The ABCs of Yoga for Kids. Teresa Power & Kathleen Rietz, $257.95

A gentle introduction to simple yoga postures for young children, this beautifully illustrated book is as much fun to read as it is to do the poses.

Also available:

The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: 56 Learning Cards. Teresa Power & Kathleen Rietz, $21.95 (ages 3-8)

The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: a Guide fror Parents and Teachers. Teresa Power & Kathleen Rietz, $12.95

Ada's Violin: the Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport, $23.99

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option... until a music teacher named Favio Chávez arrived. He wanted to give the children of Cateura something special, so he made them instruments out of materials found in the trash. It was a crazy idea, but one that would leave Ada — and her town — forever changed. Now, the Recycled Orchestra plays venues around the world, spreading their message of hope and innovation.

All About Me Art Activities. Christy Hale, $18.99

These engaging art activities inspire self-expression and encourage children to explore feelings, abilities, experiences, relationships, and their own uniqueness. Step-by step directions incorporate discussion prompts that help boost vocabulary, build classroom community, and reinforce children's awareness of the world around them. Includes book links to enhance and expand children's explorations and a full-color insert that features each completed project. Ideal to use with kids just entering school and as getting-to-know-you activities!

All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make Music as a Family. Nerissa Nields & Katryna Nields, $25.95

Discover the fun of family music! Music is not only fun, but it's also a wonderful way to family harmony and connection – it can soothe a crying baby, engage an active toddler, entertain during long car rides and help everyone get through daily chores. This delightful book has all the tools you'll need — including a CD with 30 songs — to get you started.

Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 8th Edition. Jill Englebright Fox & Robert Schirrmacher, $139.95

ART & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 8th Edition, is a comprehensive, must-have resource for implementing a developmentally appropriate art program. Written for pre-service and in-service early childhood professionals in child care, preschool, and kindergarten through third grade settings, the text takes a child-directed approach to art education. Blending theory and research with practical applications, this book discusses important topics and issues related to creative experience, such as art and the developing child, special needs and diversity, brain research, and children's artistic development. Also discussed are planning, developing, implementing, and assessing art along with strategies for integrating art across the curriculum. The updated Eighth Edition gives greater emphasis to professional standards with NAEYC, DAP, and NAEA standards integrated throughout the text.

The Art of Land-based Early Learning: Volume 1, The Emergence of Natural Materials and Ecological Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards & Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00

The Art of Land-based Early Learning: Volume 2, The Emergence of the Artist, Artwork, and Community Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards & Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00

Volume 1: The emergence of materials and ecological relationships. This volume documents and shares experiences with natural materials and the emergence of ecological connections through contextual, relational material engagement.

Volume 2: The emergence of artist, artwork and community connections. This volume shares children’s and educators’ experiences as they learn together, respond to natural materials through art-making, and learn about themselves, local ecologies and their communities in the process. The book provides insight on the role of artwork and the creative process as child-centred documentation and reflection.

These beautiful books share the years of experience of professional artists and educators involved in 4elements 'atelierista' (artist in residence) program. Chapters explore clay, fibre, natural dyeing, charcoal and other natural materials, and explore how the becomings and emergences of these materials help children develop ecological connections and build connection to place. Full of tips, provocations, hints, materials lists, and beautiful photos, these are a great resource for artists and educators working with early learners in schools and daycares.

The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools, 2nd Edition. Helen Hume, $37.95

With more than 110 creative art projects in varied types of media — from drawing to digital plus tips, tools, and curricular resources, THE ART TEACHER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE offers everything a teacher needs to know to present an effective arts education program. Classroom teachers who want to include art projects as part of the content curriculum and art teachers looking for new ideas will all find fresh inspiration in this exciting new edition. It features numerous new projects and draws on multicultural traditions, includes reproducible pages, and provides detailed instructions with illustrations, links to content learning, and modifications for different ages. Authoritative, practical, and user-friendly, this comprehensive guide is an invaluable addition to every K-8 teacher's basic classroom tools.

ART with Anything. MaryAnn Kohl, $25.95 (ages 4-10)

52 weeks of fun using everyday stuff, easy-to-find everyday materials and lots of imagination!

Art Workshops for Children. Hervé Tullet, $22.95

A guide to eleven children’s art workshops by one of the world’s most innovative facilitators and best-selling bookmakers. These workshops are designed to spark children’s imaginations, champion group bonding, and give visually pleasing results — with no artistic ability required. Illustrated and written by author of Press Here, each workshop includes: a list of materials needed, a step-by-step guide to facilitation, practical tips, illustrated examples, and photos of workshops in progress. 

Tried and tested around the world by children of all ages. Perfect for organizing group events at home, in schools, at parties, at museums — anywhere! 

Also from Hervé Tullet:

Mix It Up! Hervé Tullet, $21.99

PRESS HERE. Hervé Tullet, $21.99

Press Here: the Game.  Hervé Tullet, $27.99 (ages 3 to adult, 2 to 6 players)

Artful Teaching: Integrating the Arts for Understanding across the Curriculum K—8. David Donahue & Jennifer Stuart, Editors, $37.95

The authors in this volume share exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, they carefully describe how the arts provide an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn. The book includes rich and lively examples of public school teachers integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter, including English, social studies, science, and mathematics. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of why and how to use the arts every day, in every school, to reach every child. Both a practitioner's guide and a school reform model, this important book:

• Explains how arts integration across the K–8 curriculum contributes to student learning.
• Features examples of how integrated arts education functions in classrooms when it is done well.
• Explores intensive teacher-education and principal-training programs now underway in several higher education institutions.
• Offers concrete ideas for educators who are looking to strengthen their own skills.

The Arts Go to School: Classroom-Based Activities That Focus On Music, Painting, Drama, Movement, Media, and More. David Booth and Masayuki Hachiya, $24.95

Thoughtful and timely, this unique collection features chapters on each of the major art forms: music, visual arts, drama, dance, and all forms of modern media. Rooted in authentic experiences, the book gives a glimpse into real, exemplary classrooms where the arts are used to bring learning to life. Checklists throughout the book provide handy reminders to key outcomes, and guide teachers in encouragement and assessment.

Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials. Cathy Weisman Topal & Lella Gandini, $44.95

Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable “stuff.” The real-life experiences of teachers and children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn them into a display, transform materials into a face, build and glue wood scraps to make constructions. Appropriate for children four years of age and older.

The Budding Artist. Edited by Laura Laxton, $12.95

Curious kids will delight in the wonder of the creative process with the fifty art-inspiring activities in THE BUDDING ARTIST. With great ways for you and your young artist to create beautiful memories together, this book shows parents and kids how to paint with bubbles, create glue webs, make a blooming tablecloth, and construct homemade paper valentines. Perfect for ages three to six, this fun-filled introduction to arts and crafts features easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find materials that will help you and your child have as much fun creating art as viewing the finished product!

Chi for Children: a Practical Guide to Teaching Tai Chi and Qigong in Schools and the Community. Betty Sutherland, $61.95 (includes instructional DVD)

Learning the Chinese arts of Tai Chi and Qigong is a great way for children to relax, have fun, and strengthen body and mind. This easy-to-use teacher training pack provides step-by-step instructions and simple techniques that enable anyone to teach Tai Chi and Qigong to children.

This interactive book and DVD set contains four tutorials that guide teachers through basic, intermediate and advanced exercises, as well as offering breathing and relaxation techniques to help create calm classrooms and beat exam stress. Proven to increase concentration levels, fitness and confidence, introducing children to Tai Chi and Qigong gives them the ideal foundation for a life of physical and mental well-being.

This exciting training programme will be an indispensible resource for anyone looking for a fresh and engaging way to improve children's focus, health and happiness, and will be a welcome addition to any classroom, gym class or youth group.

Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism: Teaching Visual-Motor Skills through Visually Structured Art Activities. Karen Loden Talmage & Vickie Dobrofsky, $58.95

CLIMBING ART OBSTACLES IN AUTISM is an exceptional book that offers young children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays an imaginative, yet structured way to explore art. It shares the visual format familiar to users of the Tasks Galore series. Young children are able to practice visual motor skills through typical childhood art projects that are described in detail and bring satisfying results.

The Complete Book of Activities, Games, Stories, Props, Recipes and Dances for Young Children. Pam Schiller & Jackie Silberg, $49.95

Best-selling authors Pam Schiller and Jackie Silberg team up to bring you the ultimate activities resource! Bursting with new selections and old favorites, each of the 600 activities, stories, games, recipes, props, and dances will enhance any preschool curriculum. An essential addition to every classroom, the book includes a materials index, theme connection index, and a thematic chart.

Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How to Make 20% of the School Day 100% Better. Michael Follett, $29.95

Helping schools to develop a long-term playtime strategy, this book shows how schools can overcome barriers to excellent play for child development and wellbeing. With proven examples that are workable within schools' playtime budgets, the strategies show how to tackle and improve upon common issues including behaviour, staffing and facilities.

Curtain Up! A Book for Young Performers. Dirk McLean, Illustrated by France Brassard, $19.99

Amaya has been chosen for the lead role in a professional play! Follow along as Amaya goes through auditions, rehearsals, costume fittings, memory work and the thrill of performance.

Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! Enriching Movement Activities for Preschoolers. Connie Bergstein Dow, $26.95

Fun, accessible movement activities for teachers and childcare providers to use with preschoolers.

Different Speeds and Different Needs: How to Teach Sports to Every Kid. Gary Barber, $32.95

This appealing book demonstrates how practitioners can put excitement and inspiration into the learning process and to support the creative capacities of young children. Involvement in sports can be an empowering and enriching experience for all children. But how can children with different learning needs and physical abilities break through barriers and stereotypes on the playing field to find acceptance and success? This comprehensive guide shows K–12 teachers and coaches how to establish, revamp, and sustain inclusive sports programs that benefit students with a wide range of special needs and challenges.

With this positive, motivating book — written by an expert who's also the father of two children with autism — teachers and coaches will have the guidance they need to develop inclusive sports programs where all children join in the fun.

Chapters address many different needs and abilities including:  

• physical difficulties, coordination  and mobility challenges
• ADHD , intellectual challenges, learning disabilities, and giftedness
• behavioral challenges and bullying
• autism spectrum disorders
• Tourette syndrome
• visual or hearing impairments
• height and weight challenges, obesity, and eating disorders
• anxiety, stress, and depression

Drama Lessons: Ages 7-11. Judith Ackroyd & Jo Barter-Boulton, $45.50

DRAMA LESSONS: AGES 7–11 offers an exciting and varied range of tried and tested lessons tailor-made for busy teachers.  This new collection introduces Literacy Alerts which identify how the drama activities develop aspects of literacy and suggest additional literacy activities. For each lesson plan, essential resources and timing information are provided. The lessons cover a range of themes and curriculum areas. Full of pick-up-and-go lesson plans, this book will be of enormous interest to specialists and non-specialists of drama alike. All primary teachers, literacy coordinators and teaching assistants should have this book in their hands and it will give all trainee teachers a flying start in their school placements.

Also available:

Drama Lessons: Ages 4-7. Judith Ackroyd & Jo Barter-Boulton, $48.50

Drama School. Mick Manning & Brita Granström, $10.95 (ages 6-10)

Drama School is the perfect introduction to the world of theatre and film. Its pages are packed full of great ideas for all aspects of your production. Clear step-by-step instructions on everything you need to put on a great show!

Drama Sessions for Primary Schools and Drama Clubs. Alison Day, $74.10

DRAMA SESSIONS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND DRAMA CLUBS is an indispensable guide designed to help you run effective and enjoyable drama sessions in your primary school for a whole academic year.

The author outlines thirty-three practical and user-friendly sessions, each one built around developing the social skills needed by children to become effective and positive communicators. Each session has guided time allocations and thorough explanations of what each exercise should achieve. The final session of the term culminates in a 'show and tell' performance in which children can show their family and friends what they have learnt.

This unique and practical book will be of interest to all teachers who need to incorporate drama into everyday classroom learning as well as drama teachers and practitioners looking to run successful, interesting and fun drama sessions for their primary pupils.

