ソーシャル クラブ: 友達とのスクラップブック (ライティング、アート、会話) - ESL フレンドリー

⭐All learners are welcome to join these creative sessions at any time!
⭐Make friends from around the world doing some creative scrapbooking each week!
⭐Great for ESL learners! (Must be able to talk about their daily life.)
⭐No prior knowledge is needed!
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A traditional scrapbook is a collection of photos, written descriptions, and "scraps" placed on beautiful papers with stickers and cutouts for the purpose of recording special times in a person's life. In this class, we will also record our lives as they happen, but extend the content to things that will help us to see trends over time--like what the weather has been like, how much things have cost, and what has been happening in our communities. These will be called "observations" in our class, and each week, the students will be encouraged to include some observations on their personal pages, as well as some "experiences", which are the stories they have collected over the prior week. 

The learners will create a different page each week based on their interests and experiences that week, but each page will include multiple pieces of information about the learner's week, expressed in a variety of ways, like journal entries, poems, and art. The design, form, and most of the content will be up to them, and I will help them to brainstorm ideas as we discuss their week at the beginning of class. They may also use the "Observations" and "Experiences" lists to brainstorm ideas. I will facilitate the conversation to help each learner explore their experiences and feelings, and brainstorm ways to express them creatively. For example, they may choose to describe trying a new food for "new experiences" or write a poem about how they felt when a sibling got them into trouble for "sibling stories". They could also doodle an A+ and math symbols on the page for "successes" and "school experiences".

There is a lot of conversation in this class as each learner shares about their week and learners are encouraged to talk to each other and to expand on topics that other learners have shared. There is a strong social club aspect to this class, since the learners continue to chat as they work on their scrapbooks.

EXPERIENCES:
-School Experiences
-Events & Celebrations
-Funny Stories
-Sad Stories
-Emotional Times
-Pet Shenanigans
-Leisure Time
-Family Time
-Sibling Stories
-Time with Friends
-New Experiences
-Successes
-Trying Again
-Meal Time
-Adventures with Technology

OBSERVATIONS:
-Temperatures
-Weather Patterns
-Signs, Billboards & Advertisements
-Popular Music, Movies, etc.
-Common Words and Phrases
-Prices
-Changes
-Community Events
-Surprising Observations
-Construction & New Buildings

At the very least, the students will record the dates (so they can look back and see when it was) and an experience each week. A large portion of the class time will be spend creating individual scrapbook pages about our observations, experiences, and emotions from the prior week. So, the creative work will be done in class. Also, examples will be provided of journalled reflections, personal poems, and artwork, as well as fully designed pages, to inspire the students to journal, write poetry, and create their own art.

Stickers, magazine clippings, and photos are optional, but would be fun to add to their scrapbook pages, and colourful paper will make the project even more exciting and inspirational, but is not required. If your goal is to keep their scrapbook pages long-term, look for acid-free projects, since they hold up and do not fade like other products.

This project, which can be completed for one week, multiple weeks, or a year, is designed to record what is happening in a child's life, around them, and their feelings and reactions. Putting these details into writing and art, trains them to express what they are experiencing and feeling. Our focus is on social-emotional skills, especially emotional awareness and self-expression, so we will work through various aspects of our experiences to process our feelings in a relaxed and creative way. In particular, it allows them to name their emotions, retell their experiences in their own words, and transform every day or stressful moments into creative content. They will also learn how to track and look at their experiences and observations as trends throughout the year, especially if they choose to continue with this scrapbooking/journalling technique long-term. 

This class involves conversation, art, writing, and presentation (the students share their ideas, progress, and creations). While it is not a therapy class since I have no professional counselling qualifications, it is a calm, reflective, creative, and safe space for students to relax, reflect, and enjoy as they express themselves creatively.

▶️I am dedicated to finding a solution for all families! Reach out if your learner wants to take my class and you need a discount. I can set up pay-what-you-can plans.

▶️If you can pay the current fee, I thank you for your support since I work hard to provide creative, inspiring content while balancing the challenges of living with disability and chronic illness. Thank you!

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