Pilates for Children and Adolescents: Manual of Guidelines and Curriculum Paperback – Illustrated, March 1, 2014

I have been taking Pilates in a studio for nearly 6 years and love it. My children are 6 and 8 and I thought they might enjoy doing some matwork to improve their core stability.This was just the book I was looking for. Being a layperson, there was just the right amount of child physiology/anatomy development information to help me understand why some modifications would be more appropriate for developing bodies.I read through the whole book in about 2 hours. The book has a section directed at instructors who want to offer this as a program in more of a school setting, so for me not as relevant, but the 85% remaining of the book was helpful.The writing was good; clear and with just enough background and detail without being too textbooky.

Shipping on this item took quite a while, and it seemed much more expensive than other Pilates books I've purchased. I'm fairly confident of the information provided though, and there aren't any other PMA certified books on this topic that I'm aware of, so it was worth the wait and the cost.

Well done! Love that it includes proposal examples for reaching out to schools. Very helpful.

I am an occupational therapist working in a school. This book is a wonderful resource.

As an occupational therapist who uses Pilates in my sessions, this book proved to be an invaluable resource

Such an essential manual for any public or private organization that brings movement into childrens lives. Pilates is for every-body and as a child is such a critical time to learn good movment and postural habits for a lifetime! Excellent for children who are into sports as it will keep them injured less and excellent for children who are not into sports because it will give them great body awareness which develops confidence which also enhances a childs learning abilities and interests. This manual is thorough enough for any leader to be able to teach to a group of children as it is divided into sections based upon a child's age group (which corresponds with their development stages). Gives visual descriptions as well pictorial descriptions to guide the children through a movement and most of all its Fun for the children to participate and they'll feel better afterwards too.

This book is a wonderful resource for teaching Pilates to young people. The authors' passion and impeccable research comes through in each aspect of the book. The reader is guided through age-appropriate exercises on a physiological level, and also learns about brain development and other emotional and social issues that can impact the success of teaching an exercise program to a variety of age groups. Young children and adolescents are not merely "small grown-ups." It is delightful and rewarding to have the skills to truly meet them at their level.In this age of ever-increasing technology and dependence on devices for communication and information, we owe it to our children to support them in becoming healthy and confident through a well-rounded relationship between their body, mind, and spirit!

This book is a great resource for all Pilates teachers. One of Mr. Pilates' visions was to bring his method into the schools and this book offers concrete guidelines for working with all ages of children. It addresses not only the physical aspects of teaching Pilates but considers the psychological and emotional factors of helping our youth work toward becoming healthy in all parts of their lives.

Interesting, practical, overflowing with ideas and very clear photographs and explanations.

well written and laid out curriculum for creating a Pilates program for kids and teens. practical considerations for teaching and scaffolding your instruction along with photos of kids doing each movement are provided. this book is everything you need to start teaching kids the fundamentals of Pilates from the most basic understanding of their body awareness through to doing Pilates exercises such as the hundred safely, with correct form and alignment. we are using it to teach proper core strengthening during ski training for cross country skiing for the Learn To Train age group at our ski club.

El libro muestra algunas variaciones de mat clásico para los niños, cualquier profesional del Pilates con la formación completa las conoce, no es nada nuevo. Buenas fotos a color, eso sí.Se echan de menos directrices para impartir las clases a niños y adolescentes, como organizar las clases, dinamismo de estas, etc. hace mínimas referencias a este sentido que considero el más importante de todos.

Molto utile! Lo consiglio, anche se solo in inglese, è chiaro, spiega e ripete bene i concetti. Da ottimi spunti di lavoro.

Very happy with this book, great resource for doing lesson plans and all professional and good explanations.