Drama 3-5: a Practical Guide to Teaching Drama to Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, 2nd Edition. Debbie Chalmers, $42.50

The importance of using drama to promote active and creative learning in the early years is widely recognized. Young children participating in well planned drama activities learn to express themselves clearly and develop strong social skills, more self-confidence and a greater understanding of co-operation and team-work.

Drama 3-5 contains a wide range of accessible activities and sample session plans, drawn from the author’s many years of extensive experience, which have all been fully and successfully tried and tested with children from 3-5 years. The book also explains the theory and value of all of the activities, as well as possible extensions, making it an ideal companion to support every practitioner who wants to explore, develop and enjoy drama and have fun with their children.

Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy That Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, 4th Edition. Larry Swartz, $24.95

In this totally revised 4th edition, Larry Swartz digs deeply into the riches of the past three books and considers the experiences of language arts teachers who have used all three versions for almost three decades. Full of engaging new ideas, the book includes many new sources and carefully chosen strategies for exploring challenging issues with students, including identity, poverty, diversity, bullying, and immigration. Literary sources are at the root of this amazing book, and encompass picture books, novels, poetry, scripts, and photographs. Compelling strategies throughout the book are designed to enrich interactive possibilities amongst learners in the language arts classroom. By reading, writing, and talking both in and out of role, students can develop and share their responses, stories, and ideas. A bestselling classroom resource for almost thirty years, dramathemes is an ideal book for teachers who want to put drama into literacy programs, and literacy into drama programs.

Dramatic Play in the Early Years. Elizabeth Coffman, $24.95

This practical book offers unique and powerful ways to use play to investigate stories, big ideas, and events. It focuses on dramatic play as a natural response to learning. It argues that dramatic play is not theatre, but a dynamic process that involves planning, playing, and practice so that children become the story, live the life of characters or animals, bump up against issues, and can better appreciate the complexities of the human journey. Rooted in classroom experience, this valuable resource offers a variety of effective ways that children can be encouraged to incorporate voice, characterization, movement, stillness, concentration, and listening into play.

Dribble Drabble: Process Art Experiences for Young Children. Deya Brashears Hill, $24.95

Creative art should offer children the opportunities for originality, creativity, fluency, flexibility, and sensitivity. Covering a wide range of media including Painting, Crayons, Collage, Sculpture, Chalk, and Printing, this book will provide plenty of opportunities. All activities are adaptable for children from age two to eight and easy to prepare and set-up. These hands-on projects have been classroom-tested to ensure they keep learning fun and engaging.

Easy Songs for Smooth Transitions in the Classroom. Nina Araujo & Carol Aghayan, $30.95 (Book and CD)

Using simple and fun songs to help young children move smoothly and joyfully through their day.

Engaging Learners through Artmaking: Choice-Based Art education in the Classroom. Katherine Douglas & Diane Jaquith, $38.95

This book details the philosophy, rationale and implementation of choice-based art education in elementary and middle schools. It introduces behaviors that sustain engagement such as problem finding, innovation, play, representation, collaboration and offers strategies for setting up studio centers and exhibitions of student art.

Exploring the Science of Sounds: 100 Musical Activities for Young Children. Abigail Flesch Connors, $22.50

Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math — STEAM — these explorations are crucial for laying a solid foundation for later learning. In this book, discover 100 activities that let children ages 3-6 explore the science of music and sound using materials easy to find for a preschool classroom. Children will use their bodies to create sounds, explore the relationship between size and pitch, investigate how tempo affects the way we listen to sounds, create musical instruments, and much more. From the drops of rainwater to the tinkling of wind chimes, the science of sound is all around.

You will indulge young children’s curiosity and engage them in scientific inquiry as they explore, listen, observe, experiment, think, and discuss different kinds of sounds and the tools for making them. Through playful activities, explore:

• Acoustics — what is sound?
• Volume — loud and soft
• Tempo — fast and slow
• Timbre — sound quality
• Pitch — high and low

50 Games for Going Green: Physical Activities that Teach Healthy Environmental Concepts. Carol Scaini & Carolyn Evans, $20.95

50 GAMES FOR GOING GREEN is a collection of easy-to-present activities that educate students in the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling as well as concepts of carbon footprint reduction, climate change, and global warming. The book includes warm-up, circuit, and station activities; physical fitness challenges, relay races, and literacy and drama activities; and cooperative games that are adaptable for a range of ages, abilities, and skill levels.

First Art for Toddlers and Twos: Open-Ended Art Experiences. Mary Ann Kohl, $25.95

Discover the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of toddlers and twos as they explore creative art experiences designed just for them. In this updated, color edition of FIRST ART FOR TODDLERS AND TWOS, you will find more than seventy-five art experiences, with lots of variations that add to the fun and tips for making the activities run smoothly. There's even a chapter of special adult-made props, such as an Art Baggie Book to display a child's artwork and a Tabletop Easel made from a pizza box to catch all the drips.

Fitness and Nutrition: Activities for Age 3 to Kindergarten, 3rd Edition. Connie Jo Smith, Charlotte Hendricks & Becky Bennett, $21.95

Given the recent rise of childhood obesity, the need for health education is needed more than ever. This curriculum provides more than 30 developmentally appropriate activities that introduce important health concepts, including physical activity, rest and relaxation, and nutrition and eating habits. This book includes:

• An overview of the fitness and nutrition topics covered in the curriculum
• Suggested interest area materials and supports for creating the learning environment
• Learning objectives and vocabulary words
• Suggestions for evaluating children's understanding of each fitness and nutrition topic
• More than 30 classroom activities
• Family information and take-home activities

Games, Ideas, and Activities for Primary Music. Donna Minto, $16.95

This handy book is full of simple activities and instructions to help you feel more confident teaching music, and to bring music lessons to life in the primary classroom.

Games of Survival: Traditional Inuit Games for Elementary Students. Johnny Issaluk, $12.95

Traditionally, Inuit played games in order to be physically and mentally prepared for freezing weather, strenuous hunts, and other grueling conditions that made survival difficult.

In this book, Arctic Winter Games champion Johnny Issaluk explains the basics of agility, strength, and endurance games. Through straightforward text and vibrant photographs, this resource brings to life this vital aspect of Inuit knowledge and culture.

Great Big Book of Children’s Games. Debra Wise, $22.95

Over 450 indoor and outdoor games for children ages 3 to 14. Includes solo and team games, party games, classroom and family games as well as innovative twists on many old favorites.

Green Crafts for Children: 35 Step-by-Step Projects Using Natural, Recycled, and Found Materials. Emma Hardy, $19.95

Making their own toys, games, gifts, and ornaments encourages children to use their creative flair — and if they can use component parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet. None of Emma Hardy’s projects in Green Crafts for Children use any special materials. Instead, they all rely on items that are likely to be in the cupboard, can be found around the house or garden, or collected on walks in the park or at the beach. There are recipes for salt dough and methods for easy felting, plus ways to imaginatively use old gift-wrapping paper and worn-out clothes, as well as pine cones, tree bark, shells, and other natural bits and bobs.

Gifts for relatives and friends are here, together with games and toys that can be made and then played with again and again. From painted stones and a friendship bracelet to a simple dolls’ house and a driftwood boat, children will love the projects in this engaging book. In fact, kids need never be bored again.

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Nikki Giovanni, editor, $27.99 (includes audio CD)

A groundbreaking new anthology of rhymes and rhythms!

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Readers can immerse themselves in 51 selections from 42 poets and performers, and 30 performances on the audio CD, many recorded especially for this collection. Some tracks on the CD are performed by the artists who created them; others are unique interpretations by admiring poets and artists. Celebrate remarkable poets including:

• Eloise Greenfield
• Mos Def
• Tupac Shakur
• Maya Angelou
• Queen Latifah
• Nikki Dean Grimes
• Lucille Clifton
• Langston Hughes
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Walter Dean Myers
• and many more

How to Talk to Children about Art, 2nd Edition. Françoise Barbe-Gall, $25.99

A must-have for adults who want their children to love and understand art, this guide provides valuable tips for making your visit to a museum  or gallery with children a success. It anticipates how kids might react to paintings by artists as diverse as Kandinsky, Hopper, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Turner and then gives you the tools to have a meaningful discussion about what they see. It doesn't matter if you only know a little about painting or if you are more interested in sports or sciences; if you trust your own eyes, you can help children "enter" a picture and feel comfortable in the world it depicts.

You will learn how to help impatient ones express their intuition and how to stimulate their imagination as well as their analytical mind. Sample questions and answers about 30 artworks from the Renaissance to the 21st century provide historical background, explain genres such as still life and portrait, and demystify religious and mythological themes. This new edition features all new paintings along with labeled sections for easy reference according to the age of your child (5–7 years, 8–10 years, 11–13+ years). Full-color reproductions of all the paintings invite study at home either before or after a museum visit.

I Can Do That! Color and Draw: Make Amazing Art with Squiggles, Dots, and Lines! LaZoo, $13.99

This extraordinary activity book helps young artists transform squiggles and scribbles into amazing creations!

Lazoo is a hugely popular illustrator in Japan where her children’s books have sold millions of copies and won many awards. Lazoo’s engaging art and time-tested strategies can coax out the artist in anyone old enough to hold a crayon.

I Can Do That! Cut and Paste: Make Amazing Art with Torn Paper and Glue! LaZoo, $13.99

This beautiful, thoughtfully designed book provides the clever, inventive prompts and the materials for making striking collages. Children can cut (or tear) and paste colorful scales onto a school of fish, petals onto a bouquet of flowers, feathers onto birds, and much, much more.

I'm OK! Building Resilience through Physical Play, Ages 2-8. Jarrod Green, $34.50

Children must learn to pick themselves up, brush themselves off, and bounce back. But how do you allow for the physicality required to build resilience when you are tasked with children's safety? This guide provides the tools and strategies for creating a culture of resilience, including families in the process, and keeping safety front-of-mind.

• Examine common safety concerns and how to address and prepare for them
• Learn how to work with families and build a trusting relationship around children's physical development
• Consider legal concerns regarding licensing and liability

Jump Start Health! Practical Ideas to Promote Wellness in Kids of All Ages.  David Campos, $43.50

This dynamic resource will help classroom teachers jump start their students on a path to a healthy lifestyle. The author helps us understand the obesity crisis and offers practical ideas for incorporating wellness initiatives into the elementary curriculum. Each idea presented has a clear learning objective, addresses federal health standards, and includes a step-by-step approach with activities for the classroom. This hands-on, comprehensive book provides a set of tools that will help teachers and health practitioners improve the eating habits and exercise patterns of youngsters nationwide.

The Kids' Yoga Deck: 50 Poses and Games. Annie Buckley, $21.95

Yoga is fun! Get kids bending, breathing, and stretching with The Kids Yoga Deck. Playful poses that can be performed alone and with friends, teach kids the basics of yoga. The Kids Yoga Deck engages bodies and minds to help youngsters build strength, flexibility, balance, and mental focus.

The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings, 2nd Edition. Ann Pelo, $55.50

Incorporate inquiry-based practices into your early childhood classroom or family child care home. Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, The Language of Art emphasizes investigation anchored by drawing, painting, and other art activities. It provides:

• advice on setting up a studio space for art and inquiry
• studio explorations designed to give children a basic fluency in art
• suggestions for documenting children's developing fluency with art media and its use in inquiry
• guidelines for using children's newfound fluency as a tool for investigation

Even if you use a space not designed specifically for art instruction or even for an early childhood program, The Language of Art shows how you can simply "start where you are." Age Focus: 3–6.

Learning Though Movement and Active Play in the Early Years: a Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers. Tania Swift, $29.95

In this practical resource, Tania Swift provides early years professionals with a wealth of creative ideas for supporting children's wellbeing and development through physical activity.

Drawing on the author's wealth of training experience, each chapter sets out a range of knowledge development, tips, tools and activities that teachers and practitioners can use to support and enhance children's learning and development and examples of good practice from other practitioners and teachers. The book explores personal, social and emotional development; mathematics and numeracy; literacy, language and communication; knowledge and understanding of the world; expressive arts, design and creative development; and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Full of creative ideas that early years workers and teachers can easily implement, this book will equip readers with the knowledge and confidence to plan for effective learning through movement and active play. Ideal for practitioners working with children aged 3-7 years.

A Little Drama: Playful Activities for Young Children. Lavinia Roberts, $34.50

With more than 50 inquiry-based and child-centered activities and exercises, A Little Drama will help teachers (including those with no theater experience of their own) develop the body, voice, mind, and heart of young children. Use these activities to help children navigate daily transitions, to calm children when it s time to quiet, and to develop children s creativity, sense of self, and social-emotional, physical, and literacy skills (and have a lot of fun along the way).

Make-Believe Play and Story-Based Drama in Early Childhood. Carol Woodward, Carri Mulch & Suzanne Mair, $31.95

Encouraging imaginative play in the classroom is an effective way to teach young children how to think creatively and interact socially — vital parts of their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

This book presents engaging and practical ways to use drama which will enable young children to develop creative thinking and literacy skills while planning together, making decisions, giving and receiving feedback and working toward a common goal. The reader is guided through introducing and using dramatic play with children, how to integrate drama into everyday classroom activities, and preparing a child-centered story dramatization.

Making Music in the Primary School: Whole Class Instrumental and Vocal Teaching. Nick Beach, Julie Evans and Gary Spruce, Editors, $35.95

Making Music in the Primary School is an essential guide for primary school teachers, instrumental teachers and community musicians involved in music with children. It explores teaching and learning music with the whole class and provides a framework for successful musical experiences with large groups of children.

Striking the perfect balance between theory and practice, this invaluable text includes case studies and exemplars, carefully designed activities to try out in the classroom, as well as a range of tried-and-tested teaching strategies to help you support and develop children’s musical experience in the classroom. Written in a clear, accessible and engaging style, Making Music in the Primary School will give you all the confidence you need when working with whole classes, whatever your musical or teaching background.

Move Your Body: My Exercise Tips. Gina Bellisario, $8.95

Ms. Starr teaches her class about staying fit with exercises and stretches. Now they're full of energy — will it help them win the Beach Ball Relay?

Moving & Learning Series:

Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning: a Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $32.95 (ages 6-8) 100 movement activities, includes CD

Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving and Learning: a Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $29.95 (ages 3-6) 80 movement activities, includes CD

Toddlers Moving & Learning: a Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $35.95 (ages 6-8) 50 movement activities, includes CD

Physical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. The Moving & Learning series provides developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom or program. Each book contains:

• An updated introduction reflecting new research and trends in early childhood health and fitness and information on how movement benefits children's learning and development
• Lesson plans, each with one body parts activity, one non-locomotor activity, one locomotor skill experience, and one activity exploring an element of movement — each book has over 50 activities
• Extension ideas and adaptations to use with children who have special needs
• Curriculum connections for each activity and explanations about how activities are aligned with and meet early learning standards from NAEYC and AAHPERD
• A CD with original music to add joy and energy to the activities

Munsch at Play.  Plays by Irene Watts, Original Stories by Robert Munsch, $24.95

What’s even better than reading a Robert Munsch story out loud? Acting in one!

Eight of Munsch’s best-loved tales have been adapted for stage, classroom or backyard. Complete with innovative ideas for props, casting and costumes, each story is presented in an accessible, illustrated format that kids will love to participate in and watch.

The Muses Go to School: Inspiring Stories About the Importance of Arts in Education. Edited by Herbert Kohl & Tom Oppenheim, 21.95

In THE MUSES GO TO SCHOOL, autobiographical pieces with well-known artists and performers are paired with interpretive essays by distinguished educators to produce a powerful case for positioning the arts at the center of primary and secondary school curriculums. Spanning a range of genres from acting and music to literary and visual arts, these smart and entertaining voices make surprising connections between the arts and the development of intellect, imagination, spirit, emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and self-discipline of young people.

With support from a star-studded cast, editors Herbert Kohl and Tom Oppenheim present a memorable critique of the growing national trend to eliminate the arts in public education. Going well beyond the traditional rationales, THE MUSES GO TO SCHOOL shows that creative arts, as a means of academic and personal development, are a critical element of any education. It is essential reading for teachers, parents, and anyone who really cares about education.

Music for Early Learning: Songs and Musical Activities to Support Children’s Development. Linda Bance, $57.95 (includes CD)

Singing, dancing and music-making comes naturally to young children, but we as adults often lack confidence in our musical ability. This easily accessible book will help you to realize that everyone can be a creative music-maker with young children. It aims to inspire you to take young children’s enthusiasm for music and create a musically rich environment that supports all areas of learning and development and at the same time celebrate music for music’s sake.

Music from the Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poem, Fingerplays and Chants, 2-CD Set. Jackie Silberg & Pam Schiller, $25.95

The CD you've been waiting for is finally here! The companion to the bestselling book, this double CD features fifty songs to keep children singing and learning all year long with a variety of engaging musical styles.

Music is for Everyone. Jill Barber, illustrated by Sydney Smith, $19.95

Music is for Everyone is sure to get you excited about making music! Singer-songwriter Jill Barber takes her young readers through many different kinds of music — hip hop, jazz, classical, folk — and instruments in an energetic, rhyming tour. Sydney Smith’s gleeful illustrations capture all the joy that comes from making music — in all its forms!

My Art Book: Amazing Art Projects Inspired by Masterpieces. $17.99

My Art Book is a wonderful introduction to art and art history. Discover the work of the world’s greatest artists. Using these famous works as inspiration, the book is packed with suggestions and instructions for creating your own works of art and for encouraging budding artists to expand their creative minds.

My First Art Activity Book. Clare Youngs, $21.95 (ages 7++)

This book will show you all the different ways you can make fabulous pictures that you will be proud of. You’ll find lots of ideas in Pretty Prints — from using sponge cloths to bubble wrap and potatoes. Then have fun trying out the projects in Painting Fun, where you can get messy with the ink blot aliens and wet tissue paper pictures, and create fabulous pictures like the oil pastel owl. In Beach and Vacation Art, you can make use of natural materials that you find while you’re playing, such as driftwood and shells, plus have a go at the seagull postcards to send to your friends. Finally, use scraps of paper, photos, and magazine pages in Paper and Collage Art for super creations, including a photo collage that would be a great gift and homemade picture frames to display all your new pieces of art. All the projects are easy to follow with artworks to guide you along the way; plus, each one has a grade so you can start with the easiest and then move on as your artistic skills develop.

No Standing Around In My Gym: Lesson Plans, Games and Teaching Tips for Elementary Physical Education. J.D. Hughes, $27.95

If you’re looking for fresh ways to teach children ages 4 to 11 basic fitness concepts, movement skills, and games that emphasize creative thinking and cooperation, No Standing Around in My Gym is an incredible source of ideas and solutions to help you:

• Increase the time students are active in class
• Minimize discipline problems
• Develop healthy attitudes that lead to a lifetime of activity
• Save valuable lesson preparation time
• Keep students motivated and challenged

101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children, Birth to 6. Abigail Flesch Connors, $19.95

Help every child experience the magic of making music.

On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, 2nd Edition. Lisa Bany-Winters, $18.95

More than 125 theater games for school-age children that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration are included in this imaginative collection of activities, including:

• Improvisational games
• Puppets
• Makeup secrets
• Designing & building sets, dioramas
• Monologues, scenes and short plays
• Warm-up exercises
• Pantomime
• Masks

On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, 2nd Edition. Lisa Bany-Winters, $18.95

More than 125 theater games for school-age children that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration are included in this imaginative collection of activities, including:

• Improvisational games
• Puppets
• Makeup secrets
• Designing & building sets, dioramas
• Monologues, scenes and short plays
• Warm-up exercises
• Pantomime
• Masks

The 175 Best Camp Games: a Handbook for Leaders, Games for Kids 4-16. Kathleen, Laura & Mary Fraser, $19.95

Camp games are meant to be fun. Here are the very best camp-tested games for boys and girls aged 4 to 16, with easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations. The Frasers include indoor and outdoor games for both small and large groups, with some old favorites and lots of new, soon-to-be favorites. This practical guide is easy to use, and the more than 175 games are divided into five chapters:

• Break the Ice (Name Dropping, Life Raft)
• Taking It Easy (Speed Rabbit, Electricity)
• Getting Them Moving (Soh Koh No, Kitty Wants a Corner)
• Running Them Ragged (Pairs Tag, Fox in the Henhouse)
• Wet and Wild (Battleship, Sharks and Mermaids).

Though written with camp leaders in mind, this book will appeal to youth activity directors, counselors, counselors-in-training, coaches, scout leaders, parents, teachers and any other adult looking for creative group activities for youth that include all participants and require little or no special equipment.

Open-Ended Art for Young Children. Tracy Galuski & Mary Ellen Bardsley, $41.50

Open-ended art is defined as art activity where children are free to use their imagination as they explore a variety of materials without a planned outcome. When teachers embrace open-ended art, they emphasize the process of creating and observe the developmental growth being experienced by the children. Open-ended art provides children an important opportunity to think about, feel, and express ideas. It allows teachers to slow down the pace of the day and appreciate the beauty that comes from simple experimentation with art materials.

There are many books available to educators that include art ideas and projects, but Open-Ended Art for Young Children goes beyond the basics to highlight why the field of early childhood education advocates for open-ended art and explains how to adapt to new ways of thinking about art. Authors Dr. Tracy Galuski and Dr. Mary Ellen Bardsley present, chapter by chapter, the challenges teachers encounter when faced with best practices and expectations related art process and product. Each chapter begins with a classroom vignette that describes the challenge, followed by a plethora of solutions grounded in research and illustrated through practical examples. Each chapter includes full-color pictures and photos and ends with an activity or investigation for reflection.

Physical Activity and Learning After School: the PAL Program. Edited by Paula Schwanenflugel & Phillip Tomporowski, $41.50

Every school day, more than 10 million children attend after-school programs in the United States. This book provides a research-based blueprint for offering students in grades 1-5 innovative programming that combines intensive physical activity and social–emotional skills development with academic enrichment in reading, mathematics, and social studies. Presented is an integrative approach that has been developed and tested to meet the needs of all students, including those in high-poverty schools. The volume includes explicit guidance for setting up a program, implementing cognitively engaging physical games and learning activities, working effectively with mixed-age groups, and monitoring outcomes. Reproducible forms and lesson plans can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Quality Daily Physical Activities, K-3. Demetra Turnbull, et al, $15.99

Quality Daily Physical Activities, 4-6. Demetra Turnbull, et al, $15.99

Ensure students get active every day with a variety of easy-to-implement physical education activities, co-operative games, and other movement ideas for different classroom situations.  Includes teacher tips and checklists and is aligned with the Canadian curriculum.

Rain Fish. Lois Ehlert, $23.99 (ages 4-8)

When blue sky turns gray and it rains all day, sometimes rain fish come out and play.

They swim among discards and debris. Do you see them, too? Or is it just me?

Through lyrical text and her incomparable mixed-media collage illustrations, Lois Ehlert introduces readers to “rain fish” — the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms. From a scrap of newspaper with a seashell eye and feather smile to a piece of cardboard with an orange peel eye and a leaf for a fin, Ehlert’s rain fish come in all shapes and sizes.

Rapunzel's Supermarket: All about Young Children and Their Art. Ursula Kolbe, $53.95

Rapunzel’s Supermarket is an inspirational book filled with ideas for helping children realise their potential as image-makers. Building on children’s curiosity about their world, it offers many suggestions for drawing, painting, collage, clay work, puppet making and much more. A wonderful resource for all who live and work with young children. The book:

• Invites readers to look at how children find magic in everyday things and how they delight in discovering colours, shapes, textures and patterns
• Offers new insights into the complexities of children’s image-making
• Looks at types of image-making of greatest use to young children — drawing, painting, claywork, collage, construction and printmaking — and shows how they enable children to explore and communicate thoughts
• Provides ample practical information, empowering the adult with the confidence to appreciate, support and guide children’s image-making as a co-explorer

The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning. Katherine McKnight & Mary Scruggs, $26.99

Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. This groundbreaking company has also trained thousands of educators and students through its Improvisation for Creative Pedagogy program, which uses improv exercises to teach a wide variety of content areas, and boost skills that are crucial for student learning: listening, teamwork, communication, idea-generation, vocabulary, and more.

