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August 2008
Theme: “Down by the Shore”
Savvy Welcomes: Jason Avant of Dad Centric
We've been talking about bringing our kids down to the shore all month, but today we hear from a dad who is a true Ocean Person. Enjoy! The Life Aquatic I tell people that we're lucky to live a stone's throw from the Pacific. It's a lie. The ocean: most people who claim to love it don't live anywhere near it. They go to the beach for a week in the summer, maybe on the
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Start Singing: Sea Chanteys
Sea chanteys (or shanties, if you'd like to introduce your preschooler early to the world variant spellings) are easy-to-remember, easy-to-belt-out songs that help pass the time when you are manning the sails or pulling the oars. Or just sitting in traffic to get across town. Here are some of our favorites for your little pirates, mermaids or confirmed landlubbers: Sea Music by the
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Seaside Crafts
Left to their own devices at the beach, little children invariably turn into collectors. It it is almost impossible to leave a beach without a pocketful of shells, rocks, seaglass, sand dollars and plain old sand too. But we can't really blame them. Where else can you find so many fascinating objects, each more lovely and unique than the last, that are free for the taking? Of course, we try
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Best Places to See the Fish (and Other Creatures of the Deep)
Now that your little ones have gotten their fill of playing in tidepools , are learning to swim like fishies, and have had a primer in marine biology , there's only one thing left to do. Go see the fish! If you're nowhere near an aquarium, or have just a few moments to fill with some fish-gazing, there are a number of amazing online exhibits that are fun to share with the little ones. We
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Who Lives Under the Sea? A Marine Biology Primer for Preschoolers
It is no small part of the giant wonders of the sea that it's just so, well, giant. Vast. Deep. Full to the point of teeming. And how on earth are we to make sense of any of this for our little preschoolers, who may or may not have ever seen or splashed in an ocean or two but almost certainly don't have any sense of its size. A map of the world , of course, helps. And then once you've
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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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