Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 500

Length of Performance:  45-60 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 10 Minutes

Description:

Through the use of Ventriloquism and comedy, The Leader in Me paradigm sees that every child is capable, and every child is a leader. This paradigm changes everything. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a key component of the overall The Leader in Me process. The 7 Habits is a synthesis of universal, timeless principles of personal and interpersonal effectiveness, such as responsibility, vision, integrity, teamwork, collaboration, and renewal, which are secular in nature and common to all people and cultures. 

Categories: Art, Drama/Theatre, Puppetry, Storytelling, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–6

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's Fun With Numbers program inspires elementary school-aged children to be aware of the use of numbers in everyday life and how math can be fun and exciting. This innovative program encourages students to pay attention and learn the necessary math skills for everyday life, by using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision-making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories: Drama/Theatre, Math, Music-Vocal, Puppetry, Storytelling, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–6

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's reading program inspires elementary school-aged children to get interested in reading and to explore the exciting possibilities that can come from books. This innovative program encourages reading by using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism. The fact that Sylvia learned the art of Ventriloquism through reading books makes this program both dynamic and inspiring.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty. 

Categories: Drama/Theatre, English Language Arts, Music-Vocal, Puppetry, Storytelling, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education 

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's program is aimed at creating a climate in the schools in which students feel safe and comfortable initiating discussions of bullying with teachers, parents, and students. This innovative program encourages students to discuss and open up about the fear and anxiety that bullying causes both in and out of school. By using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism, Sylvia creates an open invitation to listen, learn and talk about different bullying styles. The program has also been written to build awareness of the consequences as well as effects of such bullying actions on students, teachers and parents.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories: Drama/Theatre, Music-Vocal, Puppetry, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education  

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's Get Moving program is aimed at creating a climate in and outside of the schools in which students take ownership of their daily exercise and nutrition by making great choices in their eating and exercise routines. This innovative program encourages students to shut down the electronics and get outside and move their bodies.

By using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism, Sylvia creates an open invitation to listen, learn and talk about exercise and proper nutrition.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories: Drama/Theatre, Music-Vocal, Puppetry, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education  

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's "Let's Go Green" program focuses on encouraging students to follow the 3 "R's" (Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle) of living cleaner. This innovative program stresses to students the need to reduce the carbon footprint, understand climate change, the importance of non-renewable resources, and how our actions can affect life on our planet.

By using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism, Sylvia creates an open invitation to laugh, listen, learn and talk about the issues affecting our planet. The program has been written to build an awareness of the consequences as well as effects of human actions on our environment.

A delightfully confused Stega-Dragon named Smolder will charm you with his personality and bewilder you with his lack of knowledge about global matters. Young and old alike will marvel at his confusion about his ancestor's involvement in fossil fuels.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories: Drama/Theatre, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education  

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 15 Minutes

Description:

Sylvia's "Meet the Author" program focuses on encouraging students to follow their dreams with emphasis on reading, writing, and storytelling. This innovative program stresses to students the need to follow their dreams, the importance of reading, writing, and character development.

By using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism, Sylvia creates an open invitation to laugh, listen, learn and talk about the reading, writing, and how it plays a large role in the development of our minds and imaginations.

Sylvia brings to life the characters she has written about in her partially autobiographical books, and shows students the importance of written and visual interpretation and how that comes together to create a unique storyline.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories:  Author, Drama/Theatre, English Language Arts, Music-Vocal,  Puppetry, Storytelling, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/Character Education

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 30 Minutes

Description:

If you are looking for a science program that incorporates real world technologies along with fun and excitement, look no further.  We use a state of the art DRONE, along with Remote Controlled Helicopters to educate and entertain.  These flying machines are built and flown by master pilot and educator Chris Fletcher (creator of Drone Hot Shots and The first Flying Puppet). 

The program introduces children to the science behind these flying machines through flight demonstrations and discussion.  See an actual DRONE hexi-copter fly, watch in amazement as a Helicopter does things that are against the laws  of physics.  View the world around you through the eyes of the drone as it takes flight utilizing GPS, FPV (First Person View) and iOSD (Intelligent On Screen Display) technology to record and transfers images to the ground station from great distances.  A show for all ages and all grade levels (Grade Level Specific Topics)

Categories:  Drama/Theatre, Science

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances

Grades: K–12

Audience Size: Up to 600

Length of Performance:  45 minutes

Set up and Tear Down Time: 30 Minutes

Description:

his innovative program encourages the shared values in school, workplace and the community, by using unique puppets along with the art of Ventriloquism.

Sylvia's character education program inspires elementary school-aged children to be aware of and respect the "Six Pillars" of core ethical values that form the basis of the Character Counts! Youth-ethic initiative.

Audience participation interaction, puppets, and comedy are used to inform, interact and teach students about life skills and great decision making. Sylvia's cast of puppets such as a charismatic Stega-Dragon called Smolder, and many other exciting and inspiring characters will teach and delight students and faculty.

Categories:  Drama/Theatre, Music-Vocal, Puppetry, Storytelling, Wellness/Life Skills/Bully Prevention/ Character Education

Costs: $950 – per day / up to 2 performances