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Center for Puppetry Arts
Educator Resource Guide
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A note from our
Education Director
Dear Educator/Parent,
Photo © Center for Puppetry Arts
Welcome to the Center for Puppetry Arts and our
production of Adventures of Little Noodle, written
and directed by Jon Ludwig.
Written and Directed by Jon Ludwig
Mar 6 - Apr 1, 2012
Performances Tuesday - Sunday
This Educator Resource Guide is designed to prepare
you for the experience of a live performance. You’re
also invited to utilize the suggested activities as a
springboard for follow-up fun after the curtain has
gone down.
Show
supported by:
All three areas of programming at the Center
for Puppetry Arts (performance, puppet-making
workshops and Museum) meet Georgia Performance
Standards (GPS) and Georgia Bright From the Start
Pre-K Program Standards. To access the Georgia
Performance Standards that have been correlated
to each programming area according to grade level,
click the links below:
Center for Puppetry Arts supported in part by:
New Generations Program
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Theatre Communications Group
Center for Puppetry Arts is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and is supported in part
by contributions from corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals.
Major funding for the Center is provided by the Fulton County Board of
Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.
These programs are supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts
through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.
GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.
The Center is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre
Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre.
The Center is a Member of TCG and Atlanta Performs.
The Center also serves as headquarters of UNIMA-USA, the American branch of
Union Internationale de la Marionnette, the international puppetry organization.
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It has been proven (through test scores and
numerous studies) that the arts
• invite empathy and interaction
• stretch the imagination
• develop important coordination and language
skills (emotional and spoken)
• satisfy educational objectives across the curriculum
• support literacy and writing
• enhance social skills such as problem solving,
turn-taking and active listening
• impact school attendance in a positive way
• improve motivation and behavior
• and simply allow children to have fun (they’re called “plays” for a reason, after all!)
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Adventures of Little Noodle is an informative and
entertaining show about the importance of
good nutrition, daily exercise, and maintaining a
positive body image. This charming show is the
perfect accompaniment to a thematic unit on
health, nutrition, positive choices and/or childhood
obesity prevention--and a celebration of the power
that the arts have to both entertain and educate!
Adventures of Little Noodle, P-K & K
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 1
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 2
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 3
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 4
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 5
Adventures of Little Noodle, Grade 6
To access a complete list of GA Performance
Standards for all grades and subjects, please visit
https://www.georgiastandards.org.
Enjoy the show!
Sincerely,
Aretta Baumgartner, Education Director
Association of Theatre Movement Educators
American Alliance for Theatre & Education
Educational Theatre Association
Pre-Show Activities / Discussions
WHAT IS A PUPPET?
A “puppet” is an inanimate (non-living) object that is brought to life by an outside force (usually a human being working as
a performer) in order to tell a story.
Adventures of Little Noodle features full-bodied rod puppets on a tabletop stage. Small control rods (painted black) extend
from each of the character’s heads, elbows, and feet.The puppeteers manipulate these rods in order to make their puppets
walk, talk, sing, and gesture. You will notice that the puppets (and set pieces) in Adventures of Little Noodle seem to glow in
the dark.That is because the entire show is performed under ultraviolet light, or “black light.” The puppets and set pieces in
the production have been painted with a special type of fluorescent paint that glows vividly under ultraviolet lights, creating
a magical, dreamlike effect on stage. The puppeteers are dressed entirely in black from head to toe so that they seem to
disappear into the darkness and so that the puppets get our attention.
• DISCUSSION: Ask the children what puppets are. Have they seen them before? Are they real or pretend? What can be used as a puppet? Out of what materials can puppets be made, and why would you choose some materials over others for certain projects? Have you ever made your own mouth puppets or shadow puppets?
WHAT IS A PUPPETEER?
A performer who uses a puppet or puppets to tell a story is called a “puppeteer.”
There are three puppeteers in Adventures of Little Noodle: Fracena Byrd, Amy Strickland, and Jeffrey Zwartjes (find out more
about the puppeteers in the WHO PERFORMS OUR STORY? section below). They will each bring to life many different
characters. All the dialogue and songs are performed live.
• DISCUSSION: What skills does it take to be a puppeteer? Every puppeteer plays multiple roles in the show. How are they able to make each character distinct and unique? Puppeteers can change their bodies and their voices to make characters and stories come to life. Do you change your bodies and/or voices and play
different “roles”?
WHAT IS AN AUDIENCE?
Being a good audience member is as important as being a good puppeteer! It takes teamwork between the audience and
puppeteer/actor to make a show successful. There are “rules of etiquette” that need to be followed, such as:
• A LIVE SHOW IS DIFFERENT THAN TV OR MOVIES. It’s okay to have fun, but do remember that the
people on-stage (and in the audience) can hear you—be polite!
• MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN SEE. Stay seated so the audience members behind you can see the show.
• BE SUPPORTIVE. The way audience members show they like something is to applaud. Make sure to
applaud if you appreciate what you see and hear. Between songs or scenes, after the show, and after the
post-show demonstration are appropriate places/times to show your appreciation.
• LISTEN CLOSELY. It’s important that you hear all the details of the story so that you can enjoy it fully.
• DISCUSSION: Review the “rules” of being a good audience member. Role play what is appropriate and what is not.
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What is the Story We’ll Share
(The Story Synopsis)?
Adventures of Little Noodle is a puppet play about making healthy choices, having respect for yourself and others, and staying active. It is an original play, created especially for and by the Center for Puppetry Arts (not an adaptation of an existing
story or book).
Our story introduces us to Little Noodle, a pasta noodle living in a grocery store with her noodle family. One day, she
is knocked off her shelf and swept away to another part of the store. On her journey through the store and back to her
family, Little Noodle interacts with characters that help her make better decisions about eating well and exercising, and
about having a healthy body image.
This is a participatory story: several times in the show Little Noodle will ask you if she should do something or not. She
will also ask for you to do some follow-the-leader activities. These are all things you can do while still seated in your chair
(and that you can do at home or school after the play, too!). In this way, you can go along the journey with Little Noodle.
• DISCUSSION: What is the difference between an original play and an adaptation? What challenges would each type of storytelling have? Brainstorm examples of adaptations and original stories that you’ve enjoyed and/
or created.
Who Created the Show?
This show was written and directed by Jon Ludwig, the Artistic Director at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Mr. Ludwig
is an accomplished performer, director, and designer who has worked at the Center since its inception. He has written
and directed over 20 distinctive shows for the Family Series that educate and appeal to children and adults. Eight of his
productions have received Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette-USA), and,
in 2007, he was among the first recipients of a new grant from Atlanta’s Charles Loridans Foundation to honor individual
artists who have made significant contributions to the city’s cultural life. Mr. Ludwig has also collaborated with national
and international artists including Petr Matasek from the Czech Republic’s Theater DRAK, Ping Chong from New York,
and Mitsuru Ishii from Japan. In children’s television, Mr. Ludwig wrote, designed, and puppeteered the shadow puppet
segments for the Disney Channel/Henson Production “Bear in the Big Blue House.” He also directed and puppeteered
for the Disney Channel’s “The Book of Pooh.” He is a member of The Directors Guild of America and ASCAP (The
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and holds a B.A. in Theater from Chicago’s Columbia College.
The music for Adventures of Little Noodle was composed and performed by John Cerreta.
Mr. Ludwig’s Production Team includes Jason von Hinezmeyer (Puppet Designer), Roy Howington (Scenic
Designer), Ted Murphy (Projections Artwork), Wes Parham (Projections Animator), Mike Post (Projections
Engineer), Gregory Montague and Damon Young (Sound Designers), Liz Lee (Lighting Designer) — and a team of
talented Puppet Builders (Jessica Lorence, Stephanie McCoy, Emily Pape, David Stephens, Margaret Tilson,
Tiffany Towns, and Jason von Hinezmeyer) and Set Builders (Ryan Sbaratta and Bill Jones).
• DISCUSSION: Visit the Center for Puppetry Arts website (www.puppet.org). Find out about the Center’s mission (“About Us”), history (“History”) and programming (“Performances,” “Museum,” and “Education”).
Discuss what you think each of the Production Team members’ responsibilities are , and
discuss what job or jobs you’d like to do when working on a puppet show.
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Who Performs our Story?
Fracena Byrd (Puppeteer) is excited to debut at the Center for Puppetry Arts! Some of her credits include Long Time
Since Yesterday with New African Grove Theatre and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs with Theatre in the Square.
