Peaceful Piggy Yoga by Kerry Lee MacLean
Can this book be any cuter? I think not. It talks about how you may already be doing yoga and how you can use yoga to help you. Stressed out at school? Try the lotus position right at your desk. The coolest thing about the book is that it shows how to do some basic poses. Even my toddler likes to give them a shot. This would be priceless to use with young elementary kids who are maybe scared about school or find themselves nervous.
The author also has Peaceful Piggy Meditation.
This book is also AWESOME. It has great concrete suggestions that will help the preschool or school age child to cope with frustration and stress. For example it says to imagine a jar of muddy water all shaken up. Then imagine all of the mud and dirt particles slooowly settling to the bottom of the jar. Relaxing, huh?
I love that the author speaks directly to the children in a way that they can understand but at the same time is not condecending.
One of my favorite things about surfing on Amazon is seeing what other books people who looked at this bought. On the bottom of these pages, I saw Baby Buddhas: A guide for teaching meditation to children
I haven't read this (YET), and I had never really thought about starting to teach this skill now. But it really does make sense to start instilling the foundation in our toddlers to help them cope with that part of their little lives. You can bet your butt that I'm adding this book to my reading list!
Go forth and relax!
4 comments:
They all sound fab! Just ordered both Peaceful Piggies...maybe I could learn a thing or two, too! :)
These sound WONDERFUL!
When I was teaching, I would take pieces of a guided meditation book for children called Starbright (which I used for my boys when they were little) on my 1st graders to help them relax and concentrate when needed. I just didn't put them to sleep (as much as I would have loved to). ;)
I began using children's meditation books on when my oldest was only 3. It really helped with his night terrors.
Thanks for sharing these! I will have to put on my list.
Oh Mel, Our Piggy Meditation book came in yesterday. It's so AWESOME! I love that they use the term 'take a break'...that's what Mia does when she needs some quite time. Sometimes she'll just stop what she's doing, and get up and go to her 'spot' and take a break. She's also designated her own break spaces at both her Ita's and Nana's house.
The story is so nice, and we read it together as a family. I think it'll help Daryl and I relax, too :)
Fab recommendation! Thanks!!!
p.s. still waiting on the piggy yoga book.
Did you see Mel? I was gifted a Piggy Meditation book! =)
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