Box of Birds
A puppet show designed for 2 different age groups:
ELC’s (3 to 6 years) and Primary (5 to 10 years)
“This was the best show that the centre has ever had. Lucky us to have it again!”
Lynda Godber, Supervisor, City Kids Childcare Centre, Feb 2022
“This is truly a New Zealand show for New Zealand children and all those young at heart”
Teachers pack
We provide a short document with some 'Pre-show preparation' ideas which encourage young tamariki to get the most from our visit, including topics such as:
The right tool for the right job!
What is your Favourite bird?
Patience and right timing.
Identifying local birds.
Specifications
All our music and percussion is live and we encourage lots of joining in with the rhythms and songs!
Set up for ELC show: 3m wide x 3m deep
Set up for Primary age show: 4m wide x 4m deep
Children sit on the floor in front (2’s and under must be on laps)
Length of ELC show: 30 mins
Length of Primary age Show: 43 mins
Set up time ELC show: 45 mins
Set up Primary age show: 90 mins
Take down time ELC show: 20 mins
Take down time Primary age show: 60 mins
Curriculum
‘Box of Birds’ embraces core principles that model the following behaviour:
Empowerment and holistic development
Relationship and Respect to whanau, particularly a Grandparent
Involvement with the Natural environment (including a night time forest walk)
Contribution to the environment
Care and Consideration particularly for ngā manu and their different needs.
From their experience of watching ‘Box of Birds’, children will have the opportunity to develop:
Cognition skills in following the simple story with different characters.
Participation and joining in the well-crafted songs and bird responses with a variety of live music and percussion and 4 songs.
Visual delight and Imagination - A Mask dancer, Puppetry of different scales and 4 set changes.
A Hand Crafted Aesthetic that creates some distance from digital technology and gives tamariki the opportunity to relax in a ‘real-time’ experience .