Oshi! You’re in the school newspaper!
As soon as the kids saw me walking towards the school gate, they screamed my clown name: “Oshi! Oshi!” They had big news to share with...
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Viva Sarah Press
- Dec 26, 2018
- 1 min
So much to learn
At an elementary school today, the pupils made sure to tell Educational Clowns Oshi and Leepa about all the things we didn't know. We...
Viva Sarah Press
- Dec 25, 2018
- 2 min
Educational clowning takes on elementary schools
“Leepa and Oshi are coming!!!!” one pupil shouted from the front gate of an elementary school. Within seconds, a gaggle of pupils from...
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 22, 2018
- 3 min
The Kids: Ciara
Ciara hesitates for a few seconds before deciding to stop me and another clown-in-training. “What are you doing here?” she asks. She has...
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 18, 2018
- 3 min
The Kids: Educational Clowning Series
Mr. Peacock introduces me to Barb. Well, it isn’t really an introduction. He points at her and says, “she’s the school drug dealer.” As...
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
I want to do that: Therapeutic clowning
Therapeutic clowning has fascinated me for years. As a journalist, I have the good fortune of meeting people from all walks of life....
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 5, 2018
- 3 min
So, what do I DO as an educational clown?
Puzzled looks, raised eyebrows, quizzical glances, and a smile. These are the reactions I get whenever I talk about my latest...
Viva Sarah Press
- Oct 17, 2018
- 1 min
I don’t work on Sundays
I don’t work on Sundays. While many people around the world don’t work on Sundays, in Israel, where I’m based, Sunday is Day One of the...
Viva Sarah Press
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Pepper spray, educational clowning and a sea of cell phones
My school clowning took me to a high school in a low socioeconomic neighborhood of a central city in Israel. The students, we had been...
Viva Sarah Press
- Oct 2, 2018
- 3 min
Educational clown care with pint-sized people
Educational clowning is a new kind of clown care and taking part in this developing arena is oh-so-much-fun. One recent afternoon,...
Viva Sarah Press
- Sep 3, 2018
- 1 min
Back to school for kids -- and mom, too!
The new school year has begun in Israel, and as my third-grader and two sixth-graders headed back to their classrooms, I, too, returned...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jul 29, 2018
- 2 min
Time flies when therapeutic medical clowns wait for the doctor
Waiting for the doctor is an activity no one enjoys but nonetheless inevitable. So, what happens when a group of therapeutic medical...
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