She also had an exciting run in Baby at the Legacy Theatre and HAIR! at 7 Stages. She’s worked with Kaiser Permanente’s
Educational Theatre Program, in shows such as Secrets, Give Peas a Chance (another nutritional puppet show), and
Fragments. She’s performed in Smokey Joe’s Cafe at the Springer Opera House, and was Evillene in The Wiz produced by
True Colors Theatre. She’s looking forward to her next production in Nunsense at the Legacy Theatre in the spring!
Amy Strickland (Puppeteer) is so excited to be performing in Adventures of Little Noodle again! Her past Center
performances include Ruth and the Green Book, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Ugly Duckling, Cinderella Della
Circus, Body Detective, Charlotte’s Web, Rainforest Adventures, Dinosaurs, The Little Pirate Mermaid, and Winnie-the-Pooh. She
has also puppeteered for Haverty Marionettes, The City of Orlando Puppetroupe, Am-Jam Productions, Pinocchio’s
Marionette Theater, and Walt Disney World.
Jeffrey C. Zwartjes (Puppeteer) dabbles about town as a character actor, illustrator, set designer, puppet builder, and/
or puppeteer. Some of the previous productions he performed in at the Center for Puppetry Arts include Brer Rabbit &
Friends, The Shoemaker & the Elves, Dinosaurs, and Rainforest Adventures. Most recently he was seen wearing many hats in
The Red Balloon with Theatre du Reve.
Adventures of Little Noodle is part of the Healthy Children Initiative. Our goal is to empower
our audiences with knowledge and hope concerning being healthy. We encourage all of our
audiences to follow up what they have learned in this show by checking out our
Health Partners at http://www.puppet.org/health.shtml.
Sketches of Dr. Diet and Mom puppets
for Adventures of Little Noodle
Illustrations by Jason von Hinezmeyer
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LEARNING ACTIVITY, P-K & K:
“My Plate” Nutritious Meal Collage Activity
Georgia Bright from the Start Pre-K Content Standards covered: CD1 (Creative Development), HPD3 (Health
& Physical Development), LD3 (Language and Literacy Development,Vocabulary), SE1 and SE3 (Social and Emotional
Development)
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Kindergarten: ELAKR5 (English Language Arts & Reading,Vocabulary),
HEK1 (Health Education, Nutrition), SSKCG1 (Social Studies, Civics and Government Understanding, Rules),VAKAR1
(Visual Art, Assessment and Reflection),VAKMC 2 & 3 (Visual Art, Meaning and Creative Thinking),VAKPR1 & 2 (Visual
Art, Production)
Objective: Students will create collages containing images of nutritious food from grocery store advertisements and
glue them to a paper plate representing a meal made up of healthy food choices.
Materials: a “My Plate” poster or chart, paper plates (one per student), grocery store newspaper advertisements
containing pictures of a variety of foods, scissors, glue
NOTE: Ask students and colleagues to bring in used newspapers from home and make sure to recycle the newspapers after the activity is done!
Procedure:
1. Review the “My Plate” poster/chart (available at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/downloads/mini_poster_
English_final.pdf). Discuss examples of each of the food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy.
2. Distribute paper plates, grocery store advertisements, scissors and glue to students.
3. Ask students to cut out representations of food from the different food groups to include in one meal. Follow
the My Plate suggestions that half your plate be fruits and/or vegetables! Have students glue their choices to a
paper plate.
4. Ask each student to explain why they chose the foods they did, and share ideas about where to obtain these
foods (encouraging healthy shopping, healthy dining out, healthy cafeteria selections and lunch packing, etc.).
Assessment: Collect student work for review. Check to see if students followed the “My Plate” formula and remediate
as necessary. Display work on a classroom bulletin board display, making sure to share the information with adult
caregivers so they can support healthy eating habits at home.
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LEARNING ACTIVITY, 1st & 2nd Grades:
Healthy Snacks with Mr. Rabbit
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 1: ELA1R6 a, f (English Language Arts & Reading,
Comprehension), ELA1LSV1 b (English Language Arts & Reading, Listening/Speaking/Viewing), HE1.1 & HE 1.7 (Health
Education)
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 2: English Language Arts & Reading (Listening/Speaking/Viewing)
ELA2LSV1 d, e; (Comprehension) ELA2R4 a, HE2.1 & HE2.4 (Health Education)
Objective: Students will listen to the book Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow and Maurice
Sendak, and then participate in a cooking activity to make a healthy fruit salad using fruits mentioned in the story.
