Milford Origami Class, March 18, 2011
On Friday March 18th, an
origami class
was held at West Shore Middle School in Milford as part of their
W.A.V.E. Japanese culture program. A group of 10 volunteer instructors
from JSFC taught local 6th to 8th grade students how to make "Tsuru"
(crane), one of the most well-known traditional Japanese origami, and
"Pikachu" and "Yoda", popular cartoon and movie characters. Making
"Yoda" was a new origami form for many, even for JSFC members who were
teaching the children! Although origami was challenging to make for
many of the students who had never done it before, all of the students
managed to make it, and everyone was very engaged in origami making.