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MINI LYBRARY

The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) launched the School Literacy Movement (GLS) as a development of Permendikbud Number 23 of 2015 concerning Growth of Characteristics in Children. Following up on the movement, each student must do creative things related to literacy culture.

One of them is by creating a Reading Corner in each class. This is certainly made with the creativity of the students concerned, so that it is different in each class. Reading Corner is the corner where students read, there are provided books about education and science, as well as student work that can add to the uniqueness and artistic.

So that the Reading Corner becomes a magnet to attract students to read. Then the Reading Corner must be interesting and artistic.

Here are the reading corner in class 9.2.

Benefits of Reading Corner in Class

The Reading Corner was made not to rival the School Library, but rather helped the School Library in creating a fondness for reading and reading routines for students. So that the books provided at the Reading Corner are strived to be different from those available at the School Library.

In the context of developing students' interest in reading, Reading Corner in each class has benefits including: 

• Can stimulate students to be more fond of reading and have good thinking power. 
• Bring books closer to students so students are more interested in reading. 
• Can be linked as part of learning activities by the teacher
• Assist the School Library in cultivating reading routines, when the books students want to read are not available in the School Library. 

HANDYCRAFTS OF 9.2

A.   THE BENEFITS

Our class has a place for crafts, children’s crafts will be put there. Crafts have many benefits from one of them, we can develop children’s creativity. Those who cannot do accademically might be good at crafts, so we can express their ideas through crafts. And crafts also practice other basic skill, example neatly cut, coloring and more. We will also learn to be confident in their work, when we are not doing anything they can make something what we want. We can also learn to practice patience, in making crafts there must be something that fails or does not meet our expectations. We have to be patient and have high spirits, because when we fail we have to make it again and we can’t give up easily. Making crafts can eliminate stress, when we need refreshing we can make something useful by making crafts.

B.    POSTIVE IMPACT

By making crafts we can be free from stress and can eliminate fatigue. And also increase happiness because we feel comfortable with these activities. When we make our crafts we also become more confident with our crafts, and also increase concentration. For example, when we cut we must be careful and we can learn a lot from crafts. Learning is not always with lessons in class, we can start by making crafts.

NEGATIVE IMPACT

It contrast to its positive effects, the negative impacts are not so many. One of the negative ipact is that it consumes energy, so we will be tired if we continue to make crafts. And also wasting money to buy ingredients, we become less thrift, and also we make a lot of rubbish so that sometimes some unused material is wasted. So, use these ingredients as needed so that nothing is wasted.

C.    WHY IN CLASS THERE MUST BE HANDICRAFTS?

This question must have crossed your mind, why should there be crafts in the classroom?  we can make it ourselves at home and usually for room decoration etc. With the crafts in our class we can show or display our creations, we can show how creative we are. The existence of handicrafts in the classroom will not limit children’s creativity, children will bring out all their creations and express their ideas. Our class is also more colourful, varied, and more beautiful of course. Surely we are bored with the items in our class, so we can add to it by making crafts as creative as possible. Some handicraft works can be used as wall hangings or can also be used for pencils, markers eraser boards etc.