The Magic Workshop: A Resource for Anyone Who Works with Young People in a Creative and Fun Way

"The Magic Workshop" is a resource book for anyone who works with young people in a creative and fun way. Group leaders, teachers, club organisers, trainers, counsellors, informal educators and children's entertainers will find this book an invaluable asset in their work with young people. Young people love tricks and puzzles and this book contains a volume of information on how to use magic, tricks and puzzles as a means of working with young people in a developmental way. It is full of expert guidance on how you can successfully deliver exciting magic workshops. This is flexible, engaging material that can be used with any youth group to introduce a new and stimulating experience. No skill is required and all the activities are easy to do. Presented in a practical format and self-contained with tried and tested activities, this easy-to-use book includes photocopiable material - self-working tricks, puzzles and games that young people and adults will love. Many of these ideas can also be used as ice-breakers, energisers or as a means of initiating conversation.
The author, a group worker, art teacher and magician, has spent over 10 years developing and perfecting the concept of the Magic Workshop to ensure that any leader can easily use this material with groups of all ages and stages.