Every Friday at 3pm you will find us at the story time at Children’s Fairyland. It works out really well for us and we catch the puppet show either before of after. The story times are run by volunteers and it is neat to experience their varying styles. They each read different stories, sing different songs and chose to bring out different manipulatives-like a felt board, scarves or egg shakers. Clover loves to help out at the end by cleaning up the lily pads (pillows) and putting away the benches so now they all know us. We both appreciate that our Friday routine attending Fairyland is constant but there is so much variety with each visit. Children’s Fairyland is really a treasure to us.
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waiting for the puppet show
Waiting to watch the puppet show “The Dragon Who Wasn’t” at Children’s Fairyland. Sitting in the shade as its eighty degrees today. Welcome Summer!
The Dragon Who Wasn’t May 30 – July 14.
An original tale written by fledgling puppeteer Frank Oz in the 1960s. Written by the teen for Oakland’s famous Vagabond Puppet program, it is a funny tale about a magical kingdom in desperate need of its own fire-breathing dragon. Based loosely on the classic cartoons of Jay Ward’s Fractured Fairy Tales. Puppets by Jesse Vail of Fool Moon Puppetry, and scenery by Annie Wong.
Children’s Fairyland’s puppet theater is celebrating
Children’s Fairyland’s puppet theater is celebrating its 60th anniversary! It is definitely Clover’s favorite part of Fairyland.
friday fun day
Friday is our Fairyland day. Even though they are now open Wednesday through Sunday for their spring schedule, we prefer Friday afternoons. We attend a puppet show and story time and have just enough time for a few other favorites without getting bored. Every week we see different friends and it is a different experience. I prefer to visit on a less crowded day and miss out on some of the weekend activities, but we always have the option of popping in whenever we like since we live so close!
little house
This is the little brick house that belongs to one of the three little pigs. It is the attention to detail that Fairyland has that make our visits so enriching. Clover visits this little house on every single trip. Somehow I caught a quiet moment when she and other children are not all crammed inside the tiny living room. ^_^