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khuber Regular user SLC Utah 125 Posts |
Does anybody have any good ideas for a bike safety show at an elementary school. I do "say no", "stranger danger" and "self esteem" shows, but a school wants me to do a bike safety show. Any ideas would be helpful!!!
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Bridgewater Regular user North Carolina 184 Posts |
Any stoplight effect would work, i.e.: blow-tie, stratospheres, etc. You could use a Forgetful Freddie routine to emphasize the importance of wearing a helmet. Freddy forgets his helmet, loses his head, head reappears with a helmet in place. You'd have to make up a new rig, but if you sell mulitiple shows it could be worth it.
I'd emphasize helmet-wearing. Head injury is the overwhelmingly the primary cause of death in children's bicycle accidents.
"Don't run with those..."
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KyletheGreat Special user Georgia 560 Posts |
Is it just bike safetY? or bike and traffic safety? Seems like it would be hard to sell a show on just bike safety...seeing as how not every child rides or likes bikes...if so...is it for elementary schools or other places and or elementary schools as well?
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khuber Regular user SLC Utah 125 Posts |
When I do it I plan on doing bike and traffic safety and it's for 1 elementary school (for now).
I do plan on doing something with the stratosphere |
Whiterabbit Loyal user Kevin Mc Lean 278 Posts |
It's not something that I've done ,but I guess you could do up a large balloon model of a bike and rider as a prop (easy to handle).
You could make one large model of a bike and one large one of a car and use tape on the carpet to set up an intersection. Next have the children act out the rules. You could also demonstrate what happens to a rider when they go under a car. You could offer the balloons as a prize for answering questions at the end (Just have the children raise their hands for each question if they say yes, eliminate the unsuccessful answers - keep asking questions so that the correct group get smaller, eventually you'll have two children). I'd give the others small balloons as consolation prizes. The Uncanny Hanks has green, red and yellow silks (?I think) like a traffic light. You could have children say the magic words and they'd drop off the line in the same order as a traffic light. You could put them together using a crystal tube. That's about all I can think of. I hope it's practical.
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The Magical Duo New user USA 35 Posts |
What about the changing direction/sign trick?
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons. Gene Wilder BLAZING SADDLES
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khuber Regular user SLC Utah 125 Posts |
I got a book called "Safety Magic for Children" by Karl Wagner and it has LOTS of stuff on safety magic with several ideas on bike and traffic magic. I'll be using it!!!!
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
Keith -
I have a question for you. What are your motivations for creating this show? Is it to please one customer, or do you see it as something that is viable and interesting to many customers? Is it something that you want to do to enhance your talks as a police officer to the students? The reason I ask, is that it seems like a lot of work to create an all-new show for one customer. Plus there will be the challenges of not creating a polished show due to lack of rehearsal, etc. At one time, many, many years ago, I tried to create a Safety show based on some of the material in Karl's book, and I tried too much new material, without proper rehearsal. As I recall, it was one of the worst shows I ever did, far below the calibre I was normally capable of. If it were me, doing such a thing now, either I might decline the booking, or I might agree to include only ONE routine to start with, then work on honing that though lots of rehearsal AND many live performances, then add another routine later on, then work on honing that one. Step by step. Also, if it were me, in your shoes, I would use the messages that I want to share as an officer (and I personally am not one), and work backwards to find a suitable effect that illustrates them. So having a large working knowledge of magic effects will help. This is not always the best approach. Sometimes it is more effective to have a routine first, then work on attaching a message to it... it all depends whether you have a certain structure to your show. These are just my personal opinions, and not meant to offend. - Donald P.S. Knowing your motivations for creating the show, can help to drive you to do your best work.
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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khuber Regular user SLC Utah 125 Posts |
Donald,
As usual, good advise! The show isn't for a couple of months and I do have some routines in mind that I already do that will work for traffic safety, I just need to change the patter a little. I was just wondering if anyone had any "working routines" that could be adopted to traffic safety so I could have some ideas to work on. Here's a brief summary of what I already have: Prof Nightmare: different rules for differnt ages but in reality everyone has the same rules concerning traffic. What's Next: make sure you look before you cross or when riding a bike because you might not see eveything etc. A change bag quiz where the volunteer always gets the right answer Newspaper Tear: When you break the rules bad things can happen but when you don't your ok A routine with the stratosphere Thanks everyone for your help!!!! |
Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
Thanks, Keith. Your feedback is appreciated (I like being encouraged).
I am sure that you already know this, because you offer several themed shows already. So, this is more of a suggestion for others to see, if it applies to them and their situation. Don't forget to review what you taught during your show, towards the end of the show. The old standard for public speaking holds true: 1) tell them what you are going to say, 2) say it, and 3) tell them what you said. In both of my motivational shows, towards the end, I have a routine I use to review the things I shared during the show. For example, because I make 5 points during one of my shows, I quickly review each point as I reveal one of the 5 nested boxes in the nest of boxes trick. If you wish, you can even cue the students (audience) for the answers, so they are repeating the lesson themselves. - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
I always wondered why we do tricks that teach stop light safety for kids that do not drive. Most people say when the stop lite is green we go, if you are driving. But from a kids perspective you cross the road with the red light. Also kids on bikes should be 16 to ride on the street, so sidewalk etiquette training is also needed. I feel that elementary kids should be shown cross walk signal usage instead. Stressing the importance of using the cross walks and not darting out in traffic between cars. Also it may be confusing to a youngster to start walking on the "walk" signal and if it changes to "don't walk" half way through you should just finish crossing. Elementary I know but you are addressing kids that are walking to school more often. I also think that it is a very sell-able school theme show and would be well worth developing and rehearsing properly.
Some trick ideas: hipity hop Walk/Don't Walk signs fraidy cat Walk/Don't Walk signs change green silk to yellow to red to ... or blendo forgetful Fred with bike helmet is great, and easy to add. square circle in form of stop light or w/dw signs; and circle has colors that show through the holes of front
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