Tai Chi for Kids

Code: BK3370

  Olson, S.A.
  2001
  Martial Arts, Yoga, Pilates - D02
  Oriental Living (D1-D5)

Description

A wonderfully illustrated book that introduces children to a lifetime of physical fitness and instills in them a love of movement.Written as a story to invite imaginative play and learning.- By Stuart Alve Olson (2001) 32pp

Tai Chi is fun for children because they can imagine they are playing with birds, tigers, monkeys, and dragons. They can even pretend they are flying.

However, children also reap the many health, learning, and social benefits of Tai Chi - focused attention, enhanced creativity, and improved balance, circulation, and overall health - through the eight simple exercises introduced in Tai Chi for Kids.

Inspired by his own son's excitement with Tai Chi at the age of only three, master teacher Stuart Olson appeals to the innate imaginations and playfulness of children to teach them the eight basic forms of a Tai Chi practice.

Children will love imitating the animals shown in the colourful and playful illustrations, and the photographs of Olson's 7-year-old, Lee Jin, provide the perfect guide to each of the postures.

Olson uses the language of a storyteller, wonderful animal metaphors that invite children to pretend, and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions so that every child can enjoy such exercises as "Chasing the Monkeys Away", and "White Crane Cools Its Wings".

The book is designed for children and parents to use together of for independend learning by older children.

The book also includes an informative teaching tale of how Tai Chi first began.

Tai Chi for Kids introduces children to a lifetime of Physical fitness and good health.

Date reviewed

12/01/2002

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