Jody M. (jodymcgrath) -
This is a difficult book to review.
It is a story about traveling to Tanzania and meeting LuLu the lion cub. LuLu is trying to learn how to roar and it isn't going well. The cub is getting very frustrated and angry. He learns how to deal with those emotions and then when the volcano is going to erupt, he learns to roar and saves all of the animals. That is the story portion of the book.
The main idea of the book is to teach young children yoga poses. These poses are woven into the story and a woman demonstrates how to do them. I guess the woman is the storyteller. The book says it is aiming for children 4 to 8. I don't know that it could keep a 4 year olds attention. I think after the first couple of poses, the child would just be running around acting like animals or an airplane. I think the story portion is too simple for an 8 year old. I think the yoga is the right fit for that age range, but the story is geared for the 4 year old. The story and the yoga do not match in age appropriateness.
I think teaching children yoga is a fantastic idea. It will add stretching and help settle their minds. I don't know that this book is the right way to do it. It would require getting up doing the pose, then sitting down to read one more page, then getting up to do another pose. It just doesn't mesh well. I read that their YouTube channel was a great success and I think that would be a much better way to do this. Or videos. I don't think books are the right medium.
* I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review *
It is a story about traveling to Tanzania and meeting LuLu the lion cub. LuLu is trying to learn how to roar and it isn't going well. The cub is getting very frustrated and angry. He learns how to deal with those emotions and then when the volcano is going to erupt, he learns to roar and saves all of the animals. That is the story portion of the book.
The main idea of the book is to teach young children yoga poses. These poses are woven into the story and a woman demonstrates how to do them. I guess the woman is the storyteller. The book says it is aiming for children 4 to 8. I don't know that it could keep a 4 year olds attention. I think after the first couple of poses, the child would just be running around acting like animals or an airplane. I think the story portion is too simple for an 8 year old. I think the yoga is the right fit for that age range, but the story is geared for the 4 year old. The story and the yoga do not match in age appropriateness.
I think teaching children yoga is a fantastic idea. It will add stretching and help settle their minds. I don't know that this book is the right way to do it. It would require getting up doing the pose, then sitting down to read one more page, then getting up to do another pose. It just doesn't mesh well. I read that their YouTube channel was a great success and I think that would be a much better way to do this. Or videos. I don't think books are the right medium.
* I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review *
