"The Wand Of Dreams"
(A Mathematical Fairy Tale)

The land of “Happily Ever After” is in big trouble. The Wand Of Dreams has been stolen and everything is falling apart! Fairy Godmother or Godfather and the audience have to round up the usual suspects to solve the mystery. Each suspect offers an interesting mathematical problem to solve as the mystery unfolds. You’ll meet a Magic Mirror with a messy cold, a Dirty Rat with some pretty shady friends, a Troll that has traffic backed up for hours, a narcoleptic Sheriff that can’t stay awake long enough to figure anything out, Five Little Piggies with some really big problems, and a Dragon that loves bacon! The show combines hilarious puppets, beautiful animation, spellbinding magic, wonderful music with tremendous audience interaction. The set has big screen animation, lots of magical props and musical instruments. This is our best show yet!

Duration: 50 Minute Show

For Ages: Pre-K - 5th Grade

Setup: 30 minutes to 1 and 1/2 hours depending upon the performance space.

Tech Requirements: One Chair, One Table 6'X2' and one Electrical Outlet (We bring the rest!)

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Curriculum Standards Connections

Students will:

connect numerals to the quantities they represent.
Count a number of objects up to 30.
Produce models for number words through ten.
Sequence and identify using ordinal numbers (1st-10th).
Compare two or more sets of objects (1-10) and identify which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other.

use representations to model addition and subtraction.
Use counting strategies to find out how many items are in two sets when they are combined, separated, or compared.
Build number combinations up to 10 (e.g., 4 and 1, 2 and 3, 3 and 2, 4 and 1 for five) and for doubles to 10 (3 and 3 for six).
Use objects, pictures, numbers, or words to create, solve and explain story problems (combining, separating, or comparing) for two numbers that are each less than 10.

group objects according to common properties such as longer/shorter, more/less, taller/shorter, and heavier/lighter.
a. Compare and order objects on the basis of length.
c. Compare and order objects on the basis of height.
d. Compare and order objects on the basis of weight.

understand the measurement of calendar time.
a. Know the names of the days of the week, as well as understand yesterday, today and tomorrow.

correctly name simple two and three-dimensional figures, and
recognize them in the environment.
a. Recognize and name the following basic two-dimensional figures: triangles, quadrilaterals (rectangles, squares) and circles.
b. Recognize and name the following three-dimensional figures: spheres and cubes.

add and Subtract Numbers less than 100.

develop an understanding of the measurement of time.
a. Tell time to the nearest hour and half hour and understand the movement of the minute hand and how it relates to the hour hand.
b. Begin to understand the relationship of calendar time by knowing the number of days in a week and months in a year.
c. Compare and/or order the sequence or duration of events (e.g., shorter/longer and before/after).

reason and evaluate mathematical arguments.
a. Recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics.
b. Make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
c. Develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs.
d. Select and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof.

represent mathematics in multiple ways.
a. Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
b. Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems.