Introducing the How to Do Yoga with Kids Book Review and Giveaway with Kids Yoga Stories and YogaKids
Enter contest at bottom of the post via the Rafflecopter online giveaway tool.
This is week #4 in our 10-Week Kids Yoga Resources Reviews and Giveaways.
Marsha Wenig, Founder of YogaKids
On my search for everything to do with kids yoga eight years ago, I came across her YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga book. I remember ordering the book on Amazon from the United States and waiting weeks for it to arrive in Australia, which certainly added to the anticipation.
What I love about the YogaKids book:
- Aesthetically beautiful with bright colors and gorgeous photos of the children in poses.
- Excellent starter book on “how to do yoga” with your children.
- Integrates elements of music, reading, environmental education, brain research, anatomy, language learning, artistic expression, affirmations, relaxation, mathematical concepts, and games.
- Recommended props.
- Guidelines for different age groups.
- Suggested yoga sequences.
- List of basic yoga poses.
- Descriptions of fifty kids yoga poses.
- Details of the seven chakras in an easy way to share with children.
- Suggested song and book lists matched up with poses.
- Fun to read and a great springboard for inventing your own ideas and poses.
As a former teacher, the best part of the YogaKids book is the focus on the eight intelligences. At the time, I had been planning several kids yoga classes and thinking about ways to incorporate Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. I was beyond thrilled that someone else across the world also believed in the same philosophy – integrating yoga into the education of the whole child.
The YogaKids book gave me courage to keep writing the Kids Yoga Stories books. Knowing that people in the United States also believed in integrating yoga into schools was validating and encouraging. I love this book!
Where to purchase this book:
YogaKids website
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Many of you ask about how to do yoga with your children. I would love to give you the opportunity to read the YogaKids book through this contest below.
For this How to Do Yoga with Kids Book Giveaway, we will be giving away:
1 – Yoga Kids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga book by Marsha Wenig ($19.95)
1 – Kids Yoga Stories book of your choice (up to $15.95 value)
Please read the full Contest Rules below for details.
We look forward to your entries. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Please let me know if you have any questions or problems with the Rafflecopter tool below, email at giselle at kidsyogastories dot com.
How to Do Yoga with Kids Book Giveaway
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Contest Rules:
1. International entries are welcome.
2. You can be any age to enter.
3. Participation in the contest constitutes that you agree to the Contest Rules.
4. Please enter using the Rafflecopter tool above, obtaining points as follow the different options. You can enter every day.
5. No purchase is necessary.
6. Kids Yoga Stories and YogaKids accept no responsibility or liability for any injuries or losses that may result from practicing the yoga poses in the books. Please ensure your own safety and the safety of the children.
7. You must enter the contest giveaway with a valid email address. The winner will be notified by email and at that time we will request your mailing address. The shipping of the book can take some time, depending on your location. Kids Yoga Stories and YogaKids will ship the books to you separately and will cover the shipping costs.
8. Let Giselle know if you have any questions by emailing her directly at giselle at kidsyogastories dot com.
9. The contest will close on Monday, October 28th, 2013, midnight PST.
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beautifull book, wonderfull ideas!
New and fresh ideas, sharing knowledge is always very usefull and positive! Those would be another great tools for my Yoga classes with children and nephews!!! 🙂
I teach kids yoga and I’m always looking for new resources. Its not always easy to come up with something new for the kids, but kids are an endless source of imagination, yoga with them is absolutely amazing! Most of the times I write a full new story myself incorporating yoga poses for the kids and they love them. It can be stressful for me and time consuming but I ‘m not going to give up! I love children very much and I will always try to make them smile and laugh! This book will be very very useful to me! Thank you for this giveaway!
I have a daycare and my daycare kids and my own need some indoor exercise routine for colder months.
my son used to do yoga with me..I cut him a piece of mat…I’d like to start again and I’d like him to do it with me 🙂
I have twin 4 year old girls – one is very flexible but hates ballet and would rather do video games, the other is not flexible at all and loves ballet. We could do this together and the flexible one would be able to enjoy her strength (and get off the video games) and the non-flexible one would be able to improveher ballet.
I’m always looking for new things to do with my son, great idea.
My daughter (2) has definitely taken an interest in yoga and recently I got a CD from the library that I call Indian (Native American) flute music and we must have done yoga with it on because now each time she hears it she says, “Do yoga?” I would love to enhance our yoga experiences and grow an exercise bond regimen for us both as she grows.
Fabulous resources!!! As I teach from tots to teens I am always looking for more ideas and sources for kids/teens yoga!! Congrats on 10yrs of KYS and THANK~YOU for this opportunity!!
as a yogateacher I’m allways looking for new material for the childrens playshops. Even if it comes from the other side of the world, I’m interested!
For my kids at home and the kids that I work with at school. We yoga together all the time, this would be a great resource!
My daughter loves yoga and it’s something we enjoy making time to do together 🙂
I am a strarter in the world of yoga and i sure could use all the help riht now 🙂 I simply fel in love with yoga for children and i hope i can spread all this love around the globe, and i am sure that your books would help me through this mission of my heart!
I recently introduced my daughter to yoga. She loves it. I want to add to our routine. She now does yoga before bed. I would like to also have her practice yoga mid morning. The added advantage of her consistently doing yoga is that I also get to practice with her.
My 2 yo love practicing her yoga around the house. So learning more about it and making it part of our daily routine would be great!
I think that this would be great for me and my daughter. She is always wondering what Im doing and this would be a fantastic way to teach her.
My sister and I live in a really small town. There aren’t really any options to go practice yoga with a professional (without driving about an hour). These books would really help us practice with/teach our little ones. It’ll also give us more time together doing something healthy and fun:)
i love doing yoga and it would be so amazing if my baby does yoga with me in a kids way so we can both be strong in the many ways yoga gives it to us
Several of my family members have committed to living healthy lifestyles. Having these books will help us continue to set great examples for my nieces, the youngest of our family.
my daughter loves to do yoga with her grandma – esp downward dog!
to get off the couch and doing some exercise!
I practice yoga with 2 year old Alice. She is a PRO at the downward dog!!
Thank you for the chance!
I would LOVE to try Yoga with my children, to help all of us get off the couch and exercise as much as possible! <3 Thank you for the chance <3
Yeah Love yoga! Kiddo likes it when she has tummy aches! She does knees to chest to help herself out!
Gaileee
It would be perfect if new yoga DVDs and eBooks would be bought. They will guide properly. It well work for sure.