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Juggling enhances coordination, thinking, builds
self confidence, and gives people something to look at when you are
the center of attention - on stage and off. Jim teaches juggling. Lean
a new dance with gravity - juggling.
How juggling meets
NASPE standards
Juggling classes
Teaching experience
Why
I juggle and recomend it so highly to everyone
Juggling
and Movement for Teachers ASD Teacher Academy
Given enough props and time, here is what I teach at three levels:
Kindergarten through third grade:
Here my emphasis is on having fun with basic
warm ups, muscle isolation
and setting the foundation for solid brain body
coordination, balance and
stress release. Here are the basics that I cover:
Stretching - Head
to toe
Visualization -
visualize in your mind what you are striving for
Basic Movement
Arm
swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body
Scarf
swinging - unilateral;
bilateral and cross body
Balancing
and scarf swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body
Balance -
Activities with pecock feathers
Juggling - Scarf juggling
Fourth Grade through 6th grade
I cover all of the same activities as I do
with K-3rd grade but do so much
more quickly so that I can extend those activities
to include the following:
Stretching -
Head to toe coordinated with breathing
Visualization -
visualize in your mind what you are striving for
Basic Movement
Arm
swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body with poi or club swinging prep
Scarf
swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body with poi or club swinging prep
Balancing
and scarf swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body
with
poi or club swinging prep
Balance - Advanced
activities with pecock feathers
Juggling - Scarf
juggling, ball or bag juggling, ring juggling and partner juggling.
Seventh Grade and above
I cover all of the same activities as I do with
K-6th grade but do so much
more quickly so that I can extend those activities to
include the following:
Stretching -
Head to toe coordinated with breathing and isolation
Visualization -
visualize in your mind what you are striving for
Basic Movement
Arm
swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body with poi or club swinging prep
Scarf
swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body with poi or club swinging prep
Balancing
and scarf swinging - unilateral; bilateral and cross body
with
poi or club swinging prep
and
juggling up to 4 scarves
Balance -
Advanced activities with pecock feathers
Juggling - Scarf
juggling, ball or bag juggling, ring juggling and club or stick juggling
and
partner juggling.
Manipulatives
- boxes, lariat tricks, flower sticks
How juggling meets NASPE standards
Juggling classes
Teaching experience
Why
I juggle and recomend it so highly to everyone
Juggling
and Movement for Teachers |