Fun arts activities for summer camps

Contact Juggling - Discover what you get

Looking to introduce a new performance art into your activities?

Expanding upon an existing circus program?

You can learn this form of object manipulation and not only astound your campers, but teach it to them, too! Contact juggling is a perfect way to learn balance and hand-eye co-ordination, and our package will provide you with the appropriate skills and lesson plans you need to make this a successful program at your camp.

What you could do:

  • Hire someone to create a contact juggling activity from scratch. This will take approximately 30hrs+ of work at roughly $10 per hour, and most of the information you will find will not be geared towards teaching to camper-age children. You will need to:
    • Research many contact juggling resources: online, in books, publications, videos.
    • Search for contact balls online, in local stores, trade magazines, camp conferences, neighbor camps, etc.
    • Create your own lesson plans and level structure.
    • Trial and error the equipment and activity to find out safety points and logistical considerations.

What we offer:

  • Lesson plans and a tried-and-tested level system for teaching your campers this art in the most safe, fun and successful manner.
  • In-depth videos describing each move and how to teach it to campers.
  • Information on all the equipment you will need – stage balls, acrylic balls; sizes, styles etc, and recommendations for where to purchase from (NB: we do not receive royalties from the suppliers that we list).
  • Safety considerations (except considerations which will be site specific – and you can call us about those).
  • Photos.
  • Our trial-and-error knowledge points.
  • A one hour telephone conversation with a member of our staff, well-versed in the contact juggling program, to help you adapt it to your needs and answer any questions.
  • Email contact for any questions that arise during your implementation.
  • Special offers relating to your purchase, in addition to program updates.

Benefits:

Our belief is that the value you will receive from our contact juggling package is far higher than the investment you would make in researching contact juggling yourself. It is a very realistic option for you to research the available information, learn the skill and write a lesson plan of your own. Our hope is that in finding the path to success, we can pass our tested knowledge on to you, giving you the tools you need (without the time-consuming research) to create your own contact juggling activity.

  • You invest considerably less personal and staff time and in researching the ins-and-outs of contact juggling, as the research has been done for you!
  • You receive the benefit of our errors made, and knowledge developed from us running the program.
  • A lesson plan that focuses on the learning and development of the campers.
  • Many creative variations and games for the activity.
  • Reliable contact with a human being, who can answer your questions and help you adapt the contact juggling program to fit your organizations needs.
  • We hope to spur innovation in your organization by planting a seed.  If you create a program we don’t have, we‘d love to talk about buying it from you for our camp!

 

Contact Juggling
Package: $100

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