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May 2008
Theme: “Life is Art; Art is Life”
Illustrators That We Simply Adore
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 at the Movies: "My Kid Could Paint That"
As fellow parents of preschoolers, we know that your movie-watching time is limited. Severely limited. Maybe some of you did manage to catch a movie over this long weekend. If so, we hope it was great. Because we just do not have time to watch bad movies anymore, do we? Your very very high bar for movies notwithstanding, we absolutely must tell you about and urge you to see the riveting
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But Realistically: How About Some Great Art Projects That Don't Make a Mess
When we let our creative spirits run wild, we couldn't care less about mess. But for those days when we are a bit out of sync with our muse, we need things to be easy -- and neat -- to be inspiring. We know you've got great ideas here. Do share with us your trusted ways to let your little ones cook and and draw and sculpt and move and imagine and create -- all without requiring a mop and
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Wise Words from Helen Frankenthaler
A gorgeous painter gives us a gorgeous line: "One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronized with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute." And reminds us that that's how the little ones do it too.
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A Little Life as Seen Through the Lens
When we think of photographs and our kids, we grin at their adorable smiles (real, fake, experimental lips pursed, all kinds). We cringe at the mostly lame ways we attempt to get them to turn their best face to the camera. We tell ourselves that nobody knows about all the times we watch slideshows of their baby pictures on repeat in a sentimental swoon. We refuse to delete even the blurry
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Savvy Picks for December, 2008
Our top ten posts about the wonders of rituals and routines:
- A Season of Rituals
- Savvy Welcomes Betsy Brown Braun on Helping Keep the Fa-La-La in the Holidays with Your Children
- Savvy Picks: Best Children's Books of 2008
- Savvy Welcomes Lyn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson on Greening the Holidays
- Teaching Your Child About Giving Instead of Getting at the Holidays
- Homemade Gifts to Make with Preschoolers
- How to Keep Rituals a Bit Flexible, a Little Lively, and a Lot Unexpected
- Savvy Welcomes Ginger Carlson on How to Give Experiences Not More Things
- Inspired Indoor Activities for the Shortest Day of the Year
- Holidays Are Delicious
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