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Our Ten Favorite Artists to Introduce to Preschoolers

May
6
2008

Tuesday is List Day here at Being Savvy . Not a dreaded to-do list though. A fun list, a what-if list, a brainstorming, inspiring, let's-try-something-new kind of list. Thinking about art in the lives of our little ones this week, we asked ourselves: if we were to make a list of the ten best artists to introduce to our preschoolers, who would be on it? Which artists would capture our little

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SavvyPick: How Wonderful, Indeed

May
19
2008

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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Illustrators That We Simply Adore

May
27
2008

As Tuesday (List Day) rolls around once more, we offer you a list of some our favorite children's book illustrators. Without further ado: Beatrix Potter . She set the standard, reinvented the art, and gave us all of those naughty, beautiful bunnies and kittens , hedgehogs , mice , and more. Ernest H. Shepard . He brought that Silly Old Pooh Bear and friends to life with the simplest of

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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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