The Incredible Water Show

The Incredible Water Show
HMH Books for Young Readers
40 pages

Available in: hardcover
hc: 978 – 0‑152 – 16287‑0

This science companion to Miss Alaineus proves that water, H‑O-H, H₂O, is the most miraculous of substances in this wacky play set on a neighborhood stage. Create your own show!

The kids from Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster are back! This time they’re putting on a neighborhood play starring the world’s most astounding combination of atoms — H20! Filled to the brim with scientifically accurate facts about water and water conservation, here is one wet-and-wild celebration you won’t want to miss.

Science facts about water
in an innovative performance format

Stage a play or reader’s theater.

A Look Inside

With its bright, colored-marker cartoons and dialogue bubbles, this presentation is filled with exuberance… Frasier’s offering, with its snappy text, jazzy pictures, and upbeat tone, may inspire children to produce plays about their own subjects of study.

— School Library Journal, Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School

Classroom Activities

Complete Curriculum Kit

Would you like to download the entire six page curriculum support kit for The Incredible Water Show?

OR! Print only the pages you would like, as described in the adjacent panels.

Stage a Play

Stage your own Incredible Water Show…Two pages of performance notes and ideas. Divide the class into ten scenes and tell the story small, medium, or grand!

Staging Ideas

Turn facts into performances with staging ideas, plus great websites for further research. Performance related jobs are included, too.

Vocabulary Games

Includes water vocabulary games, plus a brief author biography and pictures.

Stick Puppets

Make puppets on a stick! Here is a single page reproducible of the six main characters, plus the dog and cat. Print on paper or card stock, color with markers, just like the book.