{"id":19,"date":"2009-03-17T21:52:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T21:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2009\/03\/my-first-give-away.html"},"modified":"2009-03-17T21:52:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T21:52:13","slug":"my-first-give-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2009\/03\/my-first-give-away.html","title":{"rendered":"My first give-away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width:211px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/homeshuling.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/poster.jpg\" alt=\"yours won't say sample\" width=\"211\" height=\"309\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">yours won&#039;t say sample<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A few days ago, I received a review copy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karben.com\/catalog\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=342\" target=\"_blank\">Alef Bet Yoga for Kids<\/a> <\/em>from my friends at Kar-Ben. I can state\u00a0unequivocally that this is the most fun I have ever had reading an alphabet book to my children. Each letter of the alef-bet is represented both in print and by a child in a yoga pose resembling the letter (some more closely than others.) At every turn of the page, I had 4 girls in our tiny play room literally falling over each other as they tried to copy the poses. I don&#8217;t think there was any relaxation, and certainly no ujjayi breathing, but no shortage of excitement about learning the alef-bet. And in the end, what more could you want from any kind of ABC book?<br \/>\nMy daughters have insisted that I hang up the accompanying poster in their bedroom. Would you like one too? Leave a comment by March 23, and I&#8217;ll choose one winner at random to receive a copy of the poster from Kar-Ben. (Thanks, Jessica!)<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re looking for another great alef-bet book, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/michelledwards.com\/books\/limited_availability\/alef-bet_a_hebrew_alphabet_book\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>, by Michelle Edwards. I&#8217;m working on a column about it for the PJ Library, and will post a link here next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 yours won&#039;t say sample A few days ago, I received a review copy of Alef Bet Yoga for Kids from my friends at Kar-Ben. I can state\u00a0unequivocally that this is the most fun I have ever had reading an alphabet book to my children. 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