See How We Move! A First Book of Health and Well-Being. Scot Ritchie, $16.99

Pedro, Yulee, Nick, Sally and Martin are excited! Tomorrow their swim team, the Flying Sharks, will be competing in the school meet. They've been working hard to train their bodies and minds in order to swim their best. Readers follow along as the team has one last practice with their coach at the neighborhood pool. Then it's off to the races on the big day! Along the way, the friends discover the benefits of physical fitness and learn about many important aspects of active, healthy living, such as:

• setting goals and recognizing improvement
• teamwork and respect for others
• safety and equipment use
• coping skills and developing confidence
• nutrition as fuel
• mind and body connections

This introduction to physical and health education encourages children to form positive lifelong habits by emphasizing how physical fitness can be fun, social and rewarding. It's a great resource for the classroom, incorporating physical activities into everyday lessons. The book contains a table of contents, an index, a glossary of terms and a spread with ideas for active play.

Sitting On a Chicken: the Best Ever 52 Yoga Games to Teach In Schools. Michael Chissick, $31.95

The best way to teach yoga to children is with games. With 52 vibrant, easy-to-follow yoga games requiring no previous yoga experience, this book will enable you to help children become better listeners, take responsibility, gain self-control, improve behaviour, become assertive and improve self-esteem and confidence.

Within these pages Michael Chissick has distilled nearly twenty years' experience of teaching yoga to children aged 3-11 in mainstream and special needs schools. He explains the ideal yoga lesson structure to transform your children's behaviour: you will learn which games to teach, when to teach them and how to teach them, and how the additional benefits of improved co-ordination, flexibility, fitness, self-calming and relaxation can be accessible to all children regardless of impairment, need, culture, shape, mood or size.

Stages: Creative Ideas for Teaching Drama, 2nd Edition. Talia Pura, $24.95

STAGES is packed with drama exercises and ideas that work, tested on the harshest of critics — high school students. Laid out in a clear, concise manner, they are categorized according to their purpose.

This book is useful to all, from novice or seasoned drama teachers, to theatre professionals leading workshops and master classes. The exercises in this book can be used in isolation to simply fill a spare moment of class time, or to create a drama workshop or entire drama course. Suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities, the ideas can be adapted for young children and teenagers as well as experienced actors.

STEM Starters For Kids Art Activity Book: Packed with Activities and Art Facts. Jenny Jacoby, Illustrated by Vicky Barker, $9.99 (ages 6-10)

Between marvelous mazes, spot the difference, drawing puzzles, pattern identifying, testing quizzes, and more, the activities in this book introduce children to the beautiful world of art and might even, one day, inspire them to contribute a masterpiece of their own.

Story Drama in the Special Needs Classroom: Step-by-Step Lesson Plans for Teaching through Dramatic Play. Jessica Perich Carleton, $31.95

Introducing drama to the learning experience is guaranteed to enrich a child's development, and is an especially effective approach for children with special educational needs, including those with autism spectrum disorders. This practical handbook offers teachers an array of simple and easy-to-implement theatrical techniques that will enhance students' learning and encourage artistic expression.

The author demonstrates how drama can be applied to a diverse range of school subjects and recreational settings. 'The Little Red Hen', for example, covers themes that are relevant to literacy (rhyming and rhythm), maths (counting seeds), science (discussing farming), and art lessons (designing costumes). Step-by-step lesson plans take teachers through every aspect of running fun and engaging story dramas, including warm ups, movement, songs and props. Handy tips throughout suggest ideas for developing the plays further and ways to adapt them according to the needs of the group.

The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and Artmaking with Young Children. Christine Mulcahey, $25.50

When children look at works of art they tell stories, share experiences, imagine, and explore. This book provides teachers with the skills, and freedom, to design rich and open-ended art experiences for young children. The author looks at the work of a variety of artists and offers guidance for using these artworks as taking-off points for conversations and creativity with a range of materials. She demonstrates that using fine art reproductions in the early childhood curriculum allows children to construct their own meanings, teaches diversity, fosters thinking skills, and encourages storytelling. The text includes lesson plans, examples of activities, and photographs of children working and interacting with each other and with works of art.

Studio Thinking 2: the Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education. Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly Sheridan, $42.95

The first edition of this bestseller explored groundbreaking research on the positive effects of art education on student learning across the curriculum. Capitalizing on observations and conversations with educators who have used the Studio Thinking Framework in diverse settings, this expanded edition features new material, including descriptions of how the Framework has been used inside and outside of schools in curriculum planning, teaching, and assessment across arts and non-arts disciplines.

STUDIO THINKING 2 will help advocates explain arts education to policymakers, help art teachers develop and refine their teaching and assessment practices, and assist educators in other disciplines to learn from existing practices in arts education.

Supporting Children's Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art: Creative Conversations in the Early Years, 2nd Edition. Edited by Fleur Griffiths, $50.30

An essential part of children’s development in the early years involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing, music, and creating shared meanings in playful contexts.

Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of early years practitioners and professionals, sharing their ‘creative conversations’ and helping readers to implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative way. Including a new chapter to explore the relationships between music and movement, this second edition has been fully updated and covers:

• How to incorporate music-making and storytelling in the classroom
• How to use stories of practice to inspire reflection and change
• How to extend, challenge and sustain children’s interests
• How to make use of the ‘Talking Table’ and ‘Helicopter’ approaches
• How to become an effective play-partner
• How to improve practice with interactive strategies and music for well-being
• How to use observation to inspire planning and learning projects

Appealing to all with an interest in early years practice, this new edition demonstrates how parents, carers and practitioners can put excitement and inspiration back into the learning process, guiding them to encourage and support the creative capacities of young children.

