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Nearly finished - my book on tai chi for children

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Sunday, March 2, 2014,
I've finally finished the draft text for my book on teaching children tai chi.  Now to get others to read and comment on it, then to have more photos of kids taken, then finally to have my webmeister (see links page) turn it into the format needed for an ebook.

Having an extended support team has made the process all much easier - people to take photos, people to read through, people to webify it,  etc etc. Indeed this whole website relies on their very practical  support and encouragement - t...
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forthcoming ebook on how to teach children tai chi

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Thursday, January 30, 2014,
My book on how to teach children tai chi is almost writing itself... I've done three quarters of it, just having to finish off some of the text.

Then the next stage is for two of my friends (with permission of the parents) to take photos of the kids class doing various tai chi things. 100s of photos, so we can whittle them down and use the nicest and most appropriate.

While I'm intending to publish it as an ebook, I'm also having a friend look into printing off a small number of actual books, ...
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Kids and tai chi

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Friday, December 13, 2013,
Teaching kids is much more full on than teaching adults. It may look easy, but if you aren't prepared and in authority, it can all go horribly wrong fairly swiftly....

First thing is to establish that you are the instructor, not the friend. I remember going for interview as a teacher and being asked how I felt about children. As they told me afterwards, they were trying to weed out those people who thought children were sweet little angels! Luckily there are ways to establish yourself in this ...
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