Product Description

Parents' Choice Foundation Recommended Award Winner for 2008! As seen on PBS across the country, Sydney Solis' Storytime Yoga enchants children ages 3-8 with the English folk tale of The Peddler's Dream. Told with beautiful stick puppets, children then re-enact the story with yoga poses and "become" the peddler, following their own hearts and dreams. Lalita the Latina Ladybug teaches Spanish, and Jean-Jacques the pirate teaches geography and philosophy. Mediation, music, relaxation and peace education round out this enjoyable half hour.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23519 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-15
• Formats: Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 1500
• Running time: 28 minutes

About the Actor
Storytime Yoga founder Sydney Solis is a mother, storyteller and certified yoga teacher who brings the joy and wisdom of yoga and storytelling to people of all ages. She is the author Storytime Yoga: Teaching Yoga to Children Through Story, which was nominated for the 2007 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice award, and The Treasure in Your Heart: Yoga and Stories for Peaceful Children. She publishes the Lotus, free online content and audio for teaching yoga to children through story on her website storytimeyoga.com.

About the Director
Norm Strassner began editing cutting-edge cable television shows for entertainment producer/reporter David Sheehan. These shows, David Sheehan s Hollywood and Showtime in Hollywood , aired on On-TV and Showtime, respectively. Mr. Strassner went on to direct for, and/or edit, hundreds of broadcast television shows including Entertainment Tonight", "America with Sarah Purcell and McLean Stevenson", George Schlatter's "Real People" and Smith-Hemion s "On Stage America". He also freelanced as a director for NBC, CBS, CNN, Paramount Television and many other independent production companies. He has also edited feature films. Mr. Strassner was nominated and subsequently accepted into the Director's Guild of America. He was also one of the first six creative videotape editors invited into the Motion Picture Editors Guild. To date, Mr. Strassner and Flashback Media Productions have won 11 Telly Awards, 9 Communicator Awards, 6 Aurora Awards, 1 Summit Award, 2 Vision Awards and more.

Customer Reviews

Open your heart and set it free!
What can i say? - My daughter absolutely LOVES the "The Peddler's Dream" DVD. It's loaded with fun, smart stuff for kids, and it's one of the few times you will feel happy that your child is in front of the television.

The yoga poses combined with the beautiful story keep her interest by keeping her involved with interactive fun! In this sad time of rising childhood obesity, I am happy to have found a component in keeping my daughter active and healthy.

Plus, I don't know about you, but I can't stand some of the "educational" shows out there that "teach" languages. Instead I'd much rather my child pick up some spanish and french from Lalita the Ladybug and Jean-Jacques the Pirate!!

You'll be very satisfied with this purchase.

Very therapeutic for children
My son is the high arousal type. He craves movement, movement and more movement. So you can imagine what it's like getting him to follow his bedtime routine. Well, the Peddler's Dream has been the greatest addition to our routine. He is only 4, so I do the yoga poses with him and replay sections of the DVD slowly to give him time to get each movement. After Yoga, he is calm, confident and happy.

Great DVD
I showed this to my 4 year olds, this past weekend, and it was a hit. Sydney is awesome and it is so much more than just yoga.

My only reservation is that the time between poses can be a little short. They moved through them quickly, so maybe more appropriate for children that have been doing yoga for a while. I'm sure mine will adjust once they've seen it a few more times.