How to conduct a successful workshop?

Workshop is one of the best education formats, but most of them don’t seem like one. They lack question-answers and discussions. They are quiet, passive worse than lectures. Well, in reality, for any kind of workshop; like African textiles workshops or dance workshops for schools, it consists of a limited group of people, wherein all of them participates equally, and there is interaction between them, problem solving and learning new things. In order to conduct a successful workshop, you need to keep few points in mind. Let us have a look at some of the useful tips. Here we go...
Pre- workshop tasks:

• Define the objective:

The first thing you should do is to determine your goal. Be specific about your objectives. Have a clear vision in your mind about what you want to conduct a workshop and also the reason behind that and think why it is important. Perform this step wisely because all the following steps will depend upon this.

• Determine your audience:

If you know the audience, their age, qualification, experience and their knowledge about the topic on which you are conducting workshop, you will be able to prepare well for the for it.

• Determine the teaching method:

Now that you have defined the objective and determined your audience, you need to find out the teaching method. Try out various methods and find out which is the best method according the type of audience.

Tasks during workshop:

• Greet the participants and introduce yourself.
• Introduce the participants with each other.
• Inform them what’s in for the day.
• Encourage them to interact and participate in discussion.
• Create an atmosphere wherein participates can make themselves comfortable.
• Give them chance to practice whatever you teach them, then and there.
• End it up with a summary and a motivational quote and note.

Post-workshop task:

• Remain available for few minutes for the participants who want to meet you in personal.
• Take feedback.

No matter whether the workshops in schools or colleges, take the above points into consideration and you are sure to conduct an amazing workshop. Good luck!

Importance of extracurricular activities for students

The educational system in some countries is strictly the curriculum based that gives nothing more than the bookish knowledge. They think that few books and learning material are enough for the overall development of students. Well, in reality it is insufficient and all it does it restricts students’ imagination power. The educational system of a country should consist of the basic curriculum as well as the extracurricular activities. Workshops for schools will help students get involved into social and cultural activities. Let us discuss some of the benefits of the extracurricular activities for children. Here we go...

• Learning new things:

Primary school workshops are very important for students at an early stage. The students involved into the extracurricular activities get a chance to learn new things. They come across various new people, new activities and learn to face the real life scenarios and that how to deal with them.

• Building social network:

Once the students go out from the world of books, they have to interact with different kinds of people. They learn to socialize and communicate with them.

• Motivation:

Once they get appreciation for their participation or achievement, they get encouraged to go into deep in that field. This is the way they can discover what are they good at and what are their hobbies.

• Incorporate universal values:
• Hard work: If their fellow mates are better than them, they strive to work hard and get better results.
• Sportsmanship: Working in group will also incorporate the values like sportsmanship into them.
• Team work: They learn to work together as a team
• Increases the educational value

A brilliant student who is already good in studies, and also involved into the extracurricular activities has an added benefit of winning the competitions.  

• Keep them away from unethical things:

The last but not the least, one of the most important advantages of extracurricular activities is that if a student is engaged into those activities, there are least chances he will be into the unethical things.

I hope you have understood the above mentioned benefits of the extracurricular activities. So, it advisable to make students attend the workshops like Chinese dances workshop, Indian drumming workshop and Chinese music workshop, to name a few.

African, Chinese and South American Dance Workshops in Primary Schools

Everyone loves to dance. Dancing makes the mind energetic and lively. This is the reason why primary schools make it a point to provide dance workshops to their students. With dance, children can be made much more energetic in what they do. It gives them an opportunity to be free and be confident in what they do. There are many kinds of dance forms, and in the dance workshops, children are introduced to a number of dance forms they are not familiar with. African dance workshops provide kids with lots of fun and lively movements. Since Africa is a continent with many countries, there are a variety of tribal dances which have their own unique nature. Kids would definitely love learning the lively steps of African dance and enjoy the rhythm that makes the dance lively.

Reasons as to why schools provide kids

• Dance workshops are conducted so that they can provide children with the importance of rhythm and music in bringing out self confidence, thus equipping them with the confidence they need to face the future.

• They are also given the opportunity to understand the importance of team work and contribution to a particular team.

• It also helps them to stand up with confidence to show their particular talents in a group.

• Primary schools also include Latin dance sessions in their workshops for children.

• China is a country where folk dances play a major role in the culture of the country. The culture of china is all about harvest, gods, hunting and war. With the help of Chinese dance workshops, children get to know the importance of learning a new dance form and most important of all a totally new culture unfamiliar to them.

• The slow graceful movements of Chinese dance forms attract small kids very much.

South American dance workshops provide children with a whole lot of experience in the various dance styles of South America. These include Cha Cha, Salsa, Samba, Rumba, Mambo, Tango, Passo Doble, Caribbean and Zumba. Such sessions will provide children with the feel of participating in a carnival, as the South American dance forms are extremely energetic and excitingly rhythmic to the core.

Workshops, meant for knowledge and entertainment as well

Children love holidays. They play, sleep, eat, roam with friends, and have the freedom to do each and everything they are unable to do, because of their schools and tuitions. On the other hand parents are always sacred about their children’s holidays. As they want them to learn something during their vacations as well. So what one should do that even the children can stay happy and parents satisfied? Primary workshops for schools Ltd!!

This company offers workshops for children so that they can enjoy every knowledge they share with them and can learn the lessons of life. Primary workshops are specialists in conducting Multi-cultural school workshops. These workshops teaches the importance of many aspects of life like team work, building confidence, awareness about different types of things and their importance, etc. The education taught about different instruments and things which help’s in complimenting Art Weeks, Black History Month, Book Week, Cultural Topics.

These activities comprises of various sub-sections which consist of African Dance included in the Art Week. This is a tribute to the great dance form of Africans which the children are been taught. In the Black History Month the children are trained by the experts, and in this African Drumming Workshop children get the chance to learn about how the drum was used traditionally and also how it relates to the modern rhythms heard today and of course they get the chance to play it as well in group which helps them to learn about how to respect their friends and also understand the importance of group or team work. Same way in Cultural topics the importance of Chinese culture is been taught, includes dance, origami, and calligraphy. And lastly on book week as the name suggests all the important topics related in the context of books. Book reading, storytelling, and many other book related activities makes the process  tough and unattractive to the children while they go through their books, in primary workshop experts make everything reverse, into easy, entertaining, interesting for the children.

Primary workshops for schools ltd believe in the process of showing the children and make themselves do it rather than just telling or informing them. They cover all the important necessities which make’s a child learn, play and fulfil his small desires of life like Dance, music, drumming and varied cultural adventures. For more information on the services provided by the company logon to its site.