Well, the circus continues. I got Buddy a set of scarves and he has been practicing arcs and back-and-forth tosses. And this weekend, a Diabolo arrived in the mail for Sis, who is really pretty good at the basics (and it's much harder than it looks!). So this afternoon, Bud was juggling, Sis was yo-yoing, and I was juggling, too! Mama was helping Sis with the finer points of keeping the spin going. All we needed was some good old circus organ music!
It's like we were channeling P.T. Barnum, who lived around here (and was a Universalist, too!) a century and a half ago . . . .
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Mommy Hungry's Tips on Learning How to Juggle:
- Get three bean bags, koosh balls, or hacky sacks (tennis balls are too hard to catch easily and bounce away when dropped).
- Practice tossing one ball back and forth in a nice arc. If you drop it a lot, practice sitting down. Also, to keep your arc in one plane, practice facing a wall so you can't throw the ball forward.
- When you can do that, add the other ball and practice tossing back and forth. See #2, if needed.
- Now, put two balls in your dominant hand and one in your other and continue the back and forth.
- Repeat, repeat, repeat. And don't get discouraged because it takes everyone time to learn how to juggle.
- Best yet, once you learn, like bicycle riding, you don't really ever seem to forget and can surprise and impress friends for years (really, aren't you surprised I can juggle? I used to be able to do pins for a few tosses!)
OR, better still, buy the Juggling for the Complete Klutz book (with three bean bags!), which is what really helped me learn to juggle (after an initial lesson from my cousin, Frere Jacques) and probably where I got all the above ideas anyway!
And if I can learn to juggle (and successfully teach Mama . . .and maybe Goo (I can't recall)), then you can learn, too!
