Comics are a fantastic way to get young children engaged in reading and writing. Based on research into children’s comics making, this workshop aimed at KS1 teachers (ages 5-7) will introduce you to creative and engaging ways of making and learning about comics. We will look the relationship between picturebooks and comics and consider how to develop children’s visual literacy. Through practical drawing activities, participants will have the chance to develop their understanding of how to simplify drawings and use symbols to communicate emotions. Participants will learn to fold and make a ‘zine’ (small DIY booklets), and through words and pictures get a chance to create their own mini-comic, an activity they can replicate back in their own classrooms across all subject areas.
