Why Are Kids So Curious?

September 28, 2009

Remember little Alice , that “curious child” whose inquisitive streak led her down a rabbit-hole, and all the way to Wonderland? Sitting by her sister on the riverbank in state of drowsy boredom, she spied the waistcoated White Rabbit, and, “burning with curiosity,” followed him into a world of Adventures. Whenever our preschoolers poke

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Why Is the Sky Blue?

September 29, 2009

Do you have a curious preschooler on your hands?  Have you dodged or fudged this very question more than once?  Dodge no more, for Savvy has a (kind of) simple answer.  Talking points, if you will, for any atmospheric questions that may arise during your daily walk to the park. Before we get into the (ahem) hard science, a few notes about

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Come On, Hear the Noise...

September 30, 2009

For many preschoolers, noise is magnificent. The louder, the better. For more sensitive little ones, noise can be overwhelming. But what exactly distinguishes noise from music? Music is a collection of organized sounds. Rather than being random and jarring, music tends to have patterns. Similar to soothing nursery rhymes, music often repeats --

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Why Do We Have Different Seasons?

October 01, 2009

 "... And the seasons they go round and round, and the painted ponies go up and down. We're captive on the carousel of time..." ~ Joni Mitchell Any parent knows that having children makes this "carousel of time" go even quicker, but as adults, we don't slow down enough to question how this happens, how time does go by, and how come the seasons

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