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October 2008

This Month's Theme: “Nurturing Imagination”

Get Ready for that Spooky Night with a Few of Our Favorite Halloween Books

Oct
11
Sat

When we think of Halloween (can it really be coming up so soon??), we think of cute pink cheeks and button noses peeking out of lion or monkey costumes; of gauzy princess and sturdy fireman outfits; of carving pumpkins; of all the candy that is about to flood our homes and how best to hide some of it so that our precious monkeys do not get completely wild with the sugar. We think it's going to

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Wise Words from Sir Ken Robinson

Oct
10
Fri

One of the biggest thinkers on creativity today is Sir Ken Robinson, who passionately and cleverly champions what we adults can do to cultivate our children's creativity. One of the biggest practioners of creativity today is the darling little person in your house. And yours. And yours.A bit of Sir Ken Robinson's thinking to aid you in helping your own -- and your little one's -- creativity

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Who Gets to Decide Who Wins a $5000 Tech Makeover? You do!

Oct
9
Thu

The time has come, Savvy readers, to vote on which of the 254 entrants in the Intel Tech Makeover contest will win $5000 worth of new gear to remake their technological lives.Who should get this amazing prize?A new mom of preemie twins who wants to be able to send pictures to her family?A couple of grandparent school teachers in rural Oklahoma who are still on dial-up?A mom whose husband is in

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How Dolls and Tea Parties Are the Playtime Work of Childhood

Oct
9
Thu

Babydolls and tea parties. The very definition of preschool girl play, right? Frothy pink and white porcelain (perhaps tin would be wiser), all set out for wide-eyed, long-lashed dollies. It's just what girls do, right?Or perhaps it's your boy toting the doll, whether it's a classic doll to care for in the style of "William's Doll" from Free to Be You and Me or a Little People or Mighty World

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SavvyPicks for Your Favorite Fairies, Sprites and Pixies

Oct
8
Wed

The blessing of a child (among many many others) is the blessing countless adorable moments parading before our lucky parental eyes. Among those, the sight of a darling preschooler in a gauzy fairy costume ... well, if you've seen it, you know just how precious it is.But that is not the only reason we like to encourage our children's interest in fairies. More importantly, we recognize that

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Savvy Picks for September, 2008

Our Top Ten “The Social Life of Preschoolers” books, toys and activities:

  1. Because Preschoolers are Social Animals
  2. Big Sisters and Brothers
  3. Savvy Welcomes: Jacque Grillo on the Often Challenging World of Preschool Friendships
  4. Savvy Welcomes: Betsy Brown Braun on When Your Child Is the "S" Word
  5. Playdates: The Good and the Horrid
  6. Introducing Children to "Differences"
  7. Savvy Welcomes: Ginger Carlson on Creative Problem Solving in the Life and Times of a Young Child
  8. The Tempestuous Nature of Preschool Friendