Kids talent show | Imamother

amother

Seafoam

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 8:11 pm

My son's school is doing a kids talent show. Every child is getting 5 Minutes To perform.My son is 10 and he has no particular talent. Any ideas??

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 8:16 pm

He can do a magic trick. Let him pick one or two easy tricks and keep practicing until the show.

amother

Seafoam

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 8:22 pm

flowerpower wrote:

He can do a magic trick. Let him pick one or two easy tricks and keep practicing until the show.

Thank you, his school is very into tricks so it's not gonna work

enneamom

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 9:27 pm

A mime? He acts things out without talking and the audience has to guess what he's saying. He can wear a mime costume if that makes sense for the show.

imasinger

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 9:53 pm

He should pick something he enjoys. Singing, dance, acrobatics, read a funny poem, juggling, magic... It doesn't matter if other people are just as good or better.

But if he doesn't feel comfortable with anything, the school should respect his right to be an audience.

MitzadSheini

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 11:04 pm

amother wrote:

.My son is 10 and he has no particular talent. ........??

Please banish these words from your vocabulary, they are like poison.

Replace with "I have not identified his true talent", or "he is very talented at x but I can't see how to translate that to a stage performance".

And I agree with imasinger- a show is not a show if there is no audience.

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 11:16 pm

MitzadSheini wrote:

I don't see what is so wrong with that. I have zero talents and very fine with it. Not everyone is talented

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 16 2016, 11:17 pm

Maybe he can do a science experience? The Aim magazine has a lot of "jokes" or "tricks" in cartoon versions that can be used for such occasions.

MitzadSheini

Wed, Aug 17 2016, 2:33 am

flowerpower wrote:

I don't see what is so wrong with that. I have zero talents and very fine with it. Not everyone is talented

This disagreement may be simply a language barrier about the definition of talent, but it doesn't sound good to me for a child to think he has no talent. Everyone has talent. But it is true that not everyone's talent is transferable to a stage performance.

amother

Oak

Wed, Aug 17 2016, 3:00 am

amother wrote:

My son's school is doing a kids talent show. Every child is getting 5 Minutes To perform.My son is 10 and he has no particular talent. Any ideas??

What does he want to do? Have you asked him?

Rutabaga

Wed, Aug 17 2016, 3:21 am

How much time does he have to prepare?

How about something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Klutz-4.....V687D

salt

Wed, Aug 17 2016, 4:07 am

How about finding a funny story or poem to read out. A story with a little twist at the end, or with a joke. Not a made up story - find one in a book/ on-line.

flowerpower

Wed, Aug 17 2016, 10:38 am

MitzadSheini wrote:

I doubt the mom told her son what she was thinking. She came to an adult website and asked for advice. Unless he reads her posts, it shouldn't be a biggie.