A fun educational history/constitution program that discusses both constitutional principles and fundamental beliefs. This powerful American Constitution educational assembly presentation playfully promotes a greater understanding of what makes up the American government and the freedoms that define the Red, White and Blue. Best suited for grades 3 - 6.

Students will learn:
- first 3 articles of the Constitution
- first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- definition of good citizen and proud American

Richard and his friend Peking Duck playfully discuss life, liberty, diversity, justice and the common good. The students and the teachers join in on an educational/entertaining song about Due Process of Law which explains the definitions of the fifth, sixth and seventh amendments of the constitution. Students and teachers are chosen to dress up and become the three brances of government to demonstrate how a bill becomes a law.

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Exploring Your Imagination Through Reading aligns itself with these new state-wide reading policies and objectives. Award-winning children's author and ventriloquist Richard Paul explains to the students the importance of reading. With the help of his puppets, he presents on why reading is fun and how to improve literacy skills such as retention and what it means to retain what is read.

Richard gives fun, simple comprehension tools he learned when struggling to read as a young student. These simple illustrations help demonstrate how easy it is to explore your imagination through reading and inspire kids to want to practice their reading skills.

Students will learn:
- What comprehension means
- Why Reading is an important
- How reading can be fun

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This is a 45 minute school assembly for K-6 grade students.

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Learn about the scientific mysteries of the Ocean with Mr. Educate. Ever since Finding Nemo was released, kids everywhere want to learn more about the mysteries of the ocean. This unique science program not only teaches about sharks, whales and starfish, it also looks at the science behind salt water, the different ocean plant life and where waves come from.

Students will learn:
- Names of the oceans
- How much water is on the earth's surface
- Oceans creatures

This exciting program is action packed with audience participation, includes colorful props, fun music and adventurous learning as students are selected from the audience, and transformed into ocean characters.

This science school assembly teaches students ecology and helps explain the scientific wonders and mysteries of our oceans.

If you love dinosaurs, are interested in digging up fossils, or would love to be an earth scientist for the day, then you have found the perfect assembly. This program teaches students to recognize that learning what is beneath the earth's surface begins with things we have in our own backyard.

Students learn:
The atmosphere, hydrosphere and the biosphere
Magnetic fields and gravity fields of the earth
Earth's crust, tectonic plates, and earthquake motion

Students will travel the earth with Mr. Educate while exploring our Jurassic world of dinosaurs and other fossils. A volcanic explosion with plenty of lava fun, is just some of the interesting and miraculous science learning, in this fun assembly.

This geo science show is essential for schools looking for a fun, interactive, and educational scientific assembly program.

This elementary school anti-bullying school assembly program discusses and educates students on how to avoid and prevent bully behavior by promoting positive behavior skills, building character, and creating a safe school all while having fun.

Students learn:
How to safely report bullying behavior
How to safely support and help a fellow student being bullied
How to create an "I am not a bully positive behavior checklist"

Richard mixes ventriloquism, magic, music and lots of audience participation to create a fun unforgettable educational experience. He is a trained Bully Free Schools presenter who continues to keep up-to-date on information and tools that will help students avoid bullying behavior and promote a safe school.

A fun practical 45-50 minute educational anti-bullying program that helps students understand the differences between conflict and bullying, what to do if you are being bullied and how to work as a team to report bullying.

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Students gain an understanding and come to realize there are many people that may look different. They learn why it is wrong to tease them, make fun of them, isolate them and physically harm them.

Students learn:
What diversity is
How to understand and respect differences
Why it is important to learn about and welcome friends that might seem different

Richard Paul's 40 - 45 minute Diversity Awareness program explains how diversity is part of life and why we need to respect each other's differences and interests. With the help of several colorful puppet friends, stories and audience interaction the students come to understand why diversity is awesome.

Prior to the presentation Richard will learn about the different things you already do in your school to promote diversity and customize his program to be in line with your school's mission.

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A positive behavior student leadership program that ties in with many school districts' PBIS strategies. This program promotes kindness, unselfishness, good manners and cooperation.

Students learn:
What it means to be nice
Why being nice is important
How positive behavior is the key to student leadership

With magic, music, puppets and loads of audience participation, students laugh and learn how positive behavior is the ticket to academic success, reducing bully behaviors, and improving social-emotional competencies. At the end of this positive behavior program, students will learn how to be polite to one another and why name calling and teasing are inappropriate, negative behavior. They will come to understand the meaning of kindness and what it takes to exemplify positive behavior.

If your school implements PBIS, then you'll want to bring this program in your school. It is a fun entertaining assembly show that promotes positive behavioral skills. Students learn the difference between good and poor behavior and are given valuable tools to help them develop respect for authority, respect for others, and respect for themselves. It is not the usual "one size fits all" style of school assembly program. It is designed to be adjust to the goals and objectives of your unique school.

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This conflict resolution school assembly explains the difference between bullying and conflict and offers up ways to resolve them.

Students learn:
What is conflict
How to avoid and work through a conflict
What anger is and how to peacefully control it

Students will gain a better knowledge of how to control anger, reduce stress and search for a peaceful proactive solution. They will be able to understand how important it is that they stop, think before they react and apply the strategies given to prevent school violence build on good student characteristics.

A 40-45 minute elementary program that shares tools students can easily implement to help avoid conflict, and work through a conflict. In addition, they are given tools they can use to properly control their anger. They will also discover why sometimes it is smarter to just walk away.

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A positive behavior program that promotes caring, cooperation, self-esteem, citizenship, honesty and honor in a fun an interactive way.

