Want to really motivate your students? Want to have an educational program that also keeps students engaged and in a learning frame of mind while they have fun?
EVERY PROGRAM INSPIRES READING
All shows are carefully geared to EACH AGE GROUP. There are always several programs to choose from and if your school has a special theme, we can adapt it for you at no additional expense.
Every program includes a special teacher’s guide to continue the learning experience after the show.
12 Fun-Filled Shows To Choose From!
The Magic Of Science: Our Most Popular Show
This is the program that made Mr. Dennis the most in-demand school assembly presenter in the Midwest & East Coast. Is it a magic show, or is it a science assembly? It’s Both!
Liquids change color, snow magically appears, Mr. Dennis uses Nikola Tesla’s invention to create light with the help of a teacher, and jaws drop at the sight of amazing optical illusions. A little mind-reading with math gets students excited about mathematics.
Using math, physics, and chemistry, the students learn scientific principles and how magicians use them to fool us. You will learn about magical events in history and how science has changed our world. Plenty of audience participation and on-stage volunteers.
This is a fast-moving, exciting show that will have your students and teachers laughing for 45 minutes, while they learn about the Magic Of Science. Hands-On Workshops are available. Grades K-8
Does Spaghetti Bounce? States Of Matter
The much-awaited follow-up to the original Magic of Science.
A show about Liquids, Solids, and Gases. Students learn about the states of matter through amazing demonstrations, audience participation, and plenty of volunteers. Liquids change color, liquids combine to form a rapidly growing blob of polystyrene, and some amazing demonstrations of the gases that surround us. Your students will also learn the answer to the question, Does Spaghetti Bounce?
This is a fast-moving, exciting show that will have your students and teachers laughing for 45 minutes, while they learn about the world around them. Safety and the proper use of safety equipment are stressed throughout the program. Curriculum-based fun. Perfect for grades K-8.
The Amazing Mysteries Of Mathematics
You Can’t Have Fun Without Math: That is the message of this wonder-filled trip into mathematics.
A King, A Jester, A Possum, and A Trip Back In Time Add Up To Mathematical Mirth, Amazement & Motivation.
With storytelling, magical props, audience participation, and plenty of volunteers, Mr. Dennis teaches problem-solving skills and much more.
Students will also learn about many great mathematicians of the past, including Pythagoras, Galileo, Isaac Newton, and Florence Nightingale.
Mr. Dennis makes math relevant and interesting for your students and staff in this fast-moving romp through the land of numbers, shapes, and oddities.
Programs adjusted for grades K-12 An evening family program is also available.
“We have had Dennis Regling out to our school for a “Math Night” performance two years in a row. Mr Regling was very entertaining and informative. Every time he asked for a volunteer, every child’s hand was in the air and adults and kids alike were asking questions after the show. We have really enjoyed having Mr Regling out to our Elementary school and we are looking forward to his next show, as we will be having him back again. We would highly recommend Dennis Regling for a school performance.” Kathy Downing, PTO President, HG Blake Elementary School, Medina, Ohio
The Weird & Wacky Science Show
The Weird & Wacky Science Show is an interactive program that keeps the students engaged and laughing while introducing and building upon scientific concepts that complement and reinforce their classroom studies. Students will not only learn about electrons, airflow, air pressure, and the areas of scientific studies, but Mr. Dennis also teaches students how they can explore the science around them every day.
The amazing science demonstrations include: an amazing demonstration of the power of static electricity, a memorable lesson in density and the properties of matter, a student’s head seems to grow larger and larger, then shrinks to a smaller size, students help to levitate a board using Bernoulli’s Principle and a powerful air transfer device, and several more experiments to involving chemistry and physics. The oohs and awes will fill the room.
Recommended Grade Levels: Assembly program: K-8
Test-Busters Test Preparation Show
Are you looking for something to help motivate, encourage, and relieve your students from the stress of taking the State Test?
Great Assemblies & Dennis Regling have a new, interactive and exciting show to help your students have the confidence and the tools they need to do their best on ANY test!
- Learn Mr. Dennis’ 6 Test-Taking Secrets
- Learn to be B.R.A.V.E. when taking a test
- Students Learn Specific Skills To Help Them Ace That Test
- Fun Audience participation
- On-Stage Volunteers Participate In Fun Test-Busting Presentations
SUPER COOL SCIENCE SHOW: States of Matter and Changes In Temperature
Super Cool Science is filled with eye-catching science experiments and hands-on demonstrations that explore states of matter and changes in temperature.
Award-winning author, Dennis Regling, makes homemade hot air balloons float, paint cans crush on command, clouds of water vapor erupt from an ordinary glass of water, and flash freezes household items in a bath of liquid nitrogen. Learn about Dr. Sylvester Graham’s super-food creation, see the incredible shrinking dog and experience science in new and exciting ways.
During Super Cool Science, Mr. Dennis uses highly visual demonstrations to teach students and teachers how to be life-long learners.
Grades K-12, workshops available. Recommended for Grades K-12
Fun-Tastic Physics: Energy Magnets & Motion
Our third great program in the Magic of Science series.
