Program / Event Details

Where do words and letters go, after we say them, do you know? Alphabetisimo is the story of a secret House of Light, where Letters and Words live, play, and create stories. Shadow letters turn into shadow characters, shadow characters come out of a shadow house and turn into flat colorful puppets. What do we do, if A -angel falls asleep and her W-wings fly away? Along with A-angel and B-boy, we go on a journey to find the wings. And of course, we will find them, and in the end, tired and happy Letters will return home and…fall asleep: Z-Z-Z-Z.

This is an experience that teachers and parents can continue in the classroom or at home to enhance reading skills and create meaningful and engaging storytime for children and the whole family. This program also introduces shadow puppets as an accessible resource for beginner English language learners. The program has elements of STEM for children—while practicing shadow theater they discover how light travels and ways to create different sizes of shadows. After the workshop, we also talk about different books about the Alphabet, silhouettes, shapes, light, and shadows.

Goals and Objectives:

+ Introduce shadow puppets as a literacy and science teaching tool
+ Introduce and/or recall the alphabet
+ Introduce object transformation (letters into characters) as a great problem-solving tool and a foundation for coding and decoding skills (basic reading and math skills)
+ Social-Emotional context: helping your friends