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Educational Skits is a fun and easy way to teach children about Behaviors: Teasing, Lying, Rudeness, Tattling, Sharing, and Whining.  Each skit is followed by five follow-up exercises to discuss or further immerse the student in the skit's subject.  These short plays (3 to 6 minutes in length) can be presented with child actors, puppets, or as classroom readings.  Often they have been performed by students in the upper grades to entertain and teach kids in the lower grades.  Due to their small casts and simple settings, these skits are ideal for classrooms or other educational settings.

EBook  $4.99     Buy at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1634575

Educational Skits #2--Stresses is the second in the series.  It offers a fun and easy way to teach children about things they may face and how to cope.  It deals with Strangers,  Fear of the Dark,  Getting Braces, A New Baby in the Home,  Moving, and Handicaps.   Each skit is followed by five follow-up exercises to discuss or further immerse the student in the skit's subject.  These short plays (4 to 7 minutes in length) can be presented with child actors, puppets, or as classroom readings.  Often they have been performed by students in the upper grades to entertain and teach kids in the lower grades.  Due to small casts and simple settings, these are ideal for use in the classroom or other educational settings.

Ebook Price $4.99     Buy at:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/1639173

Educational Skits #3--Touchy Topics, the third in the Buy at ,  is another fun and easy way to teach children about things they may face in a non-threatening manner.  It deals with Self-respect, Peer Pressure,  Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Escaping Abuse, and Death.   Each skit is followed by five follow-up exercises to discuss or further immerse the student in the skit's subject.  These short plays (3 to 7 minutes in length) can be presented with child actors, puppets, or as classroom readings.  Often they have been performed by the upper grades to entertain and teach kids in the lower grades.  Due to small casts and simple settings, these are ideal for use in classrooms or other educational settings.

Ebook  $4.99       Buy at:https://www.smashwords.com/books/1647993

Educational Skits--Combined Set #1 includes three e-books in one print book. The Behaviors book has skits on Teasing, Lying, Rudeness, Tattling, Sharing and Whining. Stresses offers a fun and easy way to teach children about things they may face as situations arise. It deals with Strangers, Fear of the Dark, Getting Braces, A New Baby in the Home, Moving, and Handicaps. Touchy Topics presents things in a non-threatening way to help children to cope. It deals with Self Respect, Peer Pressure, Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Escaping Abusive Situations, and Death.

Each skit is followed by five follow-up exercises to discuss or further immerse the student in the skit's subject. These short plays (3 to 9 minutes in length) can be presented with child actors, puppets, or as classroom readings. Often they have been performed by students in the upper grades to entertain and teach kids in the lower grades. Small casts and simple settings make them ideal for use in classrooms or other educational settings.

Print Book  112 Pages    $18.00

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SHADOWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT is a non-fiction book about the Tulsa Spotlight Theater—a Tulsa landmark, architectural treasure, and home of the longest consecutively running play in American theater history. “The Drunkard” adapted by Richard Mansfield Dickinson, a nineteenth-century temperance melodrama with audience participation, is performed every Saturday evening. Its 70th anniversary was in 2023.

The show also includes the “Olio”, a variety of acts by musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, and novelty acts. On Friday evenings, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons, the Spotlight Children’s Theatre presents up to six shows yearly with 20-30 actors in each play.

The theater building, designed by the famous architect Bruce Goff, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was designed for the well-known piano teacher Patti Adams Shriner in 1928. It featured art by sculptor Alfonso Ianelli and muralist Olinka Hrdy.

