Creating and Performing an Educational School Magic Show

A school magic show that teaches a trick, reveals misdirection, and explores fiction and nonfiction genres, while inspiring reading with Encyclopedia Brown and Roald Dahl.

Learn preshow setup and stage arrangement for a school magic show, including backdrop, suitcase table, chair suspension, Ezio Trott square circle, engaging volunteers, and the Bose s one audio system.

Explore the three's next spot card trick as a dynamic opener in an educational magic show, using magnetized spots to teach reading and anti-bullying messages.

Explore the Encyclopedia Brown effect, a new full routine that engages kids by solving a mock crime with a familiar teacher, turning reading into a mystery game.

Demonstrate the miser's dream coin production with a bucket rig and reload technique, while using biographies to engage kids and emphasize honesty and consent.

Design and perform an inclusive school magic show with the Esio Trot tortoise routine, engaging kids with silly spell words and gender-inclusive language.

Demonstrate a coloring book pirate island trick using word pages and blank pages; adapt a Christopher T magician prop into a kid's reading show with black and white, color.

Master chair suspension with a strong angled board and the illusion of weight, ensuring the volunteer closes their eyes and is recorded on video to protect boundaries and avoid contact.

End the show with the biggest effect, leaving kids thinking about reading a great book and the library, while giving clear stay seated instructions and sharing contact information.