Science is a process or method of investigation. Your students will learn the scientific method. Improve your students’ problem-solving skills. Using fun experiments in physics, Mr. Dennis will have your students laughing and learning. Imagine a simple machine that breaks the sound barrier.
The Triangle of Terror will have your students and teachers laughing hysterically.
Catapults, Rat Traps, Gyroscopes, History, Magnets, and more come together in this curriculum-based look at the world around us. As the students learn about density, air pressure, kinetic and potential energy, they also learn about their own potential. This fast-moving assembly is both educational and motivational. Recommended for Grades K-9
Reading Is Magic: ATTACK OF THE BOOKWORMS
What happens when bookworms go bad? It’s up to your students to save the day.
They will need the help of Mr. Dennis and a little magic, silly storytelling, puppets, wacky bookworms, funny surprises, a little music, a giant library card, and lots of audience participation.
This is 45 minutes of hilarity and fun that:
- Stimulates creative thinking, imagination, and reading comprehension skills.
- Creates positive associations with reading and assigns a substantial VALUE to books and reading.
- Drives home the importance of reading, even in the “real world”.
- A special visitor motivates the students to turn off the TV and pick up a good book.
The Road To Success: Six Signs of Character
Character Education has never been more important – or more memorable.
This popular program covers the Six Pillars of Character and also includes a very visual segment on “Bucket Filling.”
Your students learn about Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Trust, Friendship, and Good Citizenship in this fun program filled with music, magic, puppets, and more. An excellent program for all ages and grade levels. Your students will learn to set personal standards and goals and the necessary steps to achieve them.
A special emphasis is also put on reducing bullying and building teamwork among your students.
- I recently received this email about my show, “The Road To Success: Six Pillars of Character”: “Dennis,Thank you for traveling to us and giving such a wonderful, impactful and engaging show. You truly were able to cater the show to all of our K-8 grade students and everyone was involved. The students could not stop talking about how funny and life changing the show was.As a professional who has studied psychology for seven years, I truly appreciated your ability to keep the messages relevant and intriguing.You truly thought about all aspects of the child when putting together the presentation.We will certainly be recommending you!!” Hailey Morelos, School Psychologist Intern, Chatsworth Elementary
Recommended for grades K-6
C.H.A.N.G.E. Your School: Don’t Play The Bully Game
Dennis Regling spent 3 years and hundreds of hours researching violence and bullying in schools. He has interviewed teachers, school administrators, and students. Now, he has developed an inspiring assembly presentation and a complete anti-bullying program for K-8 students.
Through the 45-minute Don’t Play The Bully Game presentation your students will learn how to handle stressful situations, how to control their anger, and most importantly, how to avoid or diffuse threatening situations, quickly and safely.
Your students and teachers will be equipped to bring a CHANGE to your school.
The Quest For Less: Environmental Science
The Quest For Less: Environmental Science Show is an interactive show that teaches students about their choices in litter prevention, recycling and waste management.
This lively program keeps the students enthralled and laughing while delivering this important and topical information.
Unlike other “green” assemblies, Mr. Dennis actually includes real science and leaves students and teachers more aware of the real problems facing our planet and the solutions that science provides.
The amazing science demonstrations include:
- Styrofoam disappears during a discussion about landfills
- Learn about a new form of super absorbent polymer technology that is changing the way environmental scientists approach oil spills and waste management problems
- A demonstration of temperature inversion accompanies a lesson on the oceans.
Recommended Grade Levels: Assembly program: K-12
Amazing Magical Inventions: And Their Inventors.
Inventions have shaped our world, and we benefit from them daily. Where did they come from? Who invented them? What’s next? In this fun, funny, and thought-provoking program, Mr. Dennis looks at steam engines, silly putty, light bulbs, peanut butter, and other major inventions that have affected our modern civilization.
Inventors like Franklin, Carver, Edison, and even an eleven-year-old inventor are discussed with demonstrations of their inventions. Fifth Grades love this show for their Technology and Inventions Units, but all ages will laugh and learn.
Recommended for grades K-6
Family Fun Show
Sometimes you just need a fun family magic program as a reward assembly or to highlight an evening program. We offer a squeaky-clean show that features traditional magical marvels with games, surprises, and audience participation.
“The Family Night Magic Show that you performed was quite a success. The children were so intrigued and excited after they saw your daytime performance that they were very insistent with their parents regarding attendance at the night show.”
Paul G. Zickefoose, Principal, Beverly Elementary, Beverly, WV
Dennis has performed his Family magic Shows at festivals, theaters, museums, libraries, and schools for over 20-years. He is the house magician at the famous Victoria Vaudeville Theater in downtown Wheeling, WV.
The show also works great as a fund-raising event.
Teacher In-Service Program: The Creative Classroom.
An exciting lecture based on Dennis Regling’s book of the same title. Your teachers will learn new ways to create excitement in their classrooms and motivate their students to better perform. Your teachers will participate in some amazing demonstrations as they explore their own imaginations. This is a 45-minute program. An additional 45-minute hands-on workshop is also available. “Mr. Dennis” always leaves a copy of his book, “The Creative Classroom” for your school’s library, too.
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Through the years “Mr. Dennis” Regling has helped countless schools across the East and Midwest motivate, educate and inform students with uplifting assembly programs.
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