Little Yoga: A Toddler's First Book of Yoga
by Rebecca Whitford
from Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Yoga Baby spreads his arms out like a butterfly . . .
Yoga Baby wobbles like a little bird . . .
Yoga Baby says “time for rest—ahh, shh, shh”
A perfect introduction to yoga for toddlers
Here is a playful introduction to nine simple yoga exercises for young children. Toddlers will enjoy moving along with Yoga Baby as they follow the basic poses. Unlike most books on the subject, Yoga Baby is aimed directly at preschoolers. This interactive picture book also includes helpful information for parents and educators. Fun, accessible, and colorful—it’s a great way for little ones to discover yoga.
YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga
by Marsha Wenig
from Stewart, Tabori and Chang
The innovative YogaKids(r) program offers more than just poses: It blends traditional yoga and its benefits with new theories of multiple learning styles in a comprehensive, imaginative, and playful approach to education.
The best-selling YogaKids(r) video (a Parent's Choice award winner) has been helping kids-and their parents-discover the pleasures and benefits of yoga for more than seven years. With this book, Marsha Wenig's fun and child-friendly course is expanded and enriched for parents, teachers, and caregivers.
YogaKids(r) presents more than 50 carefully selected poses, in clear, easy-to-follow, color photographs, paired with special activities that stimulate children's verbal, spatial, and artistic skills. The book includes special yoga routines to cover a multitude of common situations, such as calming down, getting ready for a test, or even riding in a car, as well as help for children with special needs. Parents learn the physical and emotional benefits of each pose; children discover that learning is fun, that exercise feels good, and that taking care of their bodies is easy.
The Kids' Yoga Deck: 50 Poses and Games
by Annie Buckley
from Chronicle Books
Yoga is fun! Get kids bending, breathing, and stretching with The Kids Yoga Deck. Playful poses such as Cat, Flower, Airplane, and Gorilla as well as partner poses that can be performed with friends teach kids the basics of yoga. Easy enough for children to do on their own, The Kids Yoga Deck engages bodies and minds to help youngsters build strength, flexibility, balance, and mental focus.
Children's Book of Yoga: Games & Exercises Mimic Plants & Animals & Objects
by Thia Luby
from Clear Light Books
The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
from Crown Books for Young Readers
A celebration of the amazing human machine and a life on the move!
Your amazing body can jump, sprint, twist, and twirl. Your body is built to move.
Lizzy Rockwell explains how your bones and muscles, heart and lungs, nerves and brain all work together to keep you on the go. Kids walk and skate and tumble through these pages with such exuberance that even sprouting couch potatoes will want to get up and bounce around—and that’s the ultimate goal. Studies show that American kids are becoming more sedentary and more overweight and that they carry these tendencies with them into adolescence and adulthood. Experts agree that we need to help kids make physical activity a life-long habit. Through education, information, and encouragement, this book aims to inspire a new generation of busy bodies!
Fly Like A Butterfly: Yoga for Children
by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
from Sterling
Imagineering Workout, The
by The Disney Imagineers
from Disney Editions
Interactive, ingenious, and practical exercises to stimulateyour imagination and inspire new ideas The Imagineering Workout will get your imagination into the best shape it's ever been, with interactive, ingenious, and practical exercises that will stimulate and strengthen ideas, tone your creative muscles, and, most important, inspire new approaches.
My Food Pyramid
by DK Publishing
from DK CHILDREN
Introducing young readers to healthy eating and living using the USDA Food Pyramid as a guideline, this timely book explains how to use the new chart while encouraging well-rounded perspectives on nutrition and exercise. Kids will learn how empowering it can be to think about what they eat!
Breathe: Yoga for Teens
by Mary Kaye Chryssicas
from DK CHILDREN
From Head to Toe Big Book
from HarperTrophy
Are you ready?
Here we go!
Move yourself
From Head to Toe
I can do it! That's what kids will say when they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the pages of this book. Laughter and squeals of delight will abound as boys and girls (and their elders, too!) participate in the action.
