ES - Demo for Kids

[Christine Fink]

The demo I did for Diane's class was alot of fun! I had the entire 1st grade 
class (almost 100 children).

What really made my day was watching Diane's class mates asking her a ton of 
questions afterwards. I saw her self-esteem really rise that day and 
thereafter!

What we did (Diane and I) was dress in garb. I became my persona completely. 
To get there attention, I yelled "Oyea!" a few times which got there 
attention alot faster than the teachers <hehe>. Once I had their attention. 
I stared at the lights in the ceiling and looked at Diane and said to her, 
"Diane is this what you call lights?" (the children giggled). I then went on 
to explain what their lives would have been like in the Middle Ages (you 
know no electricity, video games, etc.) and how they would have spent their 
time. It was so funny to watch the children's faces (especially the boys) 
when I told them that they would be preparing for marriage right now and 
that at the rough age of 12 years they would be married. LOL

The boys got a real kick out of His Excellancy Galen's helm and chain mail 
(thanks again Galen!!). The girls and teachers really liked seeing Her 
Excellany Allesandre's needlework (thanks again, Allesandre!!).

I had the same problem, Colin...the teachers couldn't get the children to 
quit asking the questions and me and Diane from answering them. Afterwards, 
(with teacher's permission) I handed out color sheets with a knight and 
crown on it. On the backside was information concerning the The Highland 
Games (dates, times and tickets) and told them that if they wanted to see 
knights fighting or if they wanted to see more needlework that they could 
see us there. A few of the children did come out and see us (or so some of 
the children and parents told me).

I would love to do one for the older kids next year. I will probably ask the 
Vice Principal next month about it.

I just love doing demos!
Maria


----Original Message Follows----
Another really special thing:  Ever get a packet of
thank-you letters from an elementary school class?

That'll just make your whole month!

- Galen

Quoting Adriham at AOL.com:

 > Pardon the bandwidth but I felt this was too important a topic to pass 
up.
 >
 > I just wanted to offer a little inspiration and motivation to those who
 > might
 > be thinking about this, but never have.
 > I have done 2 of these school demos.
 > The first one was for my boss's daughter's middle school class. (maybe a
 > little suck ing up going on here;)
 > They just happened to be studying history within the SCA period.
 > I did this by myself and was very nervous.
 > Before the demo, I talked to the teachers (it turned out to be 3 classes
 > and
 > over a hundred kids) and got specifics on what they had studied. I was 
then
 >
 > able to adjust my topics accordingly.
 > The kids were enraptured, the teachers thrilled and I had a blast. My
 > nervousness melted away as I talked and demoed armor, clothes and various
 > other SCA period artifacts. I actually ran out of time and had to be shut
 > down by the teachers. They couldn't drag the kids (or me) away.
 >
 > The second time was with the Canton of Lindenwood. We did an all day demo
 > in
 > my son's school gym. Groups of kids would be shuffled in and out 
throughout
 >
 > the day. We had about ten people helping and were able to do a heavy
 > fighting
 > demo. Once again the teachers, the kids and us were spellbound.
 >
 > My favorite one and the one I will never forget was the first time. If 
you
 > get the chance, you need to do this. I promise you, you will have the 
time
 > of
 > your life and you  will never forget it,... and neither will the kids.
 > Oh,... and bring lots of props.
 >
 > Colin Crawford

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