Social and Emotional Learning

Two Pigs and T.H.E. Wolf
Assembly Performance

A fairy tale that promotes kindness, obedience, responsibility, and self-control comes to the stage, bringing the excitement of reading to life! Bullying and stranger awareness are also addressed in this interactive program. This story is not only hilarious but also emphasizes the benefits of making good choices even in the most difficult circumstances.

Grades: PreK-6
Audience Limit: 250
Connections: Literary Arts, Reading, Storytelling, Theatre, Social/Emotional Learning

Doing What’s Right Can Never Be Wrong!
Assembly Performance

The Hare Sisters, Hee and Haw, have just returned home after a full day at school. Hee is very happy, and Haw is very sad. Reminded by wise words from their Maw, the sisters agree that using good words, kind words, and great words is how they should act, no matter what others say or do, because doing what’s right can never be wrong! This NEW Interactive program is filled with character-building prompts and word recognition lessons wrapped around well-known tunes (repetitive singing) for easy memorization.

Grades: PreK-2
Audience Limit: 250
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Music, Social/Emotional Learning

The New Little Red Riding Hood
Assembly Performance

This is a fractured fairy tale that emphasizes the importance of character traits as well as acknowledges the need for environmental awareness. Wanda Wolf, Granny Red, puppets, songs, lots of interaction, and more make this story a crowd pleaser for all ages!

Grades: PreK-5
Audience Limit: 250
Connections: Science, Storytelling, Theatre

Understanding Who Lives Under Your Roof
Assembly Performance

Award-Winning author and parent advocate, Linda Goldfarb, has teamed up with Storybook Theatre of Texas to offer parents and/or teachers in your school community tools to engage, equip, and empower their children/students. Linda’s co-authored LINKED Quick Guide to Personalities series is making a mighty powerful impact in communities across America. Now you have the opportunity to offer a taste of her engaging and life-changing personality, talk to your parents/teachers alongside your favorite entertainers, Storybook Theatre of Texas.

This tandem presentation is great for parent night, community outreach, PTO, or PTA meetings. More and more school communities want to connect better with the families within their neighborhoods, and this will make that happen. Linda’s engaging presentation, along with her written personality material and SBT’s live theatre, makes for an evening or event your parents will long remember and benefit from.

Grades: All ages including parents and teachers
Program Length: 45-60 minutes (can be tailored to your needs)
Audience Limit: 250
Connections: Social/Emotional Learning, Theatre, Storytelling

Embracing Diversity Workshop
Assembly Performance

This program demonstrates how diversity enriches our lives by bringing together the resources and talents of many people for the benefit of all. The audience can participate through discussions, hands-on activities, and team projects. Elizabeth demonstrates the similarities and differences between U.S. and African cultures and explains how positive values can be bridged across cultures.

Grades: K-12
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Social/Emotional Learning, Cultural Competency

Folktales of Africa
Assembly Performance

Enjoy folktales and other stories from Africa. Learn about trickster tales such as Anansi the Spider, the clever hare, and the wise tortoise. The audience will participate in the telling of each story. Positive lessons will be gleaned from the wisdom of stories passed on from one generation to another.

Grades: K-12
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning

A Day in Africa
Assembly Performance

Born and raised in Kenya, Elizabeth Kahura introduces the audience to Africa’s geographical features while highlighting the differences in cultures and lifestyles across various regions. Students are reminded of the importance of embracing diversity and of how positive life values can be shared across cultures.

Grades: K-12
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Cultural Competency, History/Geography, Social/Emotional Learning

The Colors of Africa
Assembly Performance

By exploring the meanings of African colors, Elizabeth explains how they convey different concepts and can be used as a form of communication. Through the use of poems, stories, music, and dance, students learn how colors are used as symbols of power, loyalty, and attitude.

Grades: K-5
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Social/Emotional Learning, Cultural Competency

The Jungle Walk
Assembly Performance

The concepts of adaptation, acceptance, and teamwork are highlighted in this segment through folktales, poems, music, and animal puppet shows. Elizabeth expands the ideas addressed in her program to encourage a more tolerant attitude towards cultural differences.

