Malia Ferrer cuenta Kamishibai en casa a su nietos. I didn’t grow up with extended family around. I grew up in one of the first boxy subdivisions carved out of the cornfields of East Boulder, Colorado. There were no buses [...]
Open Book Libraries in Cambodia Sydney Solis outside Open Book Library in Phenom Phen, Cambodia. With Catherine Cousins. I met the amazing Catherine Cousins the first time I attended the International Kamishibai Association’s (IKAJA) Kamishibai for Peace seminar in Tokyo [...]
The Power of the Image in Education “The soul speaks in an image.”— Aristotle “Thinking in pictures precedes thinking in words.”— Immanuel Kant “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”—Albert Einstein “The storyteller around the fire— the original Virtual Reality!” — Sydney Solis [...]
Pointing to a picture makes it easy to become an oral storyteller using traditional folklore. The Storytime Yoga® Kids Yoga Story Kits use traditional Japanese Kamishibai storytelling cards, like this one from the Inuit, Raven Brings the Light. My [...]
Story and Photographs by Lilla Linkes Maybe it is surprising but without even knowing it we do a lot of yoga poses all day. This is especially true for kids. They are full of life, love to move and are creative by [...]
Grab your kids and plop them next to your family elders! Connecting kids to elders is a great way to give elders a chance to relate meaningfully still in the world sharing their stories and wisdom. Family storytelling connects kids to their [...]
After hearing stories and moving their bodies with yoga to re-enact the story, kids draw pictures and then tell their favorite parts of the story to develop oral and literacy skills. Kids can also make up their own stories, which lead [...]
Watch as Sydney Solis explains the value of oral storytelling and how you can stand out from the crowd in kids yoga classes by using the Storytime Yoga® Kids Yoga Story Kits, which feature traditional Japanese Kamishibai storytelling cards and East Indian Scroll [...]
Great stories for telling oral stories with yoga in the library with Storytime Yoga®! Bring the whole family to get fit and literate! Learn and play the Storytime Yoga® way with The Queen of Bohemia at the Loveland, Colorado Public [...]
My daughter, Paloma, age 9 keeping a journal of her adventures of yoga homeschool in Buenos Aires. We worked from historic coffee shops, on boats and more! I homeschooled my kids with yoga for a while, as chronicled in my [...]
