Juggling Math
Been reading another homeschooling blog carnival and found some good (and interesting advise) from Wild About Math: How to get past stupid math mistakes
Under #6: Take Movement Breaks:
“juggling (Sheppard encourages students to learn to juggle as a way to reset their brains. I suspect that the left-right brain integration of juggling is helpful as well.)”
We do take “breaks” of some sort when things get to flustered. Usually go outside or something but the funny thing is that I have actually been considering teaching the kids how to juggle. At first just thought it would be something fun to do together. A quick google search turned up this site with some very helpful animation. Now to make some beanbags…
November 16th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Here are some tips on creating your own bean bags. It involves filling balloons with rice.
http://justyouraveragejoggler.com/make-your-own-joggling-balls-2/
November 16th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Oh wow! Thanks! We’re going to make some today.