Kids on the Block - Unforgettable Educational Programming

The Kids on the Block are specially crafted, life-sized puppets with individual personalities and histories designed for each program.  The Kids on the Block program is unique in child abuse prevention education. 

Children who are reluctant to share can interact freely with the puppets.  The puppets are then able to respond with clarity and candour to the questions and concerns of the children. Each ‘Kid’ comes to life through puppeteers.  Our puppeteers receive special instruction on the handling of puppets, training on protocols for reporting child abuse, and guidance on how to respond to the questions of students.

Kids on the Block uses puppetry to educate Grade 3 and 4 students about physical abuse and sexual abuse.  The script material discusses the difference between discipline and abuse, how and who to tell, and validates the feelings of children who have experienced abuse in their own lives. 

This program first came to Huron County in the late 1980’s and was operated by the local Children’s Aid Society.  Later the program moved to the Rural Response for Healthy Children.  This program reaches hundreds of boys and girls each year.

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