{"id":594,"date":"2022-03-20T15:12:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/?p=594"},"modified":"2022-03-20T15:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:12:49","slug":"scarf-juggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/20\/scarf-juggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarf Juggling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few years ago, during a Phys Ed supply teaching day at a local school I came across <strong>SCARF JUGGLING.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had done &#8216;ball juggling&#8217; with classes when I was full-time teaching but, to be honest, not just the kids found it very difficult but me as well!&nbsp; Of course, with ball juggling the required reaction time is considerably less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026when I saw scarf juggling, I immediately rekindled my interest in juggling, and with today\u2019s internet avenues to explore scarf juggling further, I found that there are wonderful activities and not the least numerous benefits for kids engaging in this form of physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If kids, their families and friends are interested, there are any number of You Tube links which give expert guidance to engage kids in all sorts of fun stuff and challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scarves can be purchased at any number of sites on the internet, but I know of families which have gone to stores selling chiffon\/nylon material and made their own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great interest-based way to engage students in research, maths, construction and experimentation to find which and what scarves \u201cfloat best\u201d.&nbsp; And yes, the process of DIY makes the activity less expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And how about these <strong>wonderful benefits<\/strong> which make juggling scarves a very desirable activity, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The development of hand-to-eye coordination to improve reaction time, reflexes. spatial awareness, and concentration.<\/li><li>Developing resilience via problem solving skills.<\/li><li>Ambidexterity.&nbsp; Many sports require the participants to be skilled on \u201cboth\u201d side of the body, e.g. basketball, football.<\/li><li>If engaging in scarf juggling with others, then TEAMWORK comes into play.&nbsp; TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) and it\u2019s great having fun with your friends.<\/li><li>A wonderful opportunity for being creative via choreography and the synchronisation involved in putting a routine together with the addition of chosen music.<\/li><li>A sense of achievement and building self-esteem; not just for self but for others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For those children trying scarf juggling for the first time, there\u2019s this beginners\u2019 YouTube link (about two minutes), starting with just two scarves and \u201cexpert guidance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scarf Juggling Basics (Beginner)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ve2FKNctOBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And, then, more expert guidance with \u201cthree scarf juggling\u201d (another two minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn 3 Scarf Juggling (Beginner)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWiZ4fNqu5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And, some \u201ccreative\u2019 comedy scarf juggling for the more adventurous (two minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comedy scarf juggling\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtYA220zcfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you are only limited by your enthusiasm and imagination!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might consider <strong>some challenges<\/strong> like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><u>With the express permission of your parents,<\/u><\/strong> getting them to film you and then share your scarf juggling ideas and talent with other members of your close family and trusted friends.&nbsp;Would your grandparents enjoy seeing your performances?<\/li><li>Perhaps you could arrange a group of interested friends to choreograph scarf juggling routine(s) to your favourite friends.&nbsp; Again, you might like to film these with <strong><u>the express permission of your parents.<\/u><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever you do, Mr Zed and the CommonHealth Kids team hope you find scarf juggling a fun thing to do and if you are really keen then we know that \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d, hey?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And remember, if you are ever attacked by clowns, then you always go for the juggler first, okay? \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy scarf juggling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Image source: https:\/\/www.megaform.com\/en\/set-of-72-juggling-scarves.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, during a Phys Ed supply teaching day at a local school I came across SCARF JUGGLING. I had done &#8216;ball juggling&#8217; with classes when I was full-time teaching but, to be honest, not just the kids found it very difficult but me as well!&nbsp; Of course, with ball juggling the required reaction time is considerably less. So\u2026when I saw scarf juggling, I immediately rekindled my interest in juggling, and with today\u2019s internet avenues to explore scarf juggling further, I found that there are wonderful activities and not the least numerous benefits for kids engaging in this&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mr-zed-fun-phys-ed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}