Savvy Essentials: Fun Games for Groups of Kids

April 01, 2009

One of the many wonders of watching social skills blossom in the preschool set is the beginning of group games. Seeing your child play with her friends and siblings and cousins - well, it is like watching the supposedly parallel tracks of her earlier interactions merge onto a crowded interchange of lively play. It is a pure delight. Preschoolers

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Embracing Your Energetic Preschooler

April 02, 2009

When we found out the sex of our second child, the conversation almost invariably went like this, “A boy, huh? Watch out, boys are crraaazzzyy .” And invariably my answer would be “After almost three years with my daughter, I think I am ready for anything a boy can throw at us.” Our writing prompt for this essay was “I never had

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Wise Words About How Activity Is the Happy Busy-ness of Childhood

April 03, 2009

There is something so joyful, so profoundly reassuring about this perspective on a child's constant state of motion.  We are especially fond of its equating all that ricocheting activity with the very state of happiness of our children.  A helpful reminder for us parents, and perhaps even inspiration to bounce around a bit ourselves! You are

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Toys and Games to Improve Your Child's Balance

April 04, 2009

Sometimes the weather won't cooperate and you can't get outside to play.  For those days, I'll tell you about some fun games and toys you can enjoy indoors that will help your child improve his or her balance! 'Balance beam' fun! Use some painter's tape to mark off a 'balance beam' on the floor. Run two lines of tape about three feet long and

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Keep Your Active Child Moving While Traveling

April 07, 2009

With spring and summer breaks coming up, many of you are likely planning to travel. And a part of you is probably wondering how you're going to entertain your energetic preschooler while on the road or in the air . Believe me when I say I've been there! And I have a few tips for how to keep your little one active while getting from point A to

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