Materials: Copy of the book Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow and Maurice Sendak, apples,
bananas, seedless grapes, pears, knife, cutting board, mixing spoons, mixing bowls, plastic serving bowls, spoons.
NOTE: Please be aware of any food sensitivities or allergies that students may have before inviting participation in preparation or sampling of food. Review food and cooking safety with students before beginning the cooking process. Remind students that moderation is key when sampling foods and for healthy eating habits.
Procedure:
1. Peel and slice fruit ahead of time and refrigerate (bananas may need lemon juice squeezed on them to prevent
browning).
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Read the book Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present to your students.
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Ask students why they think the gift of fresh fruit was a good idea. Why is fruit a better snack than a candy bar
or ice cream?
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Divide students into small groups. Give each group a set of bowls containing the sliced fruit that will go into the
salad, a mixing bowl, a mixing spoon, and one small spoon for each student.
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Have students add the fruit in the order it was mentioned in the book and mix it all together.
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Ask one student to serve each person in the group a bowl of fruit salad.
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Enjoy!
Assessment: Observe students to make sure they are participating
in the activity. Guide student conversation so that healthy food choices
are the focus, and encourage students to try and enjoy any foods with
which they are not familiar. Keep a copy of Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely
Present on the class bookshelf for independent reading time.
Book cover for
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Written by Charlotte Zolotow
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LEARNING ACTIVITY, 3rd & 4th Grades:
MyPlate Spaceship: Blast Off! (Interactive Online Activity)
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 3: ELA3R3 a (English Language Arts & Reading, Reading
Comprehension), ELA3C1 j (English Language Arts & Reading, Reading Conventions), ELA3LSV1 d (English Language Arts
Reading, Listening/Speaking/Viewing), HE3.1 & HE3.3 & HE3.5 (Health Education)
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 4: ELA4R1 c (English Language Arts & Reading, Reading for
Informational Texts), HE4.3 & HE4.5 (Health Education)
Objective: Students will visit an interactive website to fill a MyPlate Spaceship with healthy food/fuel choices, classify
different foods into their corresponding groups, and answer questions about the activity afterward.
Materials: Computers with Internet access or a SMART Board for a whole class activity.
Procedure:
1. Preview the website: http://www.fns.usda.gov/multimedia/Games/Blastoff/BlastOff_Game.html
2. Review the five food groups that make up MyPlate and why they are important:
• Fruits provide potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C, and folate, nutrients vital for health and maintenance of
your body.
• Vegetables may help maintain healthy blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
• Grains contain B vitamins that play a key role in metabolism: they help the body release energy from protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
• Protein foods function as building blocks for bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
• Dairy contains calcium and Vitamin D, which help build strong bones and teeth and regulate blood pressure.
3. Have students go to http://www.fns.usda.gov/multimedia/Games/Blastoff/BlastOff_Game.html
4. Tell students that they will create a menu of healthy food and activity choices by clicking and dragging options
to their appropriate place in the MyPlate Spaceship. They must choose items that fulfill overall requirements of
activity and nutrition without overloading (food) or over-doing (activity). Only when students have balanced the
appropriate amounts of food and activity will they be able to blast off and receive a mission report that outlines
their areas of success and areas of challenge.
Assessment: Observe students during activity. Discuss choices, successes, and challenges. Post a MyPlate chart/poster
in the classroom (available for free download at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/downloads/mini_poster_English_final.pdf) as a reference throughout the year. Quiz students later in the year to see if they have retained information from the lesson.
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LEARNING ACTIVITY, 5th & 6th Grades:
Carbs, Sugar & Energy: A Word Search Puzzle
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 5: ELA5R3 a,b,c,d,e,f (English Language Arts & Reading), HE5.1&
HE5.3 (Health Education)
Georgia Performance Standards covered, Grade 6: ELA6R2 a,b,c,d (English Language Arts & Reading), HE6.1 & HE
6.3 (Health Education)
Objective: Students will read a paragraph about how the human body uses carbohydrates and complete a word search
puzzle featuring vocabulary words from the reading.
Materials: Copies of word search puzzle handouts from this study guide and pens, pencils, or highlighters.
Procedure:
1. Have students read the paragraph at the bottom of the word search puzzle paying special attention to the words
in bold face. Discuss the meaning of any unfamiliar words with your students before completing the activity.
2. After they have read the paragraph, ask them to locate the 24 bolded words in the puzzle. Students should circle
or highlight each word as they find it. Words are hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally and backward.
