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OPT  INCLUSIONS BRING POSITIVE CHANGE - LOCAL & GLOBAL

Lungs chapter from Organic Puppet Theatre by its author and freelance writer/editor Linda Sorenson

One of the Organic Puppet Theatre's captivating illustrations - from Lungs puppet chapter

Recognized by national and global educators, authors, institutions, and initiatives, it's an honor to have OPT puppets touch people in many ways. Click links for more info.

 

  • Growing Healthy national curriculum, National Center for Health  Education - 3rd grade level (Lungs)

  • ORAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL TOOLS & RESOURCES by Oral Health Program through Rhode Island Dept. of Health and supported by Maternal & Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (whole OPT book)

  • THINKING THROUGH THE ARTS, book by Wendy Schiller "This book draws together a number of different approaches to teaching young children that combine the experience of thinking with the act of expression through art." (OPT book song: How the Beat Goes On)

  • MABOU ALIVE - Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down, arts-oriented, anti-smoking initiative in Nova Scotia, Canada in Gaelic (Lungs)

  • READY, SET, GROW book by Paula Peterson (Stomach)

  • Michigan Model for Comprehensive Nutrition Education (Stomach)

  • SCIENCE DISCOVERY: AN APPROACH TO PRESCHOOL SCIENCE EDUCATION, by Jane Benesch & Beth Bergman, Maryland Science Ctr. (Lungs)

  • Penn State University traveling Nutrition Van-Go van (OPT book)

  • Seventh Day Adventist national program on healthy lifestyles (OPT book)

  • International Diabetes Center junior high curriculum (Stomach) [NOTE: All royalties returned to IDC to pursue cure.]

  • New Jersey Comprehensive Health Education and Physical Education Curriculum Framework (Stomach)

  • DAY CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION MAGAZINE  (ALL patterns & directions - Stomach excerpt)

 

 

 

OPT  WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, ETC.  IN MANY SETTINGS. . .

ADULT SESSIONS TICKLED TEACHERS

Linda Sorenson has energized a wide variety of groups including:

  • Mpls. Day Care Association Conf.

  • MN Assn. for the Ed. of Young Children Conf.

  • Montessori Education Project Int'l. (MEPI) Conf. (SC)

  • Nat’l. Assn. for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Conf. (CA)

  • Society for Intercultural Education, Training &Research (SIETAR) Conf. (Montreal,

  • Midwest Head Start Conf. (MN)

  • Mayo Clinic Medical Museum (Terry's classes - MN)

  • St. Norbert College (WI) and Wartburg College (IA) Early Childhood Ed. Confs.

  • Twin Cities’ Summer Children's Ministries Institute (MN)

  • PLA-Inc. (MN)

  • Multiple school in-service programs (Twin Cities)

Teachers at Linda Sorenson's Organic Puppet Theatre workshop in MN

KIDS DELIGHTED IN WORKSHOPS, CLASSES & MORE

Linda Sorenson exuberantly shared OPT fun with kids at sites, including:

  • Mpls. Public Schools (Artist-in-Residence programs)

  • MN Gifted and Talented Conferences

  • American International Schools (Rotterdam & The Hague, the Netherlands)

  • 10 years of annual Road to Wellness Health Fairs (all St. Paul, MN public school 3rd graders)

  • MN Youth-at-Risk Junior High After-School Program (MN)

  • Holden Village (WA)

  • University of MN Hospital (one-on-one connection w/ young transplant patient and more)

  • Twin Cities churches -12-week summer program and summer day camps at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (MN) and Trinity Lutheran Church (MN)

 

Kids at Gifted & talented Conf. enjoy Organic Puppet Theatre puppets by author and freelance writer/editor Linda Sorenson
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