Skillbuilder Workshops, brain child of education/literacy
advocate Maggie Rollings, is in its second summer at Copperopolis Branch
Library. The workshop follows different ‘menus’ and approaches to learning,
covering seemingly each possible learning avenue for a child.
At the 7-19-12 Skillbuilder workshop the children were read
a book with a moral based on the negative consequences of cheating. To
reinforce the moral the children were then split into groups of their choice to
create and perform a puppet show. The groups consisted of: actors, stage/set
designers, puppet makers, and marquis creators. Each child chose their group
and scampered off to create with a flourish.
Within a short amount of time,
lines were learned, spoon puppets were completed (dresses, hair and wobbly eyes
all in place), the stage was build (curtain and all) and the marquis proudly
displayed the name the group has chosen for their play…. “The Golden Rule and
Cheating.”
At the completion of the performance the children regrouped
and went over the events of the day learning that working with their strengths
together, they were a great team. All
the while the underlying moral seeped through in a positive reinforced manner.
If you want your child to participate in skill builder
workshops please visit the Copperopolis Branch
Library for more information.
