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Savvy Welcomes: Betsy Brown Braun on Play as the Work of Childhood
We are thrilled to have Betsy Brown Braun here once again to share her wisdom on early childhood and parenting. Today, she helps us understand the crucial role of imaginative play in our little ones' lives. Betsy is the best-selling author of the award-winning book Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents ( www.justtellmewhattosay.com ). Betsy is also a child
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5 Things to Have in Your Dress-Up Bin, and How to Help Your Preschooler Choose a Halloween Costume
We love thinking about our little ones' wild and ever-churning imaginations and Halloween together. The holiday seems made-to-order for the preschooler mind (not to mention the preschooler sweet tooth). Dressing up on Halloween night, and for all the Halloween parties and parades that tend to precede it, is just an extension of our kids' constant drive to try on new outfits, costumes and roles.
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Wise Words About the Roar of a Child's Imagination
Few of us today have heard of the Indiana poet and writer of "juvenile fiction" Evaleen Stein (1863-1923). But we can all appreciate her poem "Wild Beasts." Those very beasts live at our house, and they do roar and growl so very loudly when their wild imaginations get them going. Wild Beasts I will be a lion And you shall be a bear And each of us will have a den Beneath a nursery
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Choosing (or Making) a Doll House
Parents of young children are confronted with many important and difficult decisions. Choosing a preschool, say. (Luckily, our Savvy eBook is here to help.) Or even worse, for some of us, choosing a kindergarten! But most difficult of all? Choosing a doll house, for sure. Okay, maybe that is a slight exaggeration. But still. Doll houses are, for most families, a one-time purchase (at
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Putting on Plays and Puppet Shows
From the dress-up and role play our little ones love, it's a just small step to the stage. What stage, you ask? The one right in your living room, in the playroom, on the patio or wherever fancy strikes. As their imaginative worlds become more complex and their understanding of story-telling evolves, many older preschoolers come to love putting on skits and puppet shows and other whimsical
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It's Halloween Tomorrow! Or, Tired of Halloween Yet?
For most, Halloween is a one day, or rather one night event. But for preschoolers? It's more likely a week-long affair packed with preschool and playground parties, parades, and costume-clad playdates. Phew! We parents tend to have a camera full of pictures of those precious costumes before the big night even arrives. But it's all for the best, right? Because we're not going to keep these
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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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