Persona Dolls – Classroom – Branches Atelier Institute

Persona Dolls

“Life at School”

For over 20 years we have used this wonderful technique to create extremely engaging and effective curriculum for young children.

Persona Dolls are used to explore a wide range of challenging and important topics:

Fairness and unfairness

Differences in gender, race

Kindness and compassion

Diversity, culture, lifestyle

Problem-solving and resiliency

Collaboration and negotiation

Community responsibility

The Persona Dolls support teachers to:

Address a wide range sensitive and emergent topics

Help children reflect on a situation and create alternative proactive solutions

Give the children new insights and non shaming ways to process

Expand their emotional and social literacy skills

Give the children different perspectives, tools and strategies to process challenging situations

Help children develop a sense of agency

Develop an inclusive and welcoming classroom

During this 16 part video course, we will recreate different persona doll scenarios that reflect important topics that come up in the day to day life of the classroom.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

First day of school

Saying goodbye to parents

How to enter play

You can’t play

Sharing versus I’ll let you know when I am done

Pushing and getting physical

Name calling

Acts of kindness

Knocking down blocks

Conflict resolution

Time to tidy and community responsibility

Lunch time

Intro to resources and closing thoughts

THIS COURSE WILL ALSO COVER:

What are persona dolls?

Demonstration of how to introduce persona dolls into the classroom

How persona dolls are different from dramatic play dolls?

How do you create the doll’s identities to reflect the cultural and social context of the community?

Where do you keep persona dolls in the classroom?

What scenarios are persona dolls used for?

When do you use persona dolls?

“This workshop was incredible! I appreciate the thoroughness of how and when to use persona dolls with children, your passion and wonderful creativity! I loved the authentic demonstrations of the various scenarios that you shared with us with using the persona dolls.”

-Educator

BONUS MATERIALS

A curated list of books for children and adults that deal with a variety of subject matters such as death, divorce, new babies, and adoption.

Create a book for each persona doll that introduces their family, history, and culture

to your class.

Learn how to support and develop children’s emotional literacy at home and at school.

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