Anyone's Guess Kids Mystery Program Kits
Mystery
Programs for groups of children, grades 3-5
Please Note: You may email Janet Dickey <jdickey@janetdickey.com> if you are interested in a Kids Kit. Some of these are still available in the boxed sets. (Highsmith/ Upstart Books is no longer publishing the kits.)
In future, these kits will be updated and made available as PDF downloads on this site. Keep watching!
Current Kits: Crime Caper
Is Maxie the gerbil guilty?
My Grandma's Gonna KILL
Me!
If Wanda doesn't find it soon, she's in BIG trouble
Who's a Fraidy Kat?
Who is trying to scare her into staying away from school?
Kits contain:Complete instructions with checklists for planning
and setting up the program and for guiding players through the mystery.Master copies of reproducible "badges," "crime-solver
notebooks," and answer sheets for each player.List of Props needed and ideas for creating Evidence Scenes.Evidence such as notes and legal documents (with
tips for "enhancing" beyond the basic black and white).Program promotion materials.
The program can be run at your choice of several
levels #1. You read from the sheets provided and describe
scenes while handing around
the evidence. #2. Players discover the evidence you've "enhanced"
at mini-scenes you've created with props you provide. (How-to tips included.)
#3. Actors are used to develop a more theatrical
production.A script as such is not included. Players are
investigators, not suspects,
and do not need to prepare in advance in order to participate.
The focus of
most of the graphics and instructions is interactive play at the second level.
Much is done for you, but there is plenty of opportunity
for you to adapt the program
to your needs and to add your own creative touches.
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