Assessment: Check student handouts for completion, comprehension and retention of information. Remediate content
from paragraph if necessary.
Sketches of Banana and Broccoli puppets
for Adventures of Little Noodle
Illustrations by Jason von Hinezmeyer
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Date_____________________
Carbohydrates, Sugar & Energy:
A Word Search Puzzle
Directions: Read the paragraph below. Then search the puzzle for the 24 vocabulary words that appear in bold. Circle
or highlight each word that you find. Words are hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally, forward and backward.
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and oxygen. Carbs are essential to any healthy diet. They are rich in nutrition and contain a variety of vitamins and
minerals. All carbohydrates are made up of units of sugar. Your body converts sugar into energy faster and easier
than any other food that you eat. Simple sugars need almost no digesting – they can enter the bloodstream immediately. The sugar contained in certain foods enters the bloodstream at different rates. The higher the amount of sugar a
food has the more energy your body produces. What happens if your body produces more energy than it can use? Extra
energy from foods that are higher in sugar will end up as stored energy in the body.Your body stores this energy in the
form of fat. That is why it is best to eat carbs with lower levels of sugar. Some examples of carbs with lower levels of
sugar are strawberries, soy milk, kidney beans, soy beans, cherries, bananas, macaroni, non-fat chocolate milk, non-fat
yogurt, banana bread, rye bread, baked beans, non-fat pudding and oatmeal. Remember to always choose your carbs
wisely so that your body doesn’t end up storing extra energy!
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Additional Learning and
Enrichment Opportunities
Acting and Drama
How do performers tell stories? Just as carpenters use hammers and doctors use stethoscopes, performers
use tools: voice, body and movement. Talk about how we use our voice, our body, and our movement to
pretend to be things, other people, animals, etc. Have the children explore the tools (body, movement, voice)
one at a time:
1. BODY: pose as different things (i.e. an elephant, using an arm as trunk and expanding to be as big as possible; a grandmother/grandfather, bending your back and leaning over a bit; a Ferris wheel,
placing both arms over your head in a circle and clasping your hands together)
2. MOVEMENT: add movement to the above
3. VOICE: how would they sound?
CURRICULUM CONNECTION: Theatre Arts
Being Yourself
What did the Little Noodle learn about self-confidence and individuality? Was her journey of self-discovery
easy or difficult? Have you ever felt confused or lost like she did? Talk about bullying—what it is, how it makes
others feel. Think about what makes you feel beautiful or handsome and what is unique and special about you.
Share this with a classmate, and ask him/her to add to the list. Write simple poems or sentences about what
makes you different from each other and how/why you should be proud of the person you are/are becoming.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Physical Education (Personal and Social Behavior)
Math Fun
There are many ways to explore math using the Adventures of Little Noodle performance as an inspiration.
Count how many characters you can recall from the play, and figure out what percentage of the show’s total
character count were in Little Noodle’s family. Consider the average size of a real-life pasta noodle and do size
comparisons with other objects, predicting whether things might be smaller than a pasta noodle, larger than
a pasta noodle, or the same size as a pasta noodle (greater than, less than, equal to)—then measure using a
ruler to test your predictions. What other math games can you create using the show and/or its characters as a
jumping-off point?
CURRICULUM CONNECTION: Mathematics
Music and Sound Effects
Explore how music can help tell a story. Music was a big part of this theatrical experience. How did music help
you understand the actions of the play and the feelings of the characters? Make your own music: play drums
you make out of coffee cans, guitars you make out of cereal boxes and rubber bands, and flutes you make out
of empty plastic bottles. Create lyrics and sing along! What mood or emotion do these different instruments
suggest, and how can your voice reflect these emotions? Listen to different styles of music (such as classical,
jazz, country and pop/rock) and identify what instruments you hear being played. Discuss what “sound effects”
are and recall any sound effects you heard in the show that helped create the world of the puppet play.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Fine Arts/Music, Fine Arts/Visual Art
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Puppetry and Science
How are puppets brought to life? How are puppet shows created? Have the students create a puppet show
using objects they can find in the classroom and/or in their desks. Have them each bring in one kitchen utensil from home (marked with their name on masking tape!) and brainstorm how to re-create a favorite fairytale using these utensils. Puppets designed for this show and for all puppet shows use scientific applications in their
designs. Can you figure out how simple machines (levers, pulleys, wedges, screws, wheels/axles, inclines) might have been used in the puppets, set, props or stage for this puppet show? Discuss how properties of light
and dark apply to the production and performance of this show. What other ways can you see that science
would have been used in the research for or creation of Adventures of Little Noodle?