Grades: K-12
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Literary Arts, Theatre, Storytelling, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning

Say BAH to Bullies
Assembly Performance

Say “BAH” to bullying and learn suggestions for handling bullies and making wise choices. Stories, puppets, and music that involve students make this a fun and educational experience.

Grades: K-2
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Storytelling, Theatre, Social/Emotional Learning

Drum Talk
Classroom Workshop

Communication of emotion has focused primarily on the neural mechanisms of communicating via speech, despite the fact that emotion is also communicated through nonverbal cues and silence. The communication of emotion is a bidirectional process, encompassing both sensitivity to others’ emotional cues and the expression of internal emotional states to others. Drumming is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing, connectedness, and self-expression. Research shows that drumming promotes wellness, enhances awareness, and releases emotional trauma. Together, we will explore the voiceless communication process and identify the benefits of communicating with patience through rhythm.

Grades: K-12
Workshop Length: 45 min.
Participant Limit: 30 max
Connections: Music, Social/Emotional Learning

T.R.A.P. Learning – The Rhythm Arts Project
Classroom Workshop

(TRAP) embraces a unique methodology that encompasses rhythm as a modality to address basic life, learning, and academic skills. TRAP provides its students with the tools and confidence needed to succeed in the world. By listening to the individual as part of our approach, we practice person-centered principles in everything we do.

This educational program is the perfect mix of educational objectives and artistic experiences. It is designed to be fun and engaging but also helps develop an increased mastery of coordination, concentration, and educational accomplishment. The TRAP program has also been successful in addressing cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. Through customized exercises, the program teaches and enhances skills such as: Focus, Memory, Socialization, Sequencing, Sign Language, Laterality, Motor Control, Spatial Awareness, and Communication.

Grades: K-12
Workshop Length: 45 min.
Participant Limit: 30
Connections: Music, Social/Emotional Learning

The Pulse of Freedom: Drumming Through Black History
Assembly Performance

Experience the power and rhythm of Black History Month with The Pulse of Freedom, an electrifying performance celebrating the drum’s role in African and African American culture. This dynamic presentation combines captivating storytelling, call-and-response rhythms, and live drumming to bring history to life. Through the beat of the drum, audiences will feel the pulse of communication, resilience, and unity that has echoed across generations. This performance invites participants to join the rhythm with interactive verbal and tactile activities, fostering a sense of teamwork and community.

Grades: K-3
Audience Limit: 300
Connections: Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning, Music

Write What You’d Love to Learn
Assembly Performance

“Write what you know,” the saying goes. But based on Chris’s experiences writing both playful picture books and rigorously researched nonfiction, he encourages audiences to improve their own writing — or their students’ writing — by giving the not-yet-known a try. In his 30- to 60-minute presentation, Chris provides an overview of himself and his work as an author, reads from one of his books, and uses the book as a jumping-off point for further discussion with students about research, revision, and/or collaboration. Chris can also perform a full-day version to educators and librarians.

Grades: PK-up
Audience Limit: No size limit, but at least a 25:1 ratio of students to teachers or administrators must be present for the duration of the presentation
Connections: Literary Arts, Storytelling/Theatre, Social/Emotional Learning

Write What You’d Love to Learn
Assembly Performance

“Write what you know,” the saying goes. But based on Chris’s experiences writing both playful picture books and rigorously researched nonfiction, he encourages audiences to improve their own writing — or their students’ writing — by giving the not-yet-known a try. In his 30- to 60-minute presentation, Chris provides an overview of himself and his work as an author, reads from one of his books, and uses the book as a jumping-off point for further discussion with students about research, revision, and/or collaboration. Chris can also perform a full-day version for educators and librarians.

Grades: PK-up
Audience Limit: No size limit, but at least a 25:1 ratio of students to teachers or administrators must be present for the duration of the presentation
Connections: Literary Arts, Storytelling/Theatre, Social/Emotional Learning

Conquering the STAAR
Assembly Performance

The STAAR test can be scary and intimidating. Lessons learned in this program will equip students with skills they will carry with them for a lifetime. Every performance features interactive games, fun moves, humor, and Kung Fu demonstrations with easy-to-learn techniques. Brandon Jones has practiced Kung Fu for over 30 years and has been teaching martial arts professionally in Tyler since 1996.

