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May 2008
Theme: “Life is Art; Art is Life”
SavvyPicks: Art Books and Toys
Did you know that hundreds of our most prized books and toys (including those featured as SavvyPicks in our newsletters over the past couple of years) are right here for you in one tidy place? Of course you knew that. Just in case you needed a reminder, do click up on the 'books' or 'toys' tabs up above and you'll have all of our reviews for perusing. For presents. For dreaming. For
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Art-Based Gifts from your Little One
Today's post is really about the law of supply and demand. On the supply side, you have your preschooler's boundless creative energies and the ever growing pile of artwork that she produces on a daily basis. On the demand side are the seemingly endless succession of birthdays and holidays, and all those friends and relatives who would be charmed to receive a little hand-made something from
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SavvyPick: How Wonderful, Indeed
Sometimes we find something truly special and we get a little nutty about it. We find ourselves calling friends, emailing neighbors, blurting out in the preschool hallway: "You must get this book." No introduction, no explanation. Just abrupt, wide-eyed urging. That's how we feel about Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative & Naturally Curious Children by Ginger Carlson . But we
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Being Savvy Welcomes: Ginger Carlson on Learning to Look
How lovely it is to be a guest poster here at the Savvy Source! Since the focus this month is Life is Art; Art is Life, I would like to focus this post on the wonderful art of Learning to Look , which is basically the developed skill of a child (or any person, for that matter) to be able to not only view and witness beautiful works of art and people making art, but to also observe all its
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Savvy Spotlight: Taro Gomi
Thinking about a seamless way that art comments on life -- and life begets art -- makes us think of Taro Gomi, an author and illustrator about whom we are especially fond here at the The Savvy Source. In case you've missed some of his gems, let us bring you some faves: My Friends -- a truly lovely book about all the different kinds of friends one needs in this world. It makes an especially
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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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