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Experience

“Students all week have been coming to me to show me their abilities and demonstrate their new skills...”

Randall Button, MSW

Middle School Counselor

SAP Coordinator

"Experience the Magic" offers a juggling program with an educational format for elementary, middle or high school, and community groups. This program combines education with hands-on physical activity. It is generally accomplished through small groups (25-100), during a full-day schedule. Concepts during the presentation include:

    Setting Goals
    Staying Focused on Tasks
    Coping with Fears, Setbacks and Failures
    Dealing with Peer "Put-downs"
    Gaining Gratification through Effort
    Establishing Self-Confidence
    Learning through "Steps"
    Development of "Fine" Motor Skills (often neglected in middle schools)
    Recognizing the Value of Rules and Guidelines


The sessions begin with basic motions and motor-skills, advancing through structured step work. Students and teachers alike will learn to advance and improve their own personal skills during the hands-on excercises. National juggling associations point out that juggling improves student concentration, sequencing and motor skills, coordination and self-esteem, and persistence, as well as being an inexpensive, self-motivating and energy-filled activity.