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Of Tents and Tree Houses: Why Kids Love a Second Home

Jul
7
2008

Does summertime make you dream of a second home? A getaway ever at the ready, a place for relaxing and dreaming, for hiding from the world, located in a beautiful spot and full of your favorite things.... Well, you are not the only one. Your children want one too -- one of their very own. To get away from what? From you, of course! Shel Silverstein says it best in his poem "Tree House" --

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Top 10+ Activities to Nurture Pretend Play at Home

Oct
14
2008

All this month at Being Savvy we've been exploring the world of the imagination. We now know how important all that dress-up and pretend play is to our little one's development. We know it's an essential part of the "work" of childhood . We've peeked into what's really afoot when these little darlings play with their dolls and their action figures . We've wandered into the whimsy of fairies

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Savvy Picks for December, 2008

Our top ten posts about the wonders of rituals and routines:

  1. A Season of Rituals
  2. Savvy Welcomes Betsy Brown Braun on Helping Keep the Fa-La-La in the Holidays with Your Children
  3. Savvy Picks: Best Children's Books of 2008
  4. Savvy Welcomes Lyn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson on Greening the Holidays
  5. Teaching Your Child About Giving Instead of Getting at the Holidays
  6. Homemade Gifts to Make with Preschoolers
  7. How to Keep Rituals a Bit Flexible, a Little Lively, and a Lot Unexpected
  8. Savvy Welcomes Ginger Carlson on How to Give Experiences Not More Things
  9. Inspired Indoor Activities for the Shortest Day of the Year
  10. Holidays Are Delicious

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