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Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People book review

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0811826856_normOffice Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People
by Darrin Zeer

Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People is a collection of simple yoga stretches designed for those who are desk-bound the majority of the day.  The stretches, as asanas as they are known in Sanskrit, will help not only physically, but will also help bring more calmness, ease, and focus into your daily work life.

Office Yoga provides asanas for your morning routine (”Morning Eye Openers”), through your return home (”Evening Balancers”).   The section at “At-the-Desk Relaxation” provides helpful tips for keeping your hands and wrists relaxed through Keyboard Calisthenics, as well as self-massage techniques and other relaxation methods.  The “Afternoon Invgorations” chapter gives some tips on perking up about the time that you are ready for that 3 p.m. coffee or chocolate!

Scattered throughout the book are helpful tips on diet and other tips on decreasing stress and increasing happiness.  Best of all, the contents include a Quick Help Guide for common workplace ailments like stiff neck and shoulders; eye strain; low energy; and sore lower backs so you can quickly find the stretches to help with your pain.

Find Office Yoga on Chronicle Books’ website, or your favorite bookshop.

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The moon is always a fun topic for kids because it’s around all the time but always changing and there are lots of educational and crafting activities available to learn about the moon. 

I’ve shared a few in the past, including this phases of the moon flip book and a project about coding the phases of the moon. 

Check out some cool pictures of our moon, other moons, and what it might be like to live and work on the moon with these images from NASA. And you can learn about the moon landing from National Geographic Kids.

Learn about the phases of the moon and do these dot-to-dot worksheets for the different phases from Kids Activities Blog. I also love this homemade moon phases puzzle form What We Do All Day.

I Can Teach My Child has a fun experiment illustrating why there are craters on the moon, made with “moon dough” (flour and baby oil). Or you can make a clay moon and give it craters with this activity from Gift of Curiosity. 

There are lots of fun ways to make moon rocks, including this dough and glitter version from Kids Activities Blog and fizzing moon rocks from Little Bins for Little Hands. 

Speaking of fizzy science, Montessori from the Heart has a fun moon craft project that’s made with baking soda, vinegar and glitter. So you can talk about the acid/base reaction and learn about the moon at the same time you make a cool piece of art. 

Or make this fun aluminum foil moon from Mom Brite.

Cinta and Co. has a cute phases of the moon art project and information you can download about the phases of the moon. 

And of course you’ll probably want to make the classic Oreo moon phases craft/snack, which you can find at Teach Mama if you don’t know it already.

Add in some books about the moon (The Moon Book is a great one), a sensory bin with moon sand and astronaut characters, maybe a little walking with big steps like you’d take on the moon (and a discussion of why they walk like that) and your moon day will be complete!

 

Coding the Phases of the Moon

DIY Moon Craft [Lesson Plans]

DIY Space Camp for Kids