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Using the juggling balls helps the children to multitask.

The children can juggle the seal skin balls and sing songs. This is something Inuit used to do back in the day to keep themselves busy.

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Juggling balls by Angel A.

The activity of using juggling balls are

Using your 2 hands, mind and arms to juggle and try to keep going as long as you can. The songs you can use to juggle to are the songs made by Inuit. These juggling balls is used for games, storytelling, it helps build focus and physical skills. We could also use these balls to catch around with another person, its a fun way to learn coordination and focus, this is one way Inuit learned about our culture.

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Juggling balls - Verna Kalluk

Juggling balls is used for entertainment for Inuit, when there is a ball weather they will use those for fun and to teach the children how to get their physical development skills and what not.

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the benefits of juggling balls is important for our Inuit children to help them learn our Inuit tradition

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Tell them it was a game about the olden days, and teach them how to do it…. I taught some kids during free time and they really enjoyed watching and laughing away and was trying to do it jug too…

-krisy

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The benefits of making juggling balls is to focus on the balls while up in the air. It makes children force on which hand it goes by. 

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Juggling balls by Holly Kayuryuk

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Juggling balls by Hattie Aningaat

Benefits of creating culturally

Passing down to the next generation, knowing the lyrics of songs in inuktitut - it can be taught. It can also create new talent for the kids. This is a talent of juggling and singing. This was used back in the days for something to do years ago.

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Shania Tookoome juggling balls

The benefits of the juggling balls is teaching the children to focus on your mind and hands. Multitasking with your mind, hands and singing.

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The benefits of creating culturally relevant resources for use in ECE centres shows the children that back then, Inuit were very resourceful. They used what they had to make what they could. It is important to keep our culture alive. Using things from our culture shows the children that everything in the environment is useful, everything has a purpose, even if it’s for one tiny reason. Another benefit children get from using culturally relevant resources is to gain knowledge and experience.

-Lisa

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Juggling balls by Robin Iqqaat

The benefits of creating culturally relevant resources are to teach our children about our culture and trying to keep them alive and passed down to each generation.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Post a photo of your shaker AND juggling balls. Then answer this question: What are the benefits of creating culturally relevant resources (such as seal skin juggling balls) for use in Early Childhood Education centres?