Brooke Johnston, Age 12

For my child workshop, I had Brooke (age 12) make a scrapbook from scratch. Brooke was extremely easy to work with because she already had a very good sense of self. She did not need any encouragement with the project or the materials, but took to them very easily. Brooke was already previously interested in journaling and scrap booking so my main focus for this project was to further her interests in creating a scrap book journal for where she could express thoughts, emotions and memories in one place and where she could experiment with a variety of materials such as photographs, buttons, pressed flowers, magazine cutouts, etc. I was able to provide Brooke with these materials and she was very interested in using them and experimenting with them so I basically only had to sit by and be there if she needed any help. Because Brooke has two older brothers and is the only girl in her family, I thought a scrap book would be a good idea for her so she could have her only little project for herself and not feel so separate from her brothers. Because of Brooke's brothers, she also had a very mature mentality and was polite, excited and enthusiastic about the project. If I was to work with Brooke again, I would try to aim for a project that was more challenging for her. She enjoyed making the scrap book and seemed enthusiastic to fill it up, but the project seemed to be fairly easy for her. Overall, the project with Brooke went very well and I had a really good time working with her.