Private Sessions for children

  • Social and emotional intelligence taught through play. Using puppetry and the expressive arts, children have fun while learning life skills.(San Francisco Bay Area)
  • We specialize in skills for navigating family reorganization during divorce and separation.  Elyse Jacobs had been Program Director for Kids' Turn,San Francisco for over 10 years.
  • Phone consultations for parents and families (415 378-0410)



Mentoring


Customized mentoring in puppetry and the expressive arts for teachers or parents.
 
Elyse is incredibly experienced in supporting children’s creativity as an Expressive Arts Specialist, and applies the same approach as a mentor.  Her process-oriented and free-flowing mentoring style has made me comfortable to ask questions in topics ranging from organizing materials to facilitating problem solving between children. 
 In fact, she not only answers the questions, she also engages in our dialogues so that she may reflect and learn from our conversations as well. 
 Thanks to Elyse’s mentoring, my transition into the position was much easier, and I have grown immensely in developing my own teaching style.  
Connie Huang; Yellow Sun School, SF, CA 


Elyse has mentored me for the last three school years. Working with her has helped me, both as a developing teacher and as a developing human.Every time I work with her, I learn new things about myself and improve my coping and self-care skills.
Her work with puppets is unique, inspiring and humorous. Even after she retires I plan to insert myself into her life as her student because Elyse is magical.
Tammy, SF, CA



Consulting
  • Families
  • Schools
  • Community Centers
  • Organizations



Play-shops
A two part team or family-building experience:
1.Performance/Presentation
2. Hands on Expressive Arts

"I am happy for how much connection I got through both parts (first, to you, Bali and myself; second, to my co-worker/playmates).  There is Truth in "No collecting without connecting."  I actually took apart my stuff for reuse but took home the treasure of the connections.  I imagine the joy you see in so many pictures is the real proof. "
Sarah Watkins, San Francisco Playshop Participant/Teacher


            Modules of the Expressive Arts Program 
           can be customized for your purposes. 
         
          For details of the program, click link to the bi-monthly blog with Excelligence.


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" I imagine the joy you see in so many pictures is the real proof. " Sarah W.