40 to 45 minutes
Sized on purpose to fit inside a bell schedule, so it costs you one period and does not eat into the rest of the morning.
Literacy Assembly
Reading Is Magic
Built for the children who have already decided that reading is not for them.
What This Assembly Is
The children who love reading do not need this show. The other ones do.
Somewhere around seven or eight, a group of children quietly decide that reading is work and not for them. Reading assemblies usually reach the ones already holding a book. This one is aimed squarely at the rest.
It works because magic and a good story are the same trick. Both set something up, both make you want to know what happens, and both pay off in a way you did not see coming. When a child feels that on stage, in a gym, out loud with everybody else, a book stops looking like homework.
Pair it with your book fair, your reading week, your Summer Reading kick-off, or the week before a testing push when everybody needs reminding why any of it is worth doing.
What Students Take Away
The part that outlasts the assembly
- The magic of storytelling and imagination
- Reading every day, framed as something you get to do rather than have to
- That reading opens the door to knowledge and to making things up of your own
- That the best stories work the same way the best tricks do
Included, no extra charge
A teacher guide for Reading Is Magic
Every school that books this assembly gets a printable teacher guide written to go with it. Discussion questions, follow-up activities and a one-page take-home, so the message does not stop when the gym empties.
That is the difference between an assembly and an hour off. Your teachers can carry it into the classroom the same week, which is also what makes the time easy to justify.
Pairs naturally with a book fair or reading week. Tell me what you are running and I will point the show at it.
“We book Carroll for a show for our elementary school students! He was excellent! All the kids and adults absolutely loved him. He is very responsive to emails and makes sure you have all the details for the upcoming event. Would recommend and book again!”
Evening Street SchoolWorthington City Schools
“Carroll was very easy to work with and showed up early to be sure he could set up and start on time. He engaged with the audience and the kids were excited to be part of the show! It was a fun time for everyone!”
Stephanie K.Hilliard City Schools
How It Works In Your Building
Almost nothing is asked of you
Every assembly runs the same way. This is the part that usually decides whether a principal says yes, so here it is plainly.
Your whole school at once
One class or the entire student body. Larger schools split into two shows back to back so every child gets a good view rather than squinting from the back.
A room and one outlet
A gym, cafeteria, stage or multipurpose room, one standard electrical outlet, and about thirty minutes to get in early. That is the whole list.
No staff, no equipment
Nobody on your team has to run anything, carry anything or stay late. I set up, I perform, I clear out.
I bring my own sound
Professional sound system and microphone. In an echoing gym this is the thing that decides whether the back three rows hear a word, and it is where most performers come unstuck.
Pitched at the room
Built for elementary and adjusted on the day for the ages actually in front of me. A room of kindergarteners and a room of sixth graders want completely different things.
Check Your Date
Tell me about your school
Your date, your grades and roughly how many students. I will come straight back with whether I am free and what it costs. Most schools hear back the same day. Spring dates go earliest, so it is worth asking sooner rather than later.
Would you rather talk it through? Call or text 614-800-8909.