The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books)

The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books)
by Helen Purperhart

The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books)
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Author: Helen Purperhart
Illustrator: van Amelsfort Barbara
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-28
ISBN: 0897935055
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Hunter House

Book Reviews of The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books)

Book Review: Great book!
Summary: 5 Stars

The Yoga Zoo Adventure is a delightful book for children and parents alike. What a wonderful way to work both bonding time and exercise into a family's day. In today's society, is seems more and more difficult to find time and ways to really include vitally important family time in our daily lives. Through The Yoga Zoo Adventure, this can easily be done, as well as aiming for a more healthy lifestyle that is fun.

In The Yoga Zoo Adventure, your child will travel through a virtual zoo of their minds. Visiting such places as the Ape Cages, Desert Animal Compound, Reptile Building, Insect House, Predator Pavilions and the Aquarium just to name a few. Each section has easy to follow instructions for a yoga move that mimics the real action of an animal. An example of this is as follows:

Prowling like a shark:

~~ Lie on your tummy.
~~ Bend your legs up and point your toes toward the ceiling to make your "tale".
~~ Bring both arms behind you and entwine your fingers together.
~~ Slide your arms up to the middle of your back to make your "fins".
~~ Lift your head and swim like a shark prowling for food in the ocean by moving your tail back and forth and your fins up and down.
*taken from page 98 of The Yoga Zoo Adventure

Also included are fun bits of information on each animal, delightful games and songs and a great ending, complete with several pages discussing The Importance of Zoos and the animals that are included within the book. The Yoga Zoo Adventure is a great book for several reasons - it's fun, educational, promotes a healthy body and is a great tool to bring children and parents together. I have a 6 year old and a 2 year old and we had a ton of fun with this book. It states, on the cover, that the age range is 3 - 7, however I truly feel that The Yoga Zoo Adventure goes well beyond that age bracket.

Excellent and highly recommended!

Summary of The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books)

This ingenious book uses the postures and movements of zoo animals to teach yoga movements to children. The first part of the book covers theoretical and practical information for parents and teachers working with yoga. Part two takes readers to every part of the zoo, from the insect and reptile houses to the ape cage and the oceanarium. Here youngsters come face to face with a tiger, look in the eyes of a giraffe, do the monkey dance, and walk as gracefully as a flamingo. Part three introduces the rules of the yoga lifestyle through a number of animal fables. Part four contains background information about the animals described in the book.

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