Matthew Brian Taylor Entertainment
Matthew Brian Taylor's fun-filled magic programs have two strands: character building through the “Count on Me!” series and the “Wild Science” series that explores science and ecology.
All programs are available for live zoom shows or pre-recorded on-demand videos.
Count on Me! The School Friend Show
Curriculum: Social Emotional Learning, Theatre
Working together to stop and prevent bullying. This show is about friendship, cooperation, and bullying prevention. Students will learn that getting along with their teachers and fellow students is all part of how a good school works. They will learn the magic words that will help transform their actions everyday and the secrets to make their school day fly by!
Recommend Grades: K-6
Length: 45 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional
Count on Me! How to Be a Super Hero
Curriculum: Social Emotional Learning, Theatre
Helping out your home, your school, and your community by becoming a real leader! It turns out that anyone can be a hero if they try! In three easy steps, students will learn how they can become real heroes and rise to the challenge of being great school leaders. Clean up after yourself, do a good deed, gather with others to make a difference—and most of all, listen! This show proves that anyone can be a hero if they try.
Recommend Grades: K-6
Length: 45 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional
Count on Me! Ready, Set, Read!
Curriculum: English/Language Arts, Theatre
Reading is the greatest gift we can give ourselves; it opens the world to us and the magic door is the Library! Join “Traveling Matt” for a journey through the library, learning along the way about the Dewey Decimal System, the secret powers of a library card, and the keys to making every book an adventure. Whether you choose fiction or non-fiction, we guarantee the results will be FUN!
Recommend Grades: K-6
Length: 45 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional
Wild Science – Method Madness: The Scientific Method
Curriculum: Social Studies, STEM, Theater
The magic of the Scientific Method; or, how I learned that observation almost never makes you right! Magicians used to say “the hand is quicker than the eye,” but the truth is that the eye sees everything—it’s your brain that might miss what’s going on! Our signature Wild Science show is all about teaching students to retrain their brains so that the Scientific Method becomes their go-to plan for problem solving. Any magic trick can be looked at as a science experiment, and with the Scientific Method anyone can figure it out
Any Them Goes’ signature Wild Science show teaches students to retrain their brains so that the scientific method becomes their way to problem solve. Any magic trick can be looked at as a science experiment, and with the scientific method anyone can figure it out!
Recommend Grades: K-12
Length: 50 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional / $725 for 3 sessions
Wild Science – What Does it Matter?: Magic with Solids, Liquids, & Gas
Curriculum: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, STEM, Theater
Matter is all around us, but until we get right down to the molecular level, sometimes the states of matter can fool you!
Join a magician and amateur science sleuth on a quest to discover what makes liquid suspend on command, gases wrap around to do your bidding, and why solids aren’t always “solid!” You’ll learn that being a good observer is the key to solving nature’s best puzzle: What Does it Matter?
Recommend Grades: K-12
Length: 50 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional / $725 for 3 sessions
Wild Science – Trash Magic
Curriculum: Social Studies, STEM, Theater
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: It’s been the phrase that pays since 1972! Recycling isn’t magic, but it can sure seem like it! Turning trash into treasure is a trick that takes equal parts science and dedication. Just how much trash do we make every month, and where does it go after we set it out in those bins on the street? Find out the answers and discover what happens when we perform Trash Magic!
Recommend Grades: K-12
Length: 50 minutes
Cost: $450 first session / $200 each additional / $725 for 3 sessions
Science is Magic workshop
Curriculum: STEM, Theatre
This workshop explores the correlation between science and magic. Students will get to roll up their sleeves and learn first-hand that observation is the key to good science and practice really does make perfect when it comes to performing a magic trick! It contains some fascinating history including how teachers originally contributed to a longtime favorite magic prop. This workshop can be a stand-alone experience or a follow up to a “What Does It Matter” or “Method Madness” performance.
Recommend Grades: K-12
Maximum Audience: 30
Length: 45 minutes
Cost: Cost: $200 first session / $150 each additional