CURRICULUM CONNECTION:Theatre Arts, Science (Engineering and Technology)
Spelling
What fun can you have with the letters of the words “Little Noodle”? Give each student the letters L-I-T-T-L-E-
N-O-O-D-L-E and ask them to make (and define) the following words: ode, noted, title, dole, elite. What other
words can you and your students make (and define) using those letters?
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: English Language Arts & Reading (Spelling)
Storytelling
How are stories written? How can a story be told? Have the children draw a series of pictures to illustrate what happened in the story. Add simple captions. This is called a “storyboard” and is often the way a play or a movie is created! Have the children act out what they remember, allowing different children to take on different roles
(including scenery so all have a part to play!).
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:Theatre Arts, English Language Arts & Reading,
Fine Arts/ Visual Art
Sketch of Chef puppet
for Adventures of Little Noodle
Illustration by Jason von Hinezmeyer
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Selected Bibliography
Bean, Anita. Awesome Foods for Active Kids: The ABCs of Eating for Energy and Health. Hunter House, 2006.
Doney, Meryl. World Crafts Puppets. Franklin Watts, 1997.
Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z.Voyager Books, 1993.
Haines, Ken and Gill Harvey. The Usborne Book of Puppets. Usborne, 1997.
Kater, Kathy. Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too! National Eating Disorders, 2005.
Lade, Roger. The Most Excellent Book of How to Be a Puppeteer. Stargazer, 2007.
Miller, Edward. The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Eating Healthy, Being Active & Feeling Great for Monsters & Kids! Holiday House, 2008.
Olson, Gillia. MyPlate and You. Capstone Press, 2011.
Pretlow, Robert, M.D. Overweight: What Kids Say: What’s Really Causing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic.
CreateSpace, 2010.
Privett, Dave and Todd Liebenow. Let There Be…Blacklight. One Way Street, Inc., 2009.
Rockwell, Lizzy. Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition. Collins, 2009.
Storper, Barbara. Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure! Making Good Eating Great Fun. FoodPlay Productions, 2011.
West, Linda T. Too Much. Little Britches Children’s Books, 2008.
Zolotow, Charlotte and Maurice Sendak. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. HarperCollins, 1962.
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Internet Resources
http://www.eatright.org/
Find out how the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the
profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
http://www.puppet.org
Visit the website of the Center for Puppetry Arts, where you can take a virtual tour of the Museum and see examples of
puppets from many cultures and of many different styles.
http://schooltheatre.org/sites/default/files/Did%20you%20know%20with%20links%20web%20post%2011-18_1.pdf
Discover the statistics and learn about the importance of Arts Advocacy at the Educational Theatre Association
website.
http://www.getkidsinaction.org/exercise/
Utilize the Get Kids in Action website for information, kids’ activities, meal plans and more.
http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/
Promote healthy eating and physical activity solutions for kids with Healthy Kids Challenge.
http://www.healthyweight.net
Connect to research on obesity, eating disorders, weight loss, and healthy living at any size via the Healthy Weight
Network.
http://www.ific.org/
Visit the website of the International Food Information Council for the latest in food safety and nutrition information.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/staying_fit/exercise.html
Find exercises that work for all body types and all ages at KidsHealth.org.
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pasta-history.asp
Learn about the history of pasta at Life in Italy.com.
http://www.mermaidtheatre.ns.ca/repertory/index.shtml
Watch video clips of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and The Mixed-up Chameleon by award-winning children’s
book illustrator and writer, Eric Carle, retold on stage with puppets in black light by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.
http://www.produceforkids.org/
Plan healthy meals in which fruits and vegetables are the focus on the Produce for Kids website.
http://www.puppeteers.org
Find out about puppetry and puppeteers in the United States by visiting the webpage for the Puppeteers of America.
http://www.unima-usa.org
Learn how Union Internationale de la Marionnette-USA “promotes international friendship through the art of
puppetry.”
http://www.choosemyplate.gov
Before you eat, think about what goes on your plate or in your cup or bowl. The “new food pyramid,” from the United
States Department of Agriculture.
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