Reflection on Arts & Crafts Webinar

 At the beginning of the semester in March, we had a webinar on arts and crafts, when I heard the topic I was so happy for the webinar. As for me, I can be boring but we should learn more and develop our skills for making our classes more engaging , especially with young learners they love engaging lessons.

First , when the presenter had started the webinar she asked a question "What can be used in our classes to make it more engaging? Actually, I was shocked that time that in fact we can use everything that is related to our lessons. After that I am confirming for myself that really we can use everything that is connected to the lesson and we can me the class more joyful. The presenter showed us some objects and asked how these objects can be used and for what reason. She showed us how daily life objects can be transformed into something funny and useful. Moreover, not only the presenter but also my groupmates who are already teachers and are experienced had many interesting ideas, which surprised me., I think webinars and the university classes are nice opportunity to share our experience and learn something new that could never come to my mind.

The presenter had many puppets and she was obsessed with them. She gave a detailed information about them but the main point was that they actually work and she uses them in her classes. She mentioned one important point that puppets actually can make speak children who are shy or have some problems in their families. I think this method can really work, but we should know how to work with them because it can be a bit scary for very young children.

What I took from the webinar was I should be more creative and not be afraid of experimenting using objects and making classes more engaging !