A Celebration of Stories
I’m excited about this new show for 2008. I spend two years developing my presentations. The first year is research and development. I spend this time reading books on the subject and writing material. Then, I spend a year testing the material to make sure it is actually entertaining. That way I can guarantee a great show for a summer library kick off. The picture above is from a test show in Oklahoma.
Usually my goals in my shows are to have fun, while talking about a theme, while encouraging children to read. This time the theme is READING. This show will combine magic and puppetry to teach children what all the parts of a story are. Children will enjoy reading more if they know what it takes to make a good story. I’ll give fun examples of character, setting, action, and conclusion. This show also encourages children to write stories of their own.
While children are laughing along with a magic or puppet routine, they will learn about the different parts of a story. Here’s a taste of what that will be like.
Some stories focus on character. For example the story of the Three Happy Hamburgers has talking hamburgers and a vicious hamburger eating kangaroo.
Other stories focus on setting. The Haunted House is one of these stories. The setting is the front yard of a haunted house that has strange things in it such as pickles and porcupines.
Then there are stories that focus on action. I get to tell the story of How I Saved the World. Can I, Brett Roberts, save the world from an alien invasion by doing magic tricks? You’ll have to wait and see.
Usually my goals in my shows are to have fun, while talking about a theme, while encouraging children to read. This time the theme is READING. This show will combine magic and puppetry to teach children what all the parts of a story are. Children will enjoy reading more if they know what it takes to make a good story. I’ll give fun examples of character, setting, action, and conclusion. This show also encourages children to write stories of their own.
While children are laughing along with a magic or puppet routine, they will learn about the different parts of a story. Here’s a taste of what that will be like.
Some stories focus on character. For example the story of the Three Happy Hamburgers has talking hamburgers and a vicious hamburger eating kangaroo.
Other stories focus on setting. The Haunted House is one of these stories. The setting is the front yard of a haunted house that has strange things in it such as pickles and porcupines.
Then there are stories that focus on action. I get to tell the story of How I Saved the World. Can I, Brett Roberts, save the world from an alien invasion by doing magic tricks? You’ll have to wait and see.
posted by Brett Roberts at 6:23 AM
