Something Sue and I discovers when we taught at Northlake was that a lot of folks need a focus for
what you teach, A few folks will come in and have ideas about what they want to make, but most
prefer having a set goal—We will use these skills to make a leaf pendent
We buy patterns for sewing use recipes for cooking, watch a home repair show on how to build a book
shelf You do often need basic skills to do that, but folks like some guidance until they are
comfortable creating on their own
If you are one of the folks with the ‘maker gene’ you create because it is a part of you, Give you a recipe and
the second time you fix it, you have started altering it. Creativity is not something that has been encouraged in everyont
As teachers we need to be aware of both types and of folks that come here with excellent skill sets, Sometimes thy
may be a little rusty