And the winner is…… Addriya for “Yoga for Small Places”, “Learn With Yoga ABC Yoga Cards for Kids” & “Learn with Yoga ABC Yoga Cards for Kids Instructor Guide” – product review

I recently had the opportunity to review three great products from Addriya (www.addriya.com). All three are OMazing in their own way! Can’t wait to see what    great new products they develop next. Here is a little info about the products and what I liked about each of them:

 

Yoga for Small Spaces cards by Christine Ristuccia, RYT  & Lynn Geddes, RYT – set of 52 cards with positioning cues, benefits, modifications & affirmations. These are perfect to show how yoga can be done “off the mat”. The inclusion of several warm-ups & affirmations were great. I loved it so much that I gave it away as the door prize at my presentation at the Oklahoma Childcare Association Conference (and then ordered one for myself off Amazon.com 🙂 !)

 

 

 

 

 

Learn With Yoga ABC Yoga Cards for Kids cards by Christine Ristuccia, SLP & RYT – set of 26 ABC yoga cards  with verbal cues & benefits (1 pose for each letter) & 26 Instructor Cards with ideas for language development & reading readiness activities for each pose. As a speech-language pathologist, I love how many ideas there are for working on speech, language & reading readiness all in the context of whole-body movement. I work with lots of kids with ADHD & Autism that learn best while moving so these are perfect! The kids also love picking out pose cards to spell their name :).

 

 

 

 

 

Learn with Yoga ABC Yoga Cards for Kids Instructor Guide by Christine Ristuccia, MS, CCC-SLP, RYT. Designed to be used with the yoga cards described above but is also a great stand-alone product as it contains good info about yoga benefits, tips for educators, yoga instructors & parents, forming yoga groups, incorporating motor, basic concept, language and reading/literacy goals, and ideas for quick yoga breaks, etc.

Flier for “Love Me for Who I Am” CD – 5% of proceeds are being donated to Autism Speaks and additional proceeds will benefit the Celebrate the Children School in NJ

Here is a flier with additional information about this OMazing CD: Love Me For Who I Am – Songs Celebrating Children Of All Abilities (PDF).  The CD itself is spectacular and I was even more touched when I found out that 5% of proceeds are being donated to Autism Speaks and additional proceeds will benefit the Celebrate the Children School in New Jersey (http://ctcschool.org/ & on FB at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Celebrate-The-Children-School/199593683407181?ref=ts&sk=wall)

Available for CD purchase or mp3 download at:

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Me-Who-I-Am/dp/B004PF0GCS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=mu

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Me-Who-I-Am/dp/B004RLK3UA/ref=tmm_msc_title_0

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-me-for-who-i-am/id425372919

I know I’ve posted several times about this but my greatest passions at work are working with kids with Autism, advocating for ALL kids to be loved and included & teaching yoga to kids of all abilities 🙂

Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP, IAYT, RCYP-2
Speech-Language Pathologist & Founder of OMazing Kids Yoga
Radiant Child Yoga Certified – Levels 1& 2

J.D. McCarty Center
2002 East Robinson Street
Norman, OK 73071

(405) 307-2802 – Direct line with voicemail
amoorad@jdmc.org – E-mail

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OMazingKidsYoga

OMazing Kids Yoga will be presenting at the Oklahoma Childcare Conference on April 16, 2011

In my efforts to promote kids yoga here in Oklahoma, I will be presenting “Yoga for Radiant Kids” at the Oklahoma Childcare Association Conference on April 16, 2011.

If any of you have sample products or brochures that you would like me to distribute, please mail them to me at my home address:

Angela Moorad
3900 Waverly Drive
Norman, Ok 73072

Thanks!

Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP, IAYT, RCYP-2
Speech-Language Pathologist
Radiant Child Yoga Certified – Levels 1&  2

(405) 307-2802 – Direct line with voicemail
amoorad@jdmc.org – E-mail

Yoga, Kids And OT: They fit together like hand and glove By Christine and James Ristuccia, and Amanda Gretsch

“Yoga, Kids And OT: They fit together like hand and glove”  by Christine and James Ristuccia, and Amanda Gretsch

A nice article that summarizes how yoga may assist in helping treat children with occupational issues such as sensory integration and developmental disorders, this article is informative for parents and caregivers in understanding the link between yoga and learning.  The article, by Christine and James Ristuccia and Amanda Gretsch, is featured in the March 14th, 2011 issue of Advance Magazine for Occupational Therapists.

http://occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/Archives/Article-Archives/Yoga-Kids-And-OT.aspx

Check out  Christine Ristuccia’s cool products for kids yoga at: http://addriya.com/