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Papercrafts: the perfect classroom craft
If you're looking for ideas that can be adapted in the classroom
paper is an ideal medium because it is so easily available in a wide
variety of weights, colours and textures.
Papercrafts are experiencing a new high in the craft market and
introducing them to the classroom is both cheap and productive.
Over the years there have been a surge of paper-related crafts that
have swept through the industry. Some have been simple, others
challenging. Many have been beyond the scope of classroom crafts
because they require specialist materials that aren’t easily sourced.
Offering your choice of project is the final stage of the process.
Your first consideration should concern your particular group of
learners.
- What kind of activity are they
interested in?
- What skills have they already got?
- What difficulties should I be aware of?
- How much time is available for the
project?
When deciding what to offer make sure you are deciding on their behalf,
rather than your own. Don't choose a project that you want to do,
because invariably though you might be enthusiastic, you may take
over.
Choose something that encourages everyone to have a go. And make
sure that you have samples to show the finished product.
Visual learners need to see what you are encouraging them to do.
It also helps them to decide on colours, sizes and levels of
activity. Making a range of samples in different colourways and
styles is as important as offering step by step samples of the
individual stages involved.
Because papercrafts often require precise, sequential folds, it's
important that both you and the learners have something to refer to as
you work through the project. It's even worth numbering complex
foldings so that you don’t get lost along the way.
And once the project is completed, see if there are ways to extend and
build on the learning through more ideas. There may be ways you
could use some of the skills accomplished in other projects, or work on
a different papercraft project that requires similar approaches, whilst
stretching or adding new ways of working.
As with all learning, success in early projects will encourage your
learners to move onto other challenging ideas and generate
motivation. Make sure your first introductions to any project are
enthusiastic and encouraging, providing every opportunity for them to
participate and ultimately to succeed.
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Geraldine Jozefiak is passionate about
crafts and their place in
education. Be part of raising standards in teaching and learning
by offering the best possible creative opportunities.
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