After School Reader’s Theater Kits
(Great for Summer School Programs, too!)

Employing Reader’s Theater as part of your after school reading enrichment program is a great strategy to keep kids engaged, learning, and having fun after a full day of school.

Playbooks, Inc. has created 5 After School Reading Kits, filled with fun stories and activities that will keep your students engaged and learning.

The After School Kits include 6 copies of 10-11 titles, one master copy of a supplemental cross curricular activity workbook for each story, and a Teacher’s Toolkit. * Mini Costume kits and games may be purchased separately.

For an easy-to-use order form in Excel format for calculating totals automatically, click here.

For an easy-to-use order form in PDF format, click here.

After School Kit for Grades K – 2            $329.00        Click here to purchase.
(Includes 10 stories)
Price including costume kits and games   ....  $461.58

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Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

Bug Off!* (Gr. K-2)
Jake Can't Fake It! (Gr. K-2)
Surprise! Uh-Oh! Oh, No! (Gr. K-2)
The Three Goats Gruff Go to the Greener Side (Gr. K-2)
I Want My Room Back* (Gr. K-3) 		The Three Little Pigs* (Gr. 1-2)
A Squirrel in Time*^ (Gr. 1-3)
Doing the Dino Dip (Gr. 1-3)
Dr. Fox and the Nosy Pig* (Gr. 1-3)
Little Red Riding Hood* (Gr. 1-3)


After School Kit for Grades 3 – 5                  $429.00        Click here to purchase.
(includes 10 stories)
Price including costume kits and games   ....  $617.89

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Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

Ick! I'm Sick!*^ (Gr. 1-5)
Coopersville Capers (Gr. 2-4)
The Ice Cream Dream*^ (Gr. 2-4)
Sundance and the Bully*^ (Gr. 2-5)
Mini, the Super Watermelon*^ (Gr. 2-6) 		Master Man (Gr. 2-6)
The Hidden One* (Gr. 2-6)
The Great Rhyme Travel Machine*^ (Gr. 3-6)
The Great Rhyme Travel Machine Presents: African American Heroes (Gr. 3-6)
The Fairy and the Frog* (Gr. 3-6)


After School Kit for Grades 6 -8              $329.00       Click here to purchase.
(includes 10 stories)
Price including costume kits and games   ....  $459.22

(Image) Grade Level Kit
Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

Rumple-Stilt-Who? (Gr. 4-7)
The Baseball Equation* (Gr. 4-6)
Fabulous Food Detectives (Gr. 4-6)
Watchamacallit Wizardry* (Gr. 4-7)
A Snail's Pace Race*^ (Gr. 4-8) 		Princess and the Pea*^ (Gr. 4-8)
The Veggie Rap (Gr. 4-8)
Soccer Stars*^ (Gr. 4-9)
The Gifts of Wali Dad (Gr. 5-9)
Rapunzel (Gr. 6-12)

After School Kit for Grades 9-12              $179.00       Click here to purchase.
(includes 5 stories)
Price including costume kits  ....  $233.85

(Image) After School Kit
Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

Master Maid (Gr. 5-9)
Rapunzel (Gr. 6-12)
The Gifts of Wali Dad (Gr. 5-9)
Sherman the Shy* (Gr. 6-12)
Around the World in 80 Days* (Gr. 7-12)

(all books are spiral bound)

 


BUDGET KIT - Grades K-5           $449.00           Click here to purchase.
(includes 11 stories)
Price including costume kits and games   ....  $656.30

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Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

Bug Off!* (Gr. K-2)
Jake Can't Fake It! (Gr. K-2)
I Want My Room Back* (Gr. K-3)
The Berry Pie Mystery* (Gr. 1-3)
Ucky Duck*^ (Gr. 1-4)
Ick! I'm Sick!*^ (Gr. 1-5) 		The Ice Cream Dream*^ (Gr 2-4)
Mini, the Super Watermelon*^ (Gr. 2-6)
Master Man (Gr. 2-6)
The Great Rhyme Travel Machine*^ (Gr. 3-6)
The Great Rhyme Travel Machine Presents: African American Heroes (Gr. 3-6)

Now Available - updated kit with story focusing on exercise!
HEALTHY THEMES KIT - Grades K-5           $249.00        Click here to purchase.

(includes 6 stories)
Price including costume kits and games   ....  $318.44

(Image) Healthy Kit

Stories included... (Costume kits are available for stories marked *. Games are available for stories marked ^.)

The Three Goats Gruff Go to the Greener Side (Gr. K-2)
Ick! I'm Sick!*^ (Gr. 1-5)
NEW - My Wide World of Sports* (Gr. 3-6)
Mini, the Super Watermelon*^ (Gr. 2-6)
Fabulous Food Detectives (Gr. 4-6)
The Veggie Rap (Gr. 4-8)
          (Story includes a Mini-Rap that students can memorize and perform and an audio CD with a                    
           performance of the Mini-Rap and a music track for students to use when performing the Mini-Rap.)

Click to View Synopses for Stories Included in the Healthy Themes Kit


For an easy-to-use order form for After School Kits (PDF format), click here.

For the order form in Excel format for calculating totals automatically, click here.



Take Center Stage™ - A Hilarious Stage Acting Game With Reader's Theater
The Game for Actors ... and Over-Actors!

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Players read a Reader's Theater story together and then earn points by drawing from 4 unique Performance Card Decks and answering questions, reading plot twists, and performing or directing scenes from the Playbook® story with hilarious emotions and character types. The game is ideal for After School and Summer School programs. Kids have a blast while improving their reading and speaking skills. Click the link below for more details on how to play.

Details on game Play

Free Sample of Take Center Stage™ (Download, Print, and Play)

Watch a short video of kids directing and over-acting in the Take The Spotlight™ portion of the game.

The game is available for 12 different Playbook® stories, each with its own set of unique Performance Card Decks.

Take Center Stage™ - Stories Available

A Squirrel in Time
The String Thing
Ucky Duck
Ick! I'm Sick!
The Ice Cream Dream
Sundance and the Bully
Mini, The Super Watermelon
The Great Rhyme Travel Machine
Rikki Tikki Tavi
A Snail's Pace Race
Princess and the Pea
Soccer Stars

View Details and Pricing

 

 
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