Actually Learn How To Juggle!
***NEWS FLASH***
Juggling ain't as hard as the last time you tried!
OK, maybe it was a flop the last go around in the 6th grade. Or perhaps you had a well-meaning juggling whiz try to instruct you, only to have dropped balls (or socks, or bean bags, or small sedated mice) and a general sense of, "Well, I guess I'm never going to learn that."
But what if there was a teaching method that could actually get you to the point of juggling 3 balls (or fruit, or expensive cell phones, or crumpled up job rejection letters), and get you there faster and more effectively?
There is!
This is a new teaching method for juggling you've almost certainly not experienced -- a very effective quick-start tool used in clown schools (no, really) that helps people go from zero to juggling in a very, very short period of time.
And once you start juggling, you also begin to reap cognitive benefits that actually create new neurological growth and positive changes in the brain in terms of how well (and fast) the two hemispheres communicate with one another. The result?
* Faster problem solving capacity
* Increased creativity (new ideas about how to live your life)
* WORLD PEACE! (No really, if world leaders learned how to juggle together, I'm convinced wars would cease.)
This isn't just a hand-eye coordination exercise, you'll feel something really cool happening as you learn! And for the rest of your life, when faced with a lull in the conversation and a nearby bowl of mixed fruit -- you'll never be at a loss!
Join up!
details
- when: saturday, may 29th, 2010, from 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
- to attend: Please see the info page for more information on attending any of the workshops at the 2010 Boston Skillshare.
- facilitated by: Michael Monroe
lesson plan
This course take about 45 minutes (give or take). Not less than half an hour, but no more than an hour.
Whether just a few people attend, or 50 people attend, I'll divide people up in groups of two and utilize this teaching method and guide the class through it together.
I'd go into more detail, but really, I hate spoilers. Ultimately it's one ball, then two, then three, so that's nothing new. But how you get there will surprise you.
In essence, I facilitate a teaching process in a way that's pedagogically useful for a learner's optimal learning experience.
Oh, just sign up for the class already!
facilitator experience
I've taught a ton of people how to juggle and performed in a paid capacity (I know, right? Who would have thought such things were possible) as a juggler myself on a number of occasions on the side of my full time job.
I also have training, both academically, and experience professionally, with teaching methods designed to reach a wide audience.
Plus I'm just a good facilitator who has a lot of fun and knows, both intuitively and through study, how to tailor a message to fit the needs of a student. We all learn a little differently.
intended audience
Qualifications:
1. You have a pulse.
2. You can stand up.
3. You can throw one balled up sweat-sock or tennis ball in the air and catch it with your other hand.
4. You're between 7 and 90 years-old.