Students learn:
1. How to put others first, to be a good sport, to be resilient and to provide the tools needed to accept yourself and praise others
2. What it means to be respectful, to understand the importance of effective listening skills, and the power of a high self-esteem
3. Have the courage to be self-disciplined, independent, confident, to set a good example, to lead others, and to discover what it takes to be a good follower

This engaging positive behavior program promotes caring for yourself and for others. Students come to understand the true meaning of kindness, generosity and being of service to others. Richard and his ventriloquist puppets, accompanied by his comical magical skills, will highlight the need for confidence, common sense, and a willingness to understand that responsible behavior is the cornerstone to prosperous living.

In addition to being fun and interactive, The Secrets of Building Character is an elementary school assembly program that inspires students to take positive risks, resist negative peer pressure, cope with the changes and challenges of life, work through disappointments and so-called failures, set goals and strive to obtain them, and make the most of their creativity. It also teaches why it is so important to have a positive attitude.

This 40-45 minute elementary school assembly program teaches that respect is the fundamental character quality that prepares students to live productive lives as they relate and work with others.

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Richard's family fun ventriloquist show is a hilarious performance for all ages. He mixes kid friendly clean comedy, outrageous colorful life size puppets, music, magic and lots of funny audience participation.

For more than two decades Richard has astounded his audience with his high quality, outrageously funny, creative clean family comedy show, awesome puppetry and his extraordinary ventriloquist skills. Often audience members and clients have commented on how they actually thought the puppet were real and forgot that Richard was the one making them talk.

He performs ventriloquism with everything from his hands to everyday household objects, and brings up audience members for hilarious gags!

Audience members are sure to be rolling with laughter and will be talking about the show for days!

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Many schools and libraries plan winter festivals and fun events. This magic show is a special kind of show which celebrates the wonders of winter. Mr. Educate and his wide variety of magic and unique props offer a fun-filled family winter experience.

Mr. Educate has performed this show at the Detroit Zoo, Metro Parks, libraries, Detroit Winter Carnival and many more events.

Enjoy the chilly season with this warm assembly full of magic, comedy, and plenty of audience participation. Everything is covered, from the excitement of building a snowman to tossing snowballs to making snow angels. An endless magical Winter extravaganza that includes lots of audience interaction and magical effects, plus plenty of laughs and fun!

Students will love this magical Winter Celebration!

"The kids truly enjoyed your Ho Ho Holiday Show! You had a big crowd for each show and all I heard was laughter!" Shannon Smith, Canton Leisure Services, Canton MI

The kids will laugh when Frosty the Snowman can't remember the words to his own song. Giggle when the Mrs. Clause says Richard has been a naughty boy and do some wiggling and twisting with Santa's best buddy Rodney the Rat as he sings his Christmas song the Ho Ho Twist.

Ventriloquist Richard Paul's multitude of colorful wacky characters, goofy gags and Ho Ho helpers from the audience mix up a forty-five minute batch of Cool Clever Christmas Fun that is a treat for the entire family, a show that will leaving laughing and wondering how those puppets were talking.

"WOW! What a Show! Thank you for taking the time to visit Maconce Elementary School. Your presentation was very creative and captured the interest of the children. Students and staff, alike enjoyed your presentation and the audience participation." Francois Maconce Elementary, Ira, Michigan

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"It's a Harvest Magic Show, It's a Harvest Puppet Show, It's a family fun Fall Variety Show.

Most Harvest party planners, including schools, libraries, and park and recreation specialists, commonly look for a magic show for their Harvest or autumn celebration parties. This show provides a bit of magic and music in addition to offering a unique, fast-paced family show that is guaranteed to keep your kids of all ages laughing and having fun.

Autumn is Richard's favorite season of the year. The colorful trees, the apple cider, the yummy doughnuts and running through a creative corn maze. This show and its unique funny characters, music, magic and audience participation are truly a great addition to your Harvest Festival or Autumn Celebration event.

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"It's a Magic Show, It's a Puppet Show, It's a family fun Halloween Variety Show.

Richard Paul is a clean, family friendly comedy ventriloquist who brings to life his stage full of colorful, outrageous characters. His fast pace, funny improvisational style, and audience interaction is an unforgettable comical experience.

Most Halloweens event planners, school, libraries, and park and recreation specialist commonly look for a magic show for their Halloween parties. This show covers the need for a magician in addition to offering up a unique, fast-paced, fun Halloween Show guaranteed to keep your audience screaming with laughter.

This non-scary, ghoulishly funny, spectacular autumn show includes life size puppets, magic, music, awesome special effects and hilarious audience participation.

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The Ghost and Goodies show is filled with many magical surprises. Mr. Educate the Magician will amaze your guests with his fast-paced show full of lots and lots of Halloween Magic, goofy antics, and plenty of audience participation. From rope tricks and scarves to unique small illusions, the Ghost and Goodies Show is guaranteed to leave you laughing and wondering how he did his astonishing tricks.

This show has been performed for thousands of happy customers at Crossroads Village, Detroit Zoo, Binder Park Zoo, Detroit Historical Museum and many more venues. He has even dazzled the TV reporters from both Fox 2 and Local 4 News.

A seasoned performer, Mr. Educate has travelled throughout the United States performing his outstanding comical magic shows for over 40 years. His fast-paced magical skills will dazzle you and your audience for over 45 minutes.

If you are planning a Halloween party for a school, park and recreation event, or family fun Harvest event, the Ghost and Goodies show is perfect for kids of all ages.