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Ginger Carlson
Author, Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative and Naturally Curious Children
www.gingercarlson.com
Creative Problem Solving in the Life and Times of a Young Child
It is such a pleasure to be invited to guest post again here at The Savvy Source . As you know, my focus is creativity and how we as parents and caregivers can encourage a fulfilled and creative life in our children as they grow and mature. So, towards that end, I turn to the young child as a social being and how being able to tap into their
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Savvy Parenting Q&A
Submitted by Mike, Santa Fe
Should I push my preschooler to learn how to read?
Resist the inclination to focus too soon and too intensely on letters and consonant sounds. Trust me that if your child's early years are rich in age-appropriate, play-based activities, there'll be lots of time and opportunity when he's at just the right point of readiness to learn the basics of reading. After all, that's what Kindergarten will be
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Director, Lone Mountain Children's Center
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Being Savvy Spotlight
Why and How to Teach Preschoolers (Pre-) Math?
Babies are born with mathematical minds. Remember your toddler's early cries of "more, more, more!"? And take notice of your preschooler's eagle eye for who got how many cookies. There's the proof. So just as we do all we can to take advantage of our kids' natural language abilities from an early age, it is wise to pay some attention to their
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