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July 2008
Theme: “Escapes, Real and Imagined”
Vacation Memories and Mementos
One thing we notice about our preschoolers on vacation (even more than during regular life) is what avid little collectors they are. As they relish days at the pool, games with cousins, or even your road trip rest stops, they are also busy gathering souvenirs. If your bags seem a lot heavier on the trip home, it's likely because of the princess floatie your darling couldn't part with, the board
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And How, Exactly, Do You Plan to Make Your Getaway?
This getaway of yours, real or imagined -- how will you get there? Planes, trains, automobiles might leap to mind. At this point, you might happily just start walking and see how far you get. Here's an idea: ask your preschooler for an idea or two or ten. If he wanted to escape, how would he go? When she schemes about going far, far away, how does she plan to get there? Perhaps it's a
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Wise Words from Shel Silverstein
The master of escapades gives us a simple way to escape from it all. Just walk to... Where the Sidewalk Ends "There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke
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Books That Take Us to Far Away Places
Whether you are enjoying your "staycation" or embarking on a bona fide vacation this summer, nothing says escape like a good book. Browsing for a great beach or porch read is one of the delights of the season. Our preschoolers are a few years away from summer reading lists (thank goodness!). But still, we think the long and (at least sometimes) leisurely days of summer make a great excuse for
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But Realistically: How to Get Away Without Getting Away
Reflecting as we have on the delights of vacation and the pleasures of home has made us think: surely there are great ways to bring some of that escapist fun into our daily life, right? Indeed there are. Whether work schedules or gas prices or both or neither are the reasons you are staying put these days, consider these Savvy ways to bring a vacation to you: The number one most popular way,
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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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