Encouraging Youth to Keep Making!
By facilitating Start Making! activities you can help young people develop a variety of creative competencies. In the process of making meaningful projects, young people learn new concepts and design skills. They become comfortable using a variety of tools and technologies to make projects. They gain confidence in their ability to bring their ideas to life and to persist through setbacks. In addition, they develop positive relationships through collaborating and helping others. Through this experience, they begin to see themselves as makers: as individuals who enjoy coming up with new ideas, creating personal projects, experimenting with new materials, and sharing their skills with others.
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