Emily's Day in the Desert: A Kids Yoga Desert Book - Softcover

Shardlow, Giselle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530908957 ISBN 13: 9781530908950

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Experience the benefits of yoga while learning about the desert!

Join Emily as she spends a day in the Death Valley desert with her parents. Learn about the desert through easy yoga poses for kids while you glide like a hawk, dart like a fox, and slither like a snake!

The storybook includes a list of kids yoga poses and a parent-teacher guide.

Kids Yoga Stories introduce you to engaging characters who will get your child laughing, moving, and creating. Reading is good for the mind AND body! The story links several yoga poses in a specific sequence to create a coherent and meaningful story.

This desert yoga story for ages 4 to 7 is more than a storybook, but it’s also a unique experience for children.

About this title

About the Author:

Giselle Shardlow draws from her experiences as a teacher, traveler, mother, and yogi to write her yoga stories for kids. The purpose of her yoga books is to foster happy, healthy, and globally educated children. She lives in Boston with her husband and daughter.

Review:

"Shardlow's yoga books for children help to keep us curious aboutlife and our emotions. They also teach the importance of slowing down. Beautyis all around us if we take the time to look." - Alex



"I am a first-grade teacher. I do yoga every day in my classroom with my students. They thoroughly enjoyed this book! Here are some of their comments: 'This book was great because you can learn about Death Valley and the animals while you are doing yoga.' 'I loved that the book was about a family taking a trip.' 'It was so awesome how the poses matched the words.' 'This book taught us some new poses that we've never done before.' Overall, first graders at my school say...This book is awesome!" - Melissa
"Great book with many teaching opportunities. From teaching science, social studies, vocabulary,sequencing, and incorporating yoga, this book has it all. Great book to use in any classroom. Even though is for kids up to age 7, I think even kids as old at10 and 11 may enjoy reading it and doing yoga at the same time. I love teaching with yoga and my students love it too." - Jolanta

"Again, Giselle Shardlow writes a fantastic book! I am a physical educator and incorporate yoga into my kindergarten, first- and second-grade classes.This book has a great story, beautiful illustrations, and perfect length for my classes. My students have loved all of Giselle's books and will be so excited for me to share the latest one with them. Thank you, Giselle, for providing me with a great resource to bring literacy into P.E.!" - Jodi

"I have used Giselle Shardlow's books in my kids yoga classes thatI teach, and the kids really connect with them. They love looking for the yogapose, and the combination of reading/looking at the book and doing the yogapose really seems to keep their attention. I plan to use this one with avacation/camping theme and can't wait to share it with the kids. The yoga posesare clearly explained in the back of the book, and a small illustration,highlighted in a circle, shows each one on the corresponding page. The yogaposes follow a nice sequence and end with resting poses. This book is theperfect combo of yoga, reading, nature, and special family vacations!" - Mindy

"As an elementary school teacher, yoga teacher, and parent, Iwould highly recommend this book. Personally, I love to travel, andprofessionally, I love books that inspire children to explore our world anddiscover the amazing creatures and landscapes near and far. In a clever, yetsubtle way, this book promotes healthy physical activity, positiverelationships between humans and nature, and opens doors to further exploration(particularly yoga, science, and geography). The storyline is very engaging, asmost children are intrigued with insects, animals, and nature. As a teacher, Iused the SmartBoard in my classroom to project each page, and the beautifullyillustrated life-sized images were so real for the children (a class of 23 four-and five-year-olds!). I dramatically read the story to my class, and thestudents enjoyed doing each pose with me. When it was time for the next page, Iused a signal to cue the end of the pose, and the children eagerly awaited thenext page to see what was in store for them! We felt like we were travelingalong in this adventure with Emily in Death Valley!" - Erin

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1530908957
• ISBN 13: 9781530908950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44
• Illustrator: Bowes Vicky