30 Fun Ways to Learn about Music. Anice Paterson & David Wheway, $16.95 (Preschool - Gr. 1)

Music does more than teach children to sing or play an instrument. It build's children's development in areas such as literacy, math, physical skills and coordination. The activities in 30 FUN WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT MUSIC will also help children develop concentration, build confidence and nurture their creative and social development.

30 Fun Ways to Learn with Clay and Squishy Stuff. Lorraine Frankish, $16.95 (Preschool - Gr. 3)

Children love getting their hands dirty. Using clay and other squishy stuff gives them a chance to create and have fun while strengthening important developmental skills. From wet clay to paper pulp, sawdust to shaving cream, these open-ended activities focus on the process of creation, not the final product.

303 Tween-Approved Exercises & Active Games. Kimberly Wechsler, $17.95

303 TWEEN-APPROVED EXERCISES AND ACTIVE GAMES is written specifically for children ages 9-12 years old. Kimberley Wechsler, a specialist in kid’s fitness, took into account the fundamental attributes of being a child while developing these exercises. They grow, mature, and develop skills at different ages, so what may be skill appropriate for one child could be harmful for another child. These exercises reflect the emotional, social, physical level of this age group.  Tweens can choose from many styles of fitness: mind/body, military style fitness, sports performance, functional resistance, strength training, plyometric style, outdoor challenges, circuit/interval/obstacle course training.  By giving each challenge/game a point value, ‘tweens can freely choose their exercises and will receive a complete workout each and every time. Teachers and parents can join in on the fun too!

Why Should I Bother to Keep Fit? Kate Knighton & Susan Meredith, $10.95 (ages 10 -14)

• All about how to maintain a healthy body through exercise and eating right.
• Answers questions such as: What counts as exercise? What if I hate sport? How can I get stronger?
• Includes simple tips on healthy eating, games to play indoors when it’s raining and how to warm up and warm down properly.
• Written in a clear, factual style with bright, stylish illustrations and internet links to websites to find out more.

The Yoga Adventure for Children. Jelen Purperhart, $19.50

THE YOGA ADVENTURE FOR CHILDREN is an illustrated manual for teachers at primary schools and yoga teachers who wish to create children's classes. Featuring 80 drawings of poses, the book playfully acquaints children with yoga stretches and postures and the philosophy behind the practice. Blending yoga, play, dance, music, drama, and drawing, the book requires very little preparation before use. Many yoga positions are inspired by animals and stimulate suppleness and strength, and all aspects of yoga are included in the games: relaxation, breathing, concentration, meditation, self-awareness, and visualization. Concepts like karma, chakra, and the elements are explained and developed without too much confusing detail. The games in this book can also be used to increase children's concentration and self-esteem, and to stimulate them to express more creativity, imagination, and better social skills.

Yoga Calm for Children: Educating Heart, Mind and Body. Lynea Gillen & Jim Gillen, $32.95

Yoga Calm offers 60 activities for the K-12 classroom that promote relaxation, concentration and self control; fosters physical fitness and helps in the development of social/emotional awareness skills. Features more than 100 photographs and easy-to-follow instructions.

Yoga for Kids: Simple Animal Poses for Any Age. Lorna Pajalunga, $26.99

A little boy begins taking yoga lessons at the zoo, where he learns that he can mimic the animals there with simple yoga poses. When he returns home after his lessons, he practices with his cat Nino. With an illustration of each animal pose and a description of how to do it on each page, this enchanting book makes the perfect instruction guide for even the smallest yogi.

The Yoga Game. Kathy Beliveau, illustrated by Farida Zaman, $13.50

This fun riddle book introduces young children to yoga.

Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids & Grownups. Tara Guber & Leah Talish, $19.99

Stretch your way to a fun and healthy lifestyle with each of the fifty yoga poses in this colorful deck, perfect for teachers, parents, and children.

Yoga in Your School: Exercises for Classroom, Gym and Playground. Teressa Asencia, $23.95

Yoga in Your School presents a series of short “Yoga breaks” designed for teachers to easily insert into their daily classroom schedule. Each posture or breathing technique may be practiced in less than three minutes, so that they may be used regularly or as needed, when attention or energy begins to wane. These simple movement exercises are designed to develop concentration, improve motor skills and physical fitness, develop strength, flexibility and balance. By simply taking a few moments to stop between activities to breathe and stretch, teachers may create a harmonious classroom with calm alert children who are receptive and eager to learn.

YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child through Yoga. Marsha Wenig, $22.95

Over 50 poses with activities for integrated learning at home and school.

Yoga Therapy for Every Special Child: Meeting Needs in a Natural Setting. Nancy Williams, Illustrated by Leslie White, $22.95

Yoga therapy is gaining rapid recognition as a form of treatment that can improve the physical and mental wellbeing of children with a variety of complex needs. This book contains a specially-designed yoga program for use with children of all abilities, and provides both parents and professionals with the knowledge they need to carry out the therapy themselves.

The program consists of a series of postures, each of which is explained and accompanied by an illustration. The postures are designed to help children understand and use their bodies, and work towards positive changes such as realigning the spine, encouraging eye-contact, and promoting calm and steady breathing. Consideration is given to creating the right setting for carrying out the therapy, assessing an individual child's particular needs, and making the sessions fun using games and props. Sections on yoga therapy for specific conditions such as autistic spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy are included, and the book concludes with child and parent reports on how the program has worked for them, and a list of useful contacts and resources.

This practical book is a must for parents, teachers, therapists and other professionals, and anybody else who wants to help a child to develop through enjoyable and therapeutic yoga sessions.

You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses. Taeeun Yoo, $19.99

With simple instructions and bright, clear illustrations, award-winning artist Taeeun Yoo invites children to enjoy yoga by assuming playful animal poses. And she sparks their imagination further by encouraging them to pretend to be the animal — to flutter like a butterfly, hiss like a snake, roar like a lion and more. Yoga is great for kids because it promotes flexibility and focus — and it’s relaxing good fun! The charming pictures of children and animals and the lyrical text make this gentle introduction to yoga a book to be treasured.