Schenk, Uwe & Michael Sondermeyer: Performing Magic for Children ©2000 I Saw That!, Toronto, Canada Hardcover, no dj, 178 pages

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Contents:

Ix Publisher’s Foreword
Xi Foreword
Xiii Preface

3 Introduction: Magic For Children
3 Scope Of This Book

7 A Few Dates

15 Pedagogy
15 What Is Pedagogy?
17 The Magician As Pedagogue
18 Magic As A Pedagogical Aid?
20 The Magician As Role Model?
22 Views On Childhood

29 Audiences And Accommodations
29 Prior To The Show
29 - Occasion
29 - Charging Admission
30 The External Requirements
30 - Light And Sound
30 - Indoors Or Outdoors
31 - Time And Day
31 - Seating And Visibility
32 - Boundaries
33 - The Room
33 - Admission To The Room
34 - End Of Show
35 - Children’s Names
35 - Adults In The Audience
36 - Size Of Audience
37 The Audience
37 - Attention Span
37 - Age Groups
38 - Older Children
39 - Teenagers
39 - Crying
40 - Wetting
41 - Interruptions
41 - Very Young Children
41 - Pacing
42 The Assisting Child
43 A Special Audience

47 Designing An Act
47 Concept And Structure
48 Magic For Children As A Branch Of The Art Of Magic
50 - Live Animals
51 The Role Of The Performer And The Structure Of The Act
59 Which Tricks Are Suitable For Children?
63 Arabic Water

71 The Acts

73 Uwe’s Act
73 Shwoop-Dee-Woop
80 The Portable Bus Stop
84 Casimiriam The Card Duck
91 The Blue And The Red Scarves
100 The Linking Rings
115 Concluding Remarks: The Role Of Patter

117 Michael’s Act
120 The Colour-Changing Cane
124 The Thimble Trick
128 The Trick That Is Explained
132 The Rope Routine
146 The Sponge Balls
150 The Die Box
154 The Mutilated Parasol
159 The Scarf Production

167 That’s It!
171 Bibliography
175 Index Of Names And Keywords