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All While Saving the World
Sometimes it seems that just so very much rides on what we do as parents. It's all so big -- raising these darlings from lumps through even just the fine kindergarteners they will someday be. (Not to mention the independent, thriving, balanced, kind grown-ups they'd better someday be!) But other times, it is all so tiny. Preschoolers are working at hard at holding a crayon and
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Five Easiest Green Changes
1. No more bottled water in regular plastic jugs. Drink from glasses, filter your own water, use refillable jugs (see every option at www.reusablebags.com ). Do something other than give into those tempting little 12-oz. plastics from the corner store that pile up landfills faster than toys during a playdate. 2. Deputize your kid as the Light Switch Police Officer . Start with lights
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Inspiration: The Lorax Speaks for Us, Too
Thank goodness (again) for our beloved Dr. Seuss. Not only did he introduce us to Horton and the Cat and Bartholomew and Sam I Am, he also brought the Lorax into our lives. Or rather, our kids' lives. The Lorax, who enlightens without seeming preachy. The Lorax, who says (as repeated by the now-chastened Once-ler) "UNLESS" without sounding like such a nag. Oh, to be the Lorax!
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Savvy at the Movies: "My Kid Could Paint That"
As fellow parents of preschoolers, we know that your movie-watching time is limited. Severely limited. Maybe some of you did manage to catch a movie over this long weekend. If so, we hope it was great. Because we just do not have time to watch bad movies anymore, do we? Your very very high bar for movies notwithstanding, we absolutely must tell you about and urge you to see the riveting
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But Realistically: How About Some Great Art Projects That Don't Make a Mess
When we let our creative spirits run wild, we couldn't care less about mess. But for those days when we are a bit out of sync with our muse, we need things to be easy -- and neat -- to be inspiring. We know you've got great ideas here. Do share with us your trusted ways to let your little ones cook and and draw and sculpt and move and imagine and create -- all without requiring a mop and
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Because a Great Book (or Toy) Teaches the Alphabet
Igniting a love of reading involves both the tales that a good book spins and the construction of those tales. And the alphabet is of course the first tool of your little language builder. How best to learn that delightful (and delightfully arbitrary) set of 26? Here are our tried-and-true ideas: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom -- This book is a widely-loved modern classic, frequently--and properly,
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A Great Book Is One You Make Yourself
Perhaps the best way to entice your child to be a reader is to enlist his help as an author. Giving even the littlest preschoolers a journal for their to record their scribbles in gives them a way to see themselves as writers. And as with so many things, they aren't in the least bit bothered when their parents can't understand their marks -- they can decipher them just fine! And beyond
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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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