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July 2008
Theme: “Escapes, Real and Imagined”
Wise Words from Robert Louis Stevenson
No need for plane tickets -- here's how to visit foreign lands by climbing up a tree. Foreign Lands Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad in foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers, before my eye, And many pleasant places more That I had never seen before. I saw the dimpling
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Savvy Spotlight: Chronicle Books Kids Travel Library
Looking for some great ideas for traveling with kids this summer? We always find exactly what we are looking for in the Chronicle Books library . The blend of dreamily inspirational (there's a set of walks for families to do in Paris -- perhaps we should go to Paris...) and cleverly practical ( the set of 52 Things to Do in a Car plus the Rubberneckers travel game ) hits the mark squarely
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The Big Apple, From the Perspective of Your Little Seedling
New York City is a preschooler's paradise. Literally, of course, if you are living or visiting there. And metaphorically, too, if you happen to be engaging in just some armchair travel. Whether he's heard of it or been there or never dreamed of either, your little one will delight in the wild wonders of the Big Apple. It's a tiny island crammed with skyscrapers and taxicabs, all plotted out
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Dinner Table Destinations
Sitting together as a family at the table, eating and chatting and making an easy segue into the evening's routine of bath and bed -- ah, it's a true delight of parenthood. At least most of the time. Other times when the "what shall we do for dinner" question pops up, either from our mind's own voice or from the peanut gallery, we can't help but think something along the lines of "I don't
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Savvy Welcomes: Jodi Liano of Mmm...That's Good!
Thinking about what we feed our families for dinner and how to make it lively and warm and routine and special, all at the same time (just like we seek to make the rest of our lives) -- well, it all just made us hungry! So, Being Savvy turned for inspiration and perspective to Jodi Liano of Mmm...that's good! (You can also find her in person at Tante Marie's Cooking School if you are
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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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