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The Mission:
Attract your school families to the school for an evening family reading event.
The Solution:
A Very Magical Family Reading Night with Magical Storyteller, Mark Daniel!
And wow! Do we have just the right thing for you!
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A Very Magical Family Reading Night grew out of a desire to connect parents and their children with the notion that a good book shared is a treasure for the whole family. In the day to day hustle and bustle of our lives, it's so easy to put aside the good intentions of read aloud. Sports, homework and video games all vie for our attention today and our beloved books often get pushed aside for later.
The sweet, fun, and powerful message of Mark's program serves as a wonderful refocus and exclamation point for your families.
Throughout the school year Mark is invited to share his program during: Family Reading Night, PTA Meetings, Literacy Festivals, Parent Enrichment Night, Rif and Title 1 night.
Whether as a part of a full day visit that boosts evening attendance through promotion at the daytime assemblies or as a stand alone event, A Very Magical Family Reading Night is a powerful message and fun event for your school.
About The Program:
A Very Magical Family Reading Night Program is indeed appropriate for the whole family. During the course of the performance Mark uses the opportunity to extrol the virtues of at home read aloud with personal stories and anecdotes. Books come to life through puppetry, magic tricks, storytelling and audience participation. The program closes with a powerful, emotional and motivational finale that kids will think is cool and adults will find moving.
Highlights of the Evening
- Mark and Steggie the Stegosaurus with a hilariously fractured version of the beloved classic Caps for Sale!
- The Legend of The Indian Paintbrush
Tomie dePaola's marvelous book of realizing your gift is retold by Mark. A magical and highly moving story that is recognized by many as Mark's finest signature interpretation.
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- A Mysterious Crate delivered! When opened, inside a priceless stuffed bunny discovered and yet another classic, The Velveteen Rabbit, comes to life with the help of one of your kids with surprise after surprise!
- Plus, more surprises, a fantastic finale and Hemi the rabbit stops by too!
- And, add in a strong family read aloud message and terrific music all combined for a fun and impactful Very Magical Family Reading Night! It's a home run for the success of your family night.
FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)
Does the material in the family night program differ from the daytime assembly?
Yes, in conjunction with the daytime assembly, it's one of the great selling points for your students. Children want their parents to share in the incredible event that they've experienced during the day.
It helps make sure their folks bring them back that evening to see an all new program. There are some underlying themes that carry through from one program to the next, which empowers kids through familiarity.
How long is the performance?
When Mark is in concert presenting the full program it is a powerful approx. 50 minute presentation. The performance can be customized for a shorter time frame to fit your needs due to PTA/PTO meetings or the need for multiple performances. Just let us know your needs.
Can Mark come to our school just to do the Family Night Program?
Certainly! While the ultimate way to build attendance for the evening program is by promoting it through the daytime performance, it stands alone fine. As a promotion helper, we can provide a descriptive flyer for duplication to send home with your students.
What's the best way to use the program?
The Family Night Program is great to tie in with a PTA meeting, Family Reading Night, RIF night, fundraising dinner, and even just for fun! Give us a call at 1-800-848-5634 and we'll help you plan.
A Note to Title 1 Teachers:
Title 1 reading Specialists often use Mark's Family Reading Night and READasaurus programs to bring fun and inspiration to their PAC Meetings whether "in school" or as evening Family nights.
The Cost
Please click on your state for pricing.
Please Note: There are never any additional travel fees or miscellaneous expenses added to Mark's fee.
If your state is not listed, other areas are available by special arrangement. Just contact us using the link in the menu. Clicking on a state will open a new browser window so make sure you enable pop-ups for this site.
Thinking About Hosting a
Family Reading/PAC Night?
READasaurus Live! Episode 11:
Ideas for a Super Family Reading Night
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Literacy Nights, Family Fun Reading Nights, and Title 1 PAC Meetings can be great fun and important evenings for your families. Mark loves being invited to be a part of them with A Very Magical Family Reading Night. Actually, having participated in hundreds of these events here's some ideas he's seen that work well with the flow of the evening. You may want to draw from some of them for your event. You can keep it simple or turn it into a full blown reading festival, your choice.
Simple and lovely:
5:30 PM Folks start checking in
6:00 PM A Very Magical Family Reading Night presentation with Mark in concert begins, sometimes with a 10 minute PAC/PTO/PTA meeting up front. Visiting and autographs afterwards, and generally the Tittle 1 team has arranged for a free book for kids to take home.
Evening is complete by 7:30.
Deluxe and fantastic:
- 5:00 PM Families check in and have pizza or hot dogs (Pizza seems to be the #1 favorite), then fan out for any and all of these activities (Remember kids eat and are finished in about 15 minutes):
- Make a Bookmark craft table/s (10 minutes)
- Guest reader stations with kids rotating throughout the school. (Local popular sports and civic leaders are always a hit. This is best at a full blown literacy festival)
- Book Swaps (Bring a book, take a book) 10 minutes
- Free Book Distribution (at the beginning or end of evening) Kids pick from a table of selections separated by grade level) 10 minutes
- Between 6:00 and 6:30 PM Gather the group for Mark's presentation: A Very Magical Family Reading Night (50 minutes)
- Afterwards visiting and autographs. (10-15 minutes - This is a very meaningful time, by the way, visiting and talking with kids and their parents about the books they like or might enjoy)
Evening is completed 7:30-8:00 PM. It's a wonderful event for your families, just have lots of helpers to make everything run smoothly.
- You can even add in the Book Fair for a huge festival like atmosphere.
A Family Reading Night is a valuable, meaningful and impactful evening for kids and families. Sometimes in ways we can see, sometimes beyond what we will ever know. I have seen the impact first hand. And it's a passion and a mission of mine to shine a positive light on reading and perhaps affect change in a good way, one reader at a time. I know it's your goal as well. It's a noble aspiration!
What others have said.
- I am a parent of 4 great bookaholics! We were honored to all join your event last night at Green Run Elementary School where my twin boys who {are 5th graders} attend..and...boy..did we have a ball! Even my two high school students enjoyed it because you just make reading come alive..oh, and it's not boring! Thank you so much for doing what you do & making our reading time so much fun!
Mrs. Saunders
- For the family night program at Eureka Elementary in Keysville, Va.,
principal Billy Elder told Mark that the PTA really wanted to boost attendance. So
they offered Mark's program along with cookies, sodas and ice cream. Must have
been the right combo as the hundreds that turned out for the evening gave them
their best attended program of the year. Had to have been the ice cream!
- Day to day if you're like us you wonder, with you're work, are you getting
through, is it making an impact? At Tarawa Terrace I Primary School on base at
Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, NC, Mark had just finished a family night
program. Several parents and children had come up to chat with him and one mom with
her young daughter got his eye. The mom touched his arm and said "I need to
tell you something" "OK," he said. "I hate to read, learning disabilities make
it very difficult for me." Looking at her daughter, she spoke again. "I know I
need to. Watching and listening tonight to you, seeing the rapt attention of the
children as you went through the stories and talked about the books I witnessed
the sheer joy this created for the children and it really motivated me to rethink all of this and try again." Wow!
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