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Social Skills Week · Day 4

The Magic Show

Thursday, August 20, 2026  ·  Main event 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.  ·  East Brunswick Learning Clinic

Date

Thursday
August 20, 2026

Main Event Time

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Clinic day 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location

15 W Prospect St, Suite 1 & 2
East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Format

Seated show with optional volunteering

About the Day

A Show Built for This Audience

A live magician performs a short, interactive set in our main room. The tricks are visual and close-up rather than loud and theatrical, and the pacing is deliberately quick — each routine resolves in a minute or two, so a child who drifts off can rejoin without having lost the thread.

There are no bangs, no smoke, no strobe effects, and no sudden blackouts. The performer has been briefed to keep the volume moderate, to avoid approaching children who haven't invited it, and to never pick a volunteer who hasn't clearly put a hand up.

Magic is unusually good material for this group. It creates a genuine shared "wait, what?" moment across a whole room, and that collective reaction — looking around to see whether everyone else saw it too — is joint attention happening without anyone having to prompt it.

Skills We're Targeting

What This Builds

  • Sustained group attention — sitting with peers and attending to one shared focal point for a stretch of time.
  • Reacting together — gasping, laughing, and clapping at the same moment as everyone else.
  • Raising a hand and waiting — volunteering, then tolerating not being chosen, which is the harder half.
  • Following multi-step instructions from an unfamiliar adult, in front of an audience.
  • Commenting and recounting — the show gives every child the same thing to talk about afterwards, at home and with peers.
How the Day Runs

Thursday's Schedule

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Arrival and regular 1-on-1 sessions. The show appears on every child's visual schedule.
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Group prep: what a magic show is, what "abracadabra" means, and practising putting a hand up and putting it back down again.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch, then children choose their seat — front row, back row, or a chair by the door.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
The show. Roughly 45 minutes of performance with a short break in the middle, then a few minutes for children to ask the magician questions.
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Follow-up activity: technicians teach a simple trick each child can take home and show a family member. Excellent recounting practice.
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Regular afternoon programming and pickup.
Included

What's Provided

  • The full live performance, briefed in advance on our sensory and volunteering guidelines.
  • Flexible seating — chairs, floor cushions, and standing room at the back.
  • Ear defenders and fidget tools at the door.
  • A staffed quiet room, with the door left open so the show is still audible from outside if a child wants that.
  • A take-home trick and the props needed to perform it.
  • Photos shared with families afterwards, where photo consent is on file.
Please Note

Before Thursday

  • Watch a short magic clip at home beforehand. Knowing roughly what to expect makes an enormous difference to how the hour goes.
  • Talk through the "not chosen" possibility. Many children want to be the volunteer and only one can be. A quick conversation on Wednesday evening saves a difficult moment on Thursday.
  • If your child dislikes being watched, tell their technician. We will make sure the performer knows not to invite them up.
  • Leaving partway through is fine and does not need to be negotiated. Children can step out and come back as often as they need to.

Entertainment provided by MyBinx.

Questions About Thursday?

Call the Clinic

Tell us in advance about anything that would make the show harder, and we will adjust the seating and the performer's brief.

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