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Educational programs relating to kids with disabilities or differences. We are waiting and ready to visit - Your School! 		Kids on the Block logo Information:
Call the Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley office at 603-448-6311 or the KOB Coordinator Ann Justice at 603-277-9365 or AnnJustice@me.com for further information or scheduling.

We offer short amusing skits, usually two or three in a performance, which are both educational and informative. After each skit the audience is invited to ask the puppets questions.
See the "Kids on the Block" in action:
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Packets of activities to be used in the classroom as preparation and/or follow-up are included:

The puppets have names, families, and friends just the way you and I do; the only difference is that they also have some challenges that not everyone shares.
The puppets help to promote understanding and overcome difficulties through their insight and suggestions.

Skits Available
  • Visual Impairment
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Spina Bifida
  • Mental Retardation/Down Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Emotional Disburance
  • Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs
  • Bullies and School Safety
  • Multiculturalism
  • Healthy Snacking
  • Asthma
  • Childhood Cancer
  • Diabetes
  • ADHD
  • Child of Divorced Parents
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Epilepsy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Physical Abuse
  • Obesity
Kids on the Block

COST:
  • all costs of the KOB presentations are FREE in New Hampshire and the Vermont side of the Upper Valley because of generous grants, including that from the Upper Valley United Way.
Skits offered FREE to Upper Valley Schools
Abuse, ADHD, Bullies and School Safety, Diabetes, Autism

Thanks to generous contributions:
United Way of the Upper Valley
Utility Club of Lyme
Upper Valley Community Foundation
Anonymous Donor
Mellon(Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company) trustee of the Ella F. Anderson Trust

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2011-12 Performance Year Report

In this school year, the six members of the puppet troupe presented 34 skits at 15 school venues. Ten of the schools were in the larger Upper Valley area. The total audience reached was 1633 students and staff. A total of 1,541 miles were traveled to present these skits, from Fairlee and Lyme in the north to Westmoreland NH and as far as Londonderry NH in the south, and places in between.

The most popular skit requested was Bullying (19), then Learning Disability (4), Healthy Snacking (4), Blind (3), Divorce (3), Epilepsy (2), ADHD (2), Asthma (2), and Down syndrome, Spina Bifida, EBC, Autism, Physical Abuse, Cerebral Palsy, and Tobacco Abuse - all one time each. The puppeteers usually give 2 or 3 skits during each presentation time (about an hour or a class period. Each skit runs 10 to 15 minutes in length and then time for Q & A with the students.

The six volunteer puppeteers volunteered a total of 365 hours of time in these presentations this year, usually on Thursdays. Snow days reduced the number of possible presentations this year somewhat.

Puppeteers include: Ann Justice (Coordinator), Bev Strout, Barbara Payson, Merry Converse, Janet Eller, and Mavis Murray (new this year). Mavis really enjoyed this work and plans to continue on into the future. Ann, Bev, Barbara, and Merry have been KOB puppeteers for 15 years or more.

Visit the National Office of Kids on the Block for infomation on other Kids on the Block programs throughout the nation.


Email: kob@nhsupport.net

This Kids on the Block web address is p2pnh.org/kob.

A United Way Agency Kids on the Block IS supported by United Way and other local organizations and private donors. Parent to Parent of New Hampshire logo Parent to Parent of New Hampshire You are not alone....we have been there.


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