Thousands of actors and performers have been on its stage over the years. Thousands have attended performances. This is the ONLY book ever written about the Tulsa Spotlight Theater.  130 pages.

eBook $9.99  ASIN: B0BLZ6LSHN  

Paperback $29.99 ASIN: B0BLYGMJNP

Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/SHADOWS-SPOTLIGHT-HISTORY-THEATER-RIVERSIDE-ebook/dp/B0BLZ6LSHN?ref_=ast_author_mpb

This book includes nineteen prize-winning poems about animals. The poems are descriptive and humorous. Poems include Bugs and Spiders---Farm Animals: Pigs, Chickens, Ducks, and Owl--Water Animals: Otters, Polar Bears, Alligators---Pets: Cat, Dog, Cockatiel, Turtle. Also Frogs, Mouse and Dinosaur. Illustrated.

eBook $5.99 ASIN: ASIN: B0BF9C7VXM

Paperback $8.99   ASIN: B0BGSFDZ5K

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 Halloween: Facts and Fun ( Second Edition) by Jill Hierstein-Morris, There's something for everyone in this history and activity book--Information on the customs, legends, and symbols of Halloween, as celebrated in America; and similar holidays in other countries. Activities include plays, choral reading, poems, humor, games, and sing-longs.  Great for teachers and youth leaders.  Paperback. Perfect Bound. Grades 1 up. 73 pages

eBook $9.99  ASIN: B0B9J28BJH

Paper bound $15.99   ASIN: B0BD8LKVR6

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Puppet Patterns for Farm Folk--Hardbound Pattern/Activity Book written and illustrated by Jill Hierstein-Morris. This book includes full-size patterns for the song "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" and other things for the animals to do.  The twelve patterns:  Chicken for a Chicken Poem---Black Hen for the poem, Hickety Pickety---Duck for the Story Curtis Could---Pig for The Three Little Pigs story---Wolf for The Three Little Pigs---Cow for a song about Cows---Lamb/Sheep for Little Bo Peep and Mary Had a Little Lamb---Black Sheep for Baa, Baa, Black Sheep---Mary for Mary Had a Little Lamb--Bo Peep for Little Bo Peep--and Teacher for Mary Had a Little Lamb. All activities are included in the book. It also contains tips on Puppet-Making.

Hardcover, ‎56 pages

ISBN-13, ‎978-1877588051

 $20.00

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Religiously Speaking: Plays and Poems for Children's Church. This anthology offers plays and poems for 1-4 puppet or child actors on everyday or seasonal topics from today's perspective. They are not slanted to any specific religion. 

Plays: Faith--God Knows All--What is a Christian?--Prayer--Honesty--Prejudice--Angels--Attending Church--Only One Right Path--Moses Parting the Red Sea--Fourth of July Hero--Day of Thanks--Decorating with Memories.

Christmas Choral Reading:  The Animal's Gifts

Poems: Obedience--Old Tunes with New Words--Peer Pressure--A Mother's Day Prayer—A Prayer for Freedom--Turkey Day--The Christmas Way.

ISBN  9781877588037

Editor: Jill Morris-McKinsey

Ages 9-12.   48 pages.$8.00

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Golly, It's Groundhog Day by Jill Hierstein-Morris. This little book is about the only U.S. animal with his own holiday. It includes Facts about Groundhogs--The Groundhog Legend--Pennsylvania Groundhog-Watchers--Groundhog Watching in Wisconsin--Other Animal Weather Predictors--Candlemas Day. Also fun...A Play "Golly Groundhog's Goof" --- Limericks for Groundhog Day--Pattern for a Groundhog finger puppet that can be used for the play--Five Little Groundhogs Poem--Golly's Slippery Surprise poem--Best Foot Forward poem--  Puzzles.  

Paper bound. $5.00

ISBN 13-978-9999724371

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Christmas: Facts and Fun by Jill Hierstein-Morris. You'll love this book for planning your Christmas programs or parties. It is filled with information on the history, symbols, customs, legends, and superstitions surrounding Christmas, celebrations around the world, and Hanukkah. Activities include plays, poems, humor, and instructions for easy, fun, and useful gifts and ornaments. Great for teachers and youth leaders. Grades 1 up. 72 pages. 

Paperback $10

ISBN 13: 978-1-877588-02-0

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