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December 2008
Theme: “Celebrating Rituals and Routines”
Looking Back on a Month of Festivities
What a month it's been! There's nothing quite as exhausting and exhilarating as celebrating the holidays with young children. We've all worked hard to make these days beautiful and memorable for the little ones, so as the month comes to a close, let's take a moment to give ourselves a well-deserved pat on the back. And let's also reminisce a bit about all the fun we had together....
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Farewell, 2008; Hel-lo, 2009! Eight Especially Savvy Posts to Welcome the Big Oh-Nine
Time flies when you are Savvy, and somehow we've zipped through nine, count them nine, month's worth of themes together! Do you remember: It's Easy Being Green Life is Art; Art is Life All About Me and Mine Escapes, Real and Imagined Down by the Shore The Social Life of Preschoolers Nurturing Imagination Because a Great Book.... Celebrating Rituals and Routines Well, you
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A New Year's Eve Bash with Kids
We all know just how impossible it is to find a babysitter on New Year's Eve. And we also know just how impossible it is for the little ones to stay up far past their bedtimes, much less til midnight. So does life with young children mean an end to New Year's Eve fun? It's a valid question, but we're here to tell you: not at all!! In fact, with a little mental rejiggering and a few
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Kwanzaa Traditions with Children
At this dark time of year, we can't get enough of celebrating light. Yesterday marked the beginning of Kwanzaa, another occasion for bringing families together by candlelight. Our focus on the creation and nurturing of family rituals this month makes us especially interested in the origins of fhe modern celebration of Kwanzaa. Civil rights activist Dr. Maulana Karenga conceived of
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Wise Words About the True Gifts This Season
We hope you've got a scroll-long list of traditions you've carefully created, followed, tossed for convenience or made up on the fly this season. And we hope that you're not cursing all of those traditions for all the toys, stuff, crumbs, ribbon, wrappers, cardboard, pine needles, styrofoam, tape rolls, sprinkles, tags, and other detritus that is likely littered all over your house! Look up
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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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