Grades: K-8
Audience Limit: 200
Connections: Dance/Movement, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning

Outspoken Bean
Assembly Performance

In this unique performance, students will find a new definition of literacy through the art of spoken word poetry. This engaging performance by Emanuelee Bean, a performance artist, theater technician, and slam poet, addresses learning about social and cultural issues, expanding vocabulary and critical thinking skills, and discovering new strengths. “Out-spoken Bean” has been performing slam poetry for over six years in the Houston & San Antonio areas.

Grades: 1-12
Audience Limit: 300
Connections: Poetry, Literary Arts, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning

Native American Stories
Assembly Performance

Stories told in this performance may include the following: “Crossing Bok Chitto,” a story of friendship and freedom as a young Choctaw girl aids an escaping slave family; “The Bowl,” a Navajo story of a hand of evil unleashed when a bowl is stolen from an ancient cave; and “Danny Blackgoat,” the story of a Navajo boy struggling to survive during the Navajo Long Walk and his meeting with an unlikely ally.

Grades: 3-5
Audience Limit: 150
Connections: Storytelling, Theatre, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning, History

Native American Stories K-2
Assembly Performance

Stories told in this performance may include the following: “Grandma Spider Brings the Fire,” where Possum and Buz-zard tangle with fire until Grandma Spider teaches an important lesson; “First Robin,” in which a Lakota girl faces her troubles and gains self-assurance; “White Wolf,” the story of two Sioux children finding a mysterious protector; and “Coyote and the Rock,” a humorous Montana Salish tale which teaches respect for all. Storyteller and author Tim Tingle has written ten books based on the oral traditions of his native Choctaw Nation and his native Texas. His lively performances include Native American flute and drum music.

Grades: K-2
Audience Limit: 150
Connections: Theatre, Storytelling, Cultural Competency, Social/Emotional Learning

Author Talks
Workshop

Expressive Read-Aloud: Captivating readings that ignite students’ imaginations. TEKS & SEL Integration: Aligns with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, while promoting creativity and social-emotional learning. Storytelling & Writing Process: Simplifies storytelling and offers insights into the publishing journey. Interactive Engagement: Fun, hands-on activities that inspire creativity and active participation.

Grades: PK-6
Audience Limit: 150
Connections: Literary Arts, Storytelling, Social/Emotional Learning

Creative Writing Workshops
Workshop

Interactive Writing Activities: Engaging, creative exercises that help students turn their ideas into unique stories and poems. Collaborative Group Work: Encouraging all students to actively participate in the writing process while making it fun and enjoyable. Empowerment & Encouragement: Cultivating a love for writing and boosting confidence in self-expression.

Grades: 4-6
Audience Limit: 80 with (teacher support)
Connections: Literary Arts, Storytelling, Social/Emotional Learning

StoryTime with Ramblin’ Rita
Assembly Performance

StoryTime with Ramblin’ Rita: is a highly interactive children’s entertainment program great for preschool audiences. StoryTime with Ramblin’ Rita™ is a 30-minute program that includes 2-3 read-aloud books, several songs or finger plays, puppets, and a flannel story or rhyme. Designed for children ranging from infants with their caregiver up to age 6, each StoryTime can be customized to fit the theme of your event.

Grades: PK
Audience Limit: NO Limit
Connections: Literary Arts, Social/Emotional Learning, Theatre/Storytelling

Ramblin’ Rita’s Texas Tales
Assembly Performance

Ramblin’ Rita’s Texas Tales is a 45-minute interactive storytelling show featuring a cowgirl storyteller. Each show features well-known folk and fairy tales with a Texas twist. Volunteers from the audience will help Ramblin’ Rita act out the story using costumes and props.

Grades: K-5
Audience Limit: NO Limit
Connections: Literary Arts, Social/Emotional Learning, Theatre/Storytelling