Silly Sally The Clown

Sally Shaver helped the employees from the Carroll County Iowa Family Resource Center  to enjoy a day of laughter and learning in the tranquil setting of Hidden Acres Camp near Dayton, Iowa on October 8, 2007.   Participants learned about the health benefits of adding more laughter and humor into their workplace as Sally entertained and encouraged them with activities, magic, ventriloquism and laughter exercises. 

The current research tells us that preschool children laugh on the average of 400 times per day while adults only chuckle about 15 times.  Laughter releases endorphins into the brain which gives us that “feel good” sensation, reduces blood pressure and can help to decrease depression.  Therefore, Sally is on a mission to help others of ALL ages to laugh through her presentations and with her professional clown character, Silly Sally.

Sally is a certified laughter leader through the World Laughter Tour and presents programs to groups for corporate trainings, teacher trainings, women’s retreats, community organizations and church groups.  Check out the Smile Awhile Presentations website to find out more about Sally’s programs.

Silly Sally and Giggles entertained kids of all ages with face painting, balloon twisting and with Silly Sally’s Jump A Roo bounce house for the City of Ames Electric Services open house.   A huge crowd enjoyed touring the City of Ames Electric power plant eating a great lunch and receiving bucket rides by city employees.  This annual event was held on a beautiful windy day and fun and educational opportunities were had by all who attended.

 To learn how Silly Sally and KangaKids Party Entertainment can come to your next party, community or corporate event, check out Silly Sally’s website

Silly Sally provided walk around entertainment, balloon twisting and set up her inflatable Jump A Roo bounce house at the recent employee picnic for the City of Ames.  Adults and kids enjoyed laughing with Silly Sally and the children jumped for fun in the Jump A Roo as well as watched Silly Sally twist up balloon creations.  Great BBQ food was served up for all by legendary Hickory Park restaraunt from Ames.

 For more information on how Silly Sally and friends can entertain at your next community, corporate or private event, check out Silly Sally’s website.

New FIT Kids act is a winner!  Silly Sally highly recommends the new bill H.R. 3257 that has been proposed and will be presented to Congress.  As a certified K-12 physical education and health teacher, Sally Shaver aka Silly Sally has long questioned the lack of physical education requirements in the original No Child Left Behind legislation.  With a childhood obesity epidemic in full swing, children need quality, daily physical activity and schools need to put PE back into their required courses and help students learn about other healthy habits including nutrition.  This new bill could be nicknamed, “No Child Left On Their Behind.”

Iowa is one of the few states that requires some kind of PE at 50 minutes per week at the secondary level.   But even with this requirement, many students are still not getting the needed and recommended daily physical activity.  Sally also believes that PE teachers and schools should be held accountable for providing high-quality PE by following national benchmarks and standards created by NASPE.

The KangaKids FunBus is available to come to central Iowa preschools and daycare centers and provides quality physical education classes for young children.  Kids love to participate in the numerous activities including tumbling and gymnastics , beginning sports skills, creative movement and dance and even ride on the zipline.

Silly Sally has also created several products and programs to help children become more physically active and encourage healthy, active lifestyles.  She is in the process of creating her latest CD, “Get Moving with Silly Sally” which should be released this fall.  Check out Silly Sally’s website for more information on how you can purchase a CD or video or have Silly Sally visit your school or community to help kids learn about staying fit and healthy.

• Silly Sally presented her program “Keeping your head above water” to the women of Luther Memorial Church in Des Moines on Saturday September 15th.  The group enjoyed lots of laughter and a short study on how joy is presented in the Bible.  Sally is a Certified Laughter Leader through the World Laughter Tour and is available to present programs to businesses, churches, schools and other adult groups.  For more information, check out her professional speaking website: smilepresentations.com

Silly Sally and Sparky the clowns entertained at Jordan Creek Town Center on Tuesday evening August 28th. Children enjoyed Silly Sally’s balloon creations and Sparky’s face painting designs along with many inflatable games and other activities outside near the water.   Dino O’ Dell, children’s musician, from Kansas City was also on hand to entertain families.  This was the last of many Tuesday evenings over the summer that Joradan Creek Town Center provided free family entertainment. 

 Silly Sally presented her clown ministry program, “Keeping Your Head Above Water” for Rally Sunday at Washington Reformed Church in Ackley, Iowa on Sunday August 26th.  Children and adults enjoyed the gospel message during Sunday school time presented in a creative way with the use of puppets, illusions, music and storytelling.  

In addition, Silly Sally and her polar bear puppet Snowflake, gave the children’s sermon during the Sunday morning service helping the children learn how to show God’s love.  For more information about Silly Sally’s clown ministry programs, check out her website:

Silly Sally, Sparky and Sweet Tooth the clowns face painted and twisted balloons for employees and their families at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. Hundreds of children not only enjoyed interacting with the clowns, but had a great time on inflatable games, a mechanical bull and carnival games.  Great food was also served up to everyone on a beautiful day in northern Iowa.

Silly Sally is a central-Iowa clown and professional speaker who provides corporate and priviate party entertainment for children of all ages. Sally has been a professional clown since 1996 with both B.S. and M.A. degrees in physical education /health.  She is a professional musician and has released several CDs and videos. Her passion is helping children make positive choices while enjoying the special times of just being kids. She would love to help make your event special. In addition, Silly Sally is a professional speaker who provides keynote and workshop presentations for adults.

Silly Sally the Clown shared her clown ministry program on Sunday July 29th at the Eldora United Methodist church. She utilized music, illusions, ventriloquism and audience participation activities to present the gospel in a creavtive way. Parishioners laughed throughout the service while learning what God’s word says about joy and loving others. To learn more about Silly Sally’s clown ministry, check out her website: www.sillysallytheclown.com

The Magic of Teaching Creatively class will held in Ames, IA this week for area teachers. In this class, local teachers will learn to design lesson plans in more creative ways.  This two day workshop class allows participants the opportunity to become more creative in their thinking and teaching styles as Sally facilitated numerous active participation activities.

Sally will help teachers facilitate ideas in storytelling, puppetry, technology, drama, clowning, music and brain-based learning.  Participants will also learn how humor and laughter are important in the learning process as Sally is a Certified Laughter Leader.  Sally had the teachers participate in many laughter exercises and how these would be helpful for their students.

This class is sponsored by Heartland Area Education Agency (AEA 11). The seminar will be held on July 26 & 27, 2007 in the Ames, Iowa AEA office. For more information, visit the Heartland AEA website. There is a full syllabus for The Magic of Teaching Creatively available on this website.