Outreach Productions offers a wide variety of youth programming in the Austin area. We believe in using the arts to encourage reading and writing development in children 3-14 years old. Outreach Productions goal is to provide meaningful community art showcases and stories as a means to increase exposure and representation to underrepresented artists including Black, POC and women artists.
Outreach Productions Fall Fables and Winter Tales Reading Program starts now! Join us every week as we post new stories, crafts, and puppet shows from our favorite fall and winter reads.
Watch our latest puppet show: Mumba Tales!
We hope you’ve enjoyed creating fun and easy crafts for Mumba Tales! Did you know there is a lesson plan that goes with it? Check out our TEKS aligned lesson plans to make creating your crafts, not just fun, but educational! Don’t forget! Click Here to purchase Mumba Tales on Amazon.
September is Hispanic Heritage Month!
Hello friends and family join Outreach Productions as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month for the month of September.
Check out the following books:
Borreguita and the Coyote retold by Verna Aardema
Cuckoo/Cucu by Lois Ehlert
Adelita by Tomie de Paola and Tales Our Abuelitas Told (A Hispanic Folktale Collection)
by Alma Flor Ada & F Isabel Campoy.
Check out the following books:
Borreguita and the Coyote retold by Verna Aardema
Cuckoo/Cucu by Lois Ehlert
Adelita by Tomie de Paola and Tales Our Abuelitas Told (A Hispanic Folktale Collection)
by Alma Flor Ada & F Isabel Campoy.
Watch the videos below to make fun crafts from the above books!
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And The (Puppet) Show Must Go On...
Check out some of our favorite Outreach Productions puppet shows! Do you want to book a traditional puppet show for your school, daycare, or child's party? We can do that! Fill out our form and request a show here.
Watch the puppet show “The Monkey and the Crocodile” by Paul Galdone below.
Don’t’ forget to stick around after the puppet show and make the crocodile craft. Check out our Folktrails lessons about Juneteenth.
Make the craft from the puppet show!
Watch the video below to learn how
to make your own crocodile!
Story time with Storyteller Joanie StewartOne of our best storytellers, Ms. Joanie Stewart, will end our Summer Reading Program with a lesson that falls under Folktales. She will discuss folktales and fairytales as well as explain their origins and their long history of helping us break the boundaries of time and culture. Afterward, Joanie will tell us some stories. After Joanie presents the story "Too Much Talk", we will end with a fairy craft. Make a craft and have fun!
We are excited to introduce two very special children's programs running this Summer and Fall. Click to learn more about our Reading Club and Juneteenth show.
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AUSTIN BLACK FREEDOM COMMUNITIES
Feature-Length Documentary on Black Austin History
Outreach Productions is currently developing a feature length documentary about Austin's Black Freedom Communities. This is an ongoing project through 2022. To learn more about the film click here.
For additional information on our services, please fill out our contact form here or contact Deborah Orr at 512.284.5707