Puppet Shows

Click here for a montage of the 2010 show!

The 2012Water Follies Show: Just Like Magic, Only Better

This year's puppet show is a magic show that shows students the ways plants and animals use water. The Conservation Critters are back with On-Track Jack (the jack rabbit), Mr Toadly (the spadefoot toad), and Rattlin (the packrat). Students will learn about plants' roots, stems, and leaves, and about their own bones, muscles, brains, and lungs. They also learn that nature is amazing, in fact, it is "just like magic, only better." Our free puppet shows are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays for grades K - 2 classrooms, October 2012 through May 2013. The show is about 45 minutes long (shorter for Kinders) and works best for groups of 40 to 80 students. We also hand out free coloring books that teach kids all about desert plants and how to save water outdoors.

Here is what principal Steven Tognoni, Principal at East San Jose Elementary School, had to say after watching the show:

"I truly enjoyed the show on water conservation. The TPR (Total Physical Response) model that you used was something that I feel works great with children . . . I would highly recommend the program to any school in APS."

Call Sharon Sivinski at 768-3245 or email ssivinski@abcwua.org to schedule puppet shows for your school.

Here are some puppet show songs: Listen and then download the lyrics or coloring book if you like them!

Here are some more things from the puppet shows that you can use!

"Wanna Go on a Water Hunt?" (Call and echo water cycle fun) Click here to see it in action.
"The Water that Jack Drank" (8.5 x 5.5 Coloring book about San Juan-Chama Water Project) "The Water that Jack Drank" (8.5 x 11 version) Click here to see it in action.
"Jack at the Drinking Water Plant" Kids clean river water. Click here to see it in action.
"Things We Should Not Flush" (Call and echo - wastewater) Click here to see it in action.
Water Travels in a Cycle, Yes It Does! (Sing to the tune of She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mtn)