Oh my heavens, I WROTE A BOOK!!!! Okay so if you have been able to guess by my bio, my blog, or just having ANY type of conversation with me: I’m pretty obsessed with books. Not only do I teach yoga to kids but I’m a children’s librarian so yeah… books are important to me AND a huge central part to my methodology. It’s like peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and Oreos or peanut butter and ice cream.. they just stick together to make something super yummy. In the beginning, when I was first starting out I turned to my books because “When in doubt, go to the library.”
But the problem was that all of the Yoga books for kids were… ALL yoga. Don’t get me wrong, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Some of the books taught beautiful sequences; they had lovely illustrations, simple instructions, and creative poses. But they weren’t stories.
So get ready here’s the peanut butter…..
I wanted a kids picture book that was STORY first, then yoga. Not yoga at the expense of the story. And so, voila, “Luna’s Map” was written with these key instructions in mind:
Before the story begins, there are two pages with pose illustrations and then …it’s an ACTUAL story (gasp!).
Luna is a little yogi who is super excited to meet-up with her friends for a picnic on the other side of the river. So she grabs her map and a pair of binoculars and then she's off on an adventure! Little yogi’s will join Luna as she follows the directions from her map to meet her friends!
Not only is this kids yoga book an actual picture book, it also allows your little yogi opportunities to practice the cognitive and developmental skills (the signature sauce of what we do at Bendy Bookworm Yoga.. the peanut butter if you will) that are super important and also super easy to incorporate! Why? Because Interactive learning is ALWAYS a helpful tool. And because books can offer so much passive learning possibility. So here it is:
In this book, Luna’s Map by Danielle Fisher, children will move-to-learn through yoga AND a story. They will practice the following developmental skills-
Cognitive Skills: vocabulary, visual processing (mirroring movement), following a sequence, and memory
Motor/Physical Skills: coordination, muscle isolation, strength building, and balance
Emotional Skills: self reliance, friendship, and accomplishment
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