According to this article:
… Research shows the benefits of juggling can last for weeks and that it actually increases gray matter in the brain, according to Brennen physical education teachers and scientific studies.
“If you juggle in the few weeks before you take tests, it will help your scores,”physical education teacher Jan Scott told a pair of fourth-grade classes.
Students approached their juggling exercises in different fashions. Some employed broad, scissors-like arm motions; others engaged their entire bodies to propel and then catch the scarves and balls.
Yet their juggling shared a common trait: Students’ eyes shone with intensity as they tracked the flying objects.
Fourth-grader Daisha Blue exuded patience as she worked through the juggling steps listed on a large sign at the front of the gymnasium.
First, she tossed a scarf up several times from one hand, then the other. She moved into tossing the scarf up and clapping while it was in the air, to eventually using two scarves, then three, then juggling balls.
“I loosen up and let go of stress,”said Daisha, 10.
Brennen physical education teachers began teaching juggling about 10 years ago, and over time, scientific research has shown more and more educational benefits of the activity.
“The research validated what we were already doing,”Scott said.
Juggling engages both sides of the brain : which control different functions : and primes students for academic performance, said physical education teacher Susan Jordan. …
Do you think this would work for law students, or would there be too many regrettable jokes about clowns and balls?
–Ann Bartow
