Trish's Fall Photography: A Kids Yoga Autumn Book

I ordered this book (and the rest of this amazing set!) for my 11-year-old daughter to use as part of her homeschool program as we learn about yoga. One of the best parts of this book, to us, is how it relates the yoga stances to nature or activities that one would do in nature. Learning yoga seemed a little daunting to my daughter because she was so worried she was "doing it wrong" or "making a mistake". But relating it to our real lives and real activities made the stances feel very natural and an easy part of our daily movements. It's not uncommon to see her now break into a stance in the middle of the kitchen based on something she has seen in these books. We LOVED the illustrations in this book as well. Who doesn't love Fall colors? :)Even though the words are written for a younger reading level, my daughter enjoyed seeing someone roughly her age making yoga an easy part of her every day life.I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to integrate more yoga into their child's life. The story is sweet, the pictures engaging and the poses realistic. It even goes over them again at the end of the book. A well worth it purchase.

This book marks the last book for the yoga four seasons series. The story is simple and nice, as a daughter and father go for a fall walk to take pictures, letting children be attentive to details. As with the other books in the series, each element of the story and their fall walk brings different opportunities to incorporate yoga poses into the storytelling, making this book active. The fall colors and nature snippets we see throughout the book are very specific and talk about nature and the specific season of fall. My only reason for not giving this book the five stars is because some of the yoga poses it suggests for the story felt a bit forced, and not so well incorporated into the story as with former books. Of the series my absolute favorite is Rachel's Day in the Garden because of the combination of story, illustrations and yoga poses. This series is a very nice resource for parents of young children for both doing exercise and teach kids about the seasons.

Thumbs up from mom and kids. This book is a wonderful way to incorporate some yoga into your kids day, They start learning simple yoga poses and getting the benefit of learning about their breath and relaxation in a seamless, fun way. The pictures in the book are colorful and fun. I love the way the keyword is linked to the illustration of the pose on each page. The story is also a very sweet story showing a loving relationship between father and daughter. After reading the book with my children and doing all the poses together, they each have taken the book and independently read/looked through the story while doing the poses as well as turning to the great pose guide at the back illustrating all the poses together. All around a lovely book to incorporate yoga and relaxation.

I love this new Autumn Yoga book as it is my favorite season, is very colorful and cleverly shows activities, animals and items of the season through Trish using a camera. Children are familiar with photography but often are not behind the lens. It also helps model organization as Trish and her dad plan their day. It is special as all parents should assist their children with projects for school or things they are interested in or motivated by. I enjoy repetitive use of the word “click!” as my students would like that consistency throughout the book. As with all of her books, Giselle incorporates yoga poses with corresponding pictures. It is nice that each picture has a word color coded in the story so students can make predictions of what is coming next. At the end, Trish uses manners and thanks her father for helping her although they enjoyed the day together.The book has simple minimal text which will allow me to stop and have students spend time on the poses. A good follow up activity would be to take photos of them posing and have them write a fall story using the fall words and poses from this wonderful book and then they could aim at illustrating it as beautifully. The list of poses near the end will be great for follow up Occupational therapy sessions or for those shorter in length or for those students who need more practice. The parent teacher guide offers important yet not cumbersome information.This book makes a great addition to my seasonal yoga books by Giselle and will likely be u sed more often starting from the beginning of the school year until winter. I love the motivational ways to combine movement and learning and adding social/emotional strengths for the benefit of all of my students.

This is a very sweet story with beautiful illustrations that will appeal to kids preschool age through primary elementary. I plan to use it this fall in my kid's yoga classes. It would be perfect for a family yoga class too. I imagine they will love it when I(or a parent) "click" imaginary snap photos of them in the yoga poses. The pose progression is well done, and kids will be relaxing on their backs (or with their heads down at their desk if read in a classroom setting) by the end of the story. It would also be easy to use for classroom teachers and parents who are not yoga teachers, because it includes a parent teacher guide. Each yoga pose is illustrated in a little inserted circle on the side of the page where it is introduced in the story, so it's really easy to act out the story with yoga poses if that is how you choose to use the book.

As an elementary teacher and kids yoga teacher, I definitely understand the power and impact of reading a loud to kids. I absolutely love using books when I teach my kids yoga classes. Kids respond so well to literature and Giselle masters that as she introduces an easy to follow story line and introduces yoga poses as well. I enjoyed the easy to follow parent/guide at the end as well as a niced review of poses. The fall theme can be creative when teaching kids yoga and Giselle does a nice job capturing the beauty and fun of that season.