Planting Seeds: Growing Mindful Children Though Yoga by Janice Pratt and Lenora Degen – Review by Tara Johnson Barnes

Planting Seeds: Growing Mindful Children Through Yoga by Janice Pratt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Planting Seeds: Growing Mindful Children Through Yoga is the first book in the Yoga for Kids: Lesson Plans for the Teacher series. It is a resource guide for teachers and parents that teaches children about mindfulness, healthy eating, gratitude, caring, truthfulness, compassion and peace through yoga. The book contains songs, exercises, coloring pages, games, affirmations, links to resources, and pages for teacher’s notes. I loved this book and how it combined yoga with planting seeds both literally and metaphorically. I learned a lot, including that yoga means “union” because it brings together our mind and body and that yoga is good for our minds and our bodies. My favorite chapter was entitled “Planting Seeds of Gratitude and Kindness” which contained ideas and activities for children on how to share what they are grateful for. I loved the idea of a gratitude journal that children can write what they are grateful for in and update every week. I will be telling all my teacher friends about this book so they can possibly implement the ideas into their teaching. A great resource that I highly recommend to parents and teachers!

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