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Alef-Bet Yoga for Kids

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REVIEWED BY: Wayne S. Walker, reviewer with Stories for Children Magazine



Would you like your children to become more familiar with the Hebrew alphabet? Or are your children interested in yoga? In Alef-Bet Yoga for Kids, Ruth Goldeen, a pediatric occupational therapist who holds a master's degree in Early Childhood Education with a Special Needs emphasis, gives kids an opportunity to recognize letters of the Hebrew alphabet by using traditional and modified yoga poses that allow kids to become the actual letters. Not only can they see how to make alef, bet, and the following twenty symbols by following Bill Goldeen's eye-catching photographs superimposed on the letters, but they also gain the physical benefits of stretching, strengthening, and balancing their bodies. There is also a glossary that explains the different poses. Some parents object to yoga, but those who do not might find this book to be a good tool for both educational purposes and physical activity.

All my kids enjoy trying to make the poses. It's a great do anytime activity. And helps keep Hebrew in the house.

Alef-Bet Yoga for Kids is exactly what you'd expect it to be. The author uses an adorable group of young children, each posed in a yoga position (or a modified position), to represent the letters from Alef to Tav. One Hebrew letter is presented on each page by its name and a small version of the letter. A child is posed in a corresponding yoga position front of a large silhouette of the letter. These brightly colored photographic poses will be easy for children to emulate, and simple for any teacher to use with students to kinesthetically reinforce the shapes of the Alef-Bet. Included at the back of the book are two pages containing all of the letters and their poses. Following that is a two-page glossary with an explanation of each pose and how it helps strengthen and/or stretch parts of a child's body. What a wonderful, kinesthetic and healthy way to reinforce the Alef-Bet! Ages 4-8 Marcie Berneger