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November 2008
This Month's Theme: “Because a Great Book ...”
Savvy Welcomes: Burgin Streetman on the Pleasures of Vintage Kids' Books
At The Savvy Source , we are always looking for inspiration for reading with our kids. We love the well-worn favorites in our home libraries, but we continue to search for different ideas. So imagine how perfectly thrilled we were to discover Burgin Streetman's beautiful blog, Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves . What a treasure! Each post offers a review of one of Burgin's finds from a thrift
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A Great Book Is One You Borrow
There's no better way to get children to love books than to set them loose in a great library. Choosing their own books to check out with their own library cards is such a thrill! Preschoolers also love borrowing their friends' books, and can learn to enjoy lending their own in return (don't forget to paste in a bookplate!). Below we give you our Savvy City Editors' great ideas on lending and
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A Great Book Rhymes!
Kids are a funny bunch. They are often loath to change and anything new. But still, our little ones are open to so much -- and so much more than we more ossified parents are! Think of poetry: preschoolers happily read and repeat poems with ease and delights. Meanwhile, we grown-ups cannot possibly remember the last time we leafed through a volume of poems just for fun. Now is the chance to
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Wise Words About the Comforts of a Great Book
The lives of grown-ups and children alike are filled with ups and downs. In general, the little ones cycle through their joys and miseries more rapidly and far more expressively (read loudly). But we all need a bit of comfort now and then, don't we? Luckily, as the great Baron de Montesquieu reminds us, the best kind of comfort for all ages can be found right on our bookshelves. "I have never
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Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject
Oh, the tough stuff. Life with preschoolers means wading right into the hard stuff, sometimes on a daily basis. And what's perhaps most striking of all is just how much tough stuff there is! We asked our team of City Editors to tell us about what books they turn to for help explaining something tough, and we got answers from potty training to where babies come from, from separation
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Savvy Picks for December, 2008
Our top ten posts about the wonders of rituals and routines:
- A Season of Rituals
- Savvy Welcomes Betsy Brown Braun on Helping Keep the Fa-La-La in the Holidays with Your Children
- Savvy Picks: Best Children's Books of 2008
- Savvy Welcomes Lyn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson on Greening the Holidays
- Teaching Your Child About Giving Instead of Getting at the Holidays
- Homemade Gifts to Make with Preschoolers
- How to Keep Rituals a Bit Flexible, a Little Lively, and a Lot Unexpected
- Savvy Welcomes Ginger Carlson on How to Give Experiences Not More Things
- Inspired Indoor Activities for the Shortest Day of the Year
- Holidays Are Delicious
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