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Being able to show and teach these children the songs and how to juggle the balls, from learning when I was in elementary school, this activity really stuck to me since, so I know facilitating our cultural activities to these children will also stick with them through their years. That will also keep our culture alive through us and these children. 

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-I grew up playing juggling balls with my cousins and I enjoyed it very much.At our daycare, if I see balls or bean bags  , I usually play it and I noticed  kids come to me right away and amazed that I can do it. They are very happy to learn how to juggle the balls.As an educator, this gives me the sense of pride that I can create juggling balls from scratch (seal skin) that i can teach them and pass the skills using culturally relevant resources.

-It preserves Inuit culture. It is  a good way to acknowledge the importance of one’s culture ,skills and artistry and passing it from elders to new generations.

- It helps kids development by thinking, creating something  and connecting them from their culture and experiences.

- It also sharpens their skills and gives them the sense of pride and belongingness.

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In the past lesson/assignment about learning resources created for northerners, I realized that culturally related resources are very meaningful in early childhood education centres because it touches the children’s everyday lives.
When I was sewing the juggling balls, I felt like I was contributing and proud to create one by using materials that are easily available around me.  Through my google research about juggling games within Inuit culture (The juggling of the Inuit, September 28, 2024; AI overview) I learned that juggling  offers important cultural and social benefits including cultural preservation, Social Interaction, Recreation and knowledge transfer. These mentioned benefits are carried in early childhood centres. When children see and play  an object that are familiar to them, they feel connected to their learning environment and at same time, they are learning about their culture and what they have around. As they grow older, they will be proud and build a strong sense of identity. Also, when children play with the juggling balls, they develop their social, cognitive and physical skills.

To sum up, creating culturally relevant resources promotes children’s development and helps create a learning environment that strengthens their cultural identity. 

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Creating culturally relevant resources like seal skin juggling balls helps children feel seen and valued. When children use materials that are connected to their culture, they feel more comfortables and confident while learning. It makes activities more meaningful because children can relate them to their home and community. These resources also help children learn to respect traditions, people, and nature. Overall, it supports learning while building pride, belonging , and strong connections between the child, the school, and the community.

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—Creating culturally relevant resources helps in preserving one’s culture. Seeing these resources more often ,feeling them,working with them keeps on reminding us of their significance in our culture.
—Culturally relevant resources helps us to be proud of who we are and this is shown by us making use of those resources.
—Through these resources we are able to pass on our cultural practices,beliefs,values from one generation to the other and teach other people about our culture as well.
—It may be cheaper making resources from locally available materials compared to buying them from elsewhere .
—As we make the resources ourselves there are life skills that we acquire from it,that you would not acquire from any other settings.These life skills are very valuable in life.
—Learning from known to unknown is the most effective.Interacting with what we know first make learning real and make us ready to use the new unknown ones.
—It creates interest to work with what you are familiar with and culturally relevant resources provides this interest.

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BENEFITS OF CREATING CULTURAL RELEVANT RESOURCES e.g SEAL SKIN,JUNGGLING BALLS.                                            Using available cultural materials which children see ,and touch or even wear them on ,enables children feel they are seeing reality,as this helps connect children with their immediate identity, and are able to recognize material and objects in their communities. 
1. When we use materials that children already know, encourage meaningful activity as children get involved more seriously.
 2. The activity enables children to  be more  committed thus promoting respect to cultural differences.
 3. The connection between home and school becomes more stronger when the see and touch same materials at home and at the daycare center .
4.chidren feel more involved connected and belonging as their cultural habits reflect in their class. 
5. This can support in all the five types of domains of development, e.g Physical development, as they touch , trying to handle balls ,language development, social and emotional development, cognitive development, especially when trying to throw up two balls, this activity is best with rhythm , songs and drums to activate their interest and boost the different developmental domains.
 6. The children will be able to honour and pay maximum respect for fatherland. Discussing cultural relevant resources with colleagues, director , and classmates helps promot diversity and ideas on how we pass out positive knowledge linking to their traditional habits and benefits of their community. Exchange of ideas teaches one another as two heads are better than one .  Please I don’t have enough enough seal skin material for balls 

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INSTRUCTIONS: Post a photo of the juggling balls you made. 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?