Education Through Entertainment

Happy 21st to Geoff as Mobile Ed Midwest Regional Manager

Posted on Mon, Jun 30, 2014

Mobile Ed Productions has reached it's 35th year, and Geoff Beauchamp has been a part of more than half of it! Starting as a performer in January of 1989, Geoff created Mobile Ed's The Living Lincoln, and is still one of our "Lincoln's" who brings The Living Lincoln into your school each year. Pretty good likeliness huh? 

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The World Will Little Note Nor Long Remember... Today in 1863

Posted on Tue, Nov 19, 2013

One hundred and fifty years ago today, a tall thin man, weak and dizzy from an as yet undiagnosed case of smallpox, rose from a temporary platform to face a crowd of onlookers beneath a cold and drizzly gray sky. He was there to deliver “a few remarks” in dedication of an as yet unfinished cemetery. The previous speaker was Edward Everett renowned orator and the the main featured attraction that bleak morning.

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Squirrel! School Shows For Middle School Audiences

Posted on Wed, Sep 25, 2013

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“Lincoln” Film Gathers Assembly of Twelve Academy Award Nominations

Posted on Thu, Jan 10, 2013


To no one's surprise, Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln has gathered a large array of nominations for this year's Academy Awards. Best Film, Best Actor and on and on. The film is brilliant and deserves all the recognition it can get. In particular, the performance of Daniel Day Lewis in the title role deserves supreme accolades.

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Spielberg Lincoln Movie A Brilliant Teaching Tool

Posted on Mon, Nov 19, 2012

Seven score and nine years ago, President Abraham Lincoln, weak from an oncoming illness, stepped in front of a large crowd gathered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to deliver what would become widely recognized as one of the finest speeches ever uttered in the English language. The words he spoke that day have come down to us one hundred and forty nine years later as The Gettysburg Address. Words that have been studied and faithfully memorized by millions over the decades that follow because of the powerfully elegant simplicity with which they sum up so much of what was great about Abraham Lincoln and, more importantly, what is great about America.

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National Unity and The Living Abraham Lincoln School Assembly

Posted on Tue, May 22, 2012

Many of us are today well aware of the angry clash of vision which holds our government in deadlock between proponents of the two major political parties and ideologies. Conservatives and Liberals are more divided by staunch partisan hatred than at almost any time in our nation’s history. It is well to remember, that the last time tensions rose to these heights we embarked on a Civil war which devastated our country and claimed over six hundred thousand American lives.

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Presidents Day and School Assemblies

Posted on Mon, Feb 20, 2012

Happy Presidents Day!

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Library Shows For Kids - CSLP Theme for 2012!

Posted on Mon, Jan 2, 2012

Well, Happy New Year! It is now officially 2012, and in many places schools are resuming today or tomorrow after the holidays. Our school assemblies are back on the road this morning with some schools enjoying programs already this chilly morning on January 2.

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Cyber Monday, Presents and What is Good For Kids (School Assemblies!)

Posted on Mon, Nov 28, 2011

Well Happy Cyber Monday to you all!

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Supporting The Curriculum With Strategically Placed School Assemblies

Posted on Tue, Sep 27, 2011

As September rolls rapidly toward its conclusion (Boy, can you believe how quickly that went by?), we find ourselves looking ahead toward the rest of the school year. Many schools have now made their plans for school assemblies, though many have not yet even begun. Just some thoughts today on strategically planning your school assemblies for maximum benefit in supporting the curriculum.

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