Purchase Order number.