A Lifetime of Joy

A Lifetime of Joy: A Collection of Circle Games, Finger Games, Songs, Verses and Plays for Puppets and Marionettes

A compilation of verses, finger games, stories and plays for puppets and marionettes, collected, created and adapted by a longtime teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten in Vienna, Austria. This is an expansion of the original volume, Plays for Puppets.

Along with much additional material, it also includes the articles: “In Praise of Early Childhood”, “Movement, Gesture, and Language in the Life of the Young Child” and “The Pedagogical Value of Marionette and Table Puppet Plays for the Small Child”.

About the Author

Bronja Zahlingen, a master storyteller, was a longtime educator at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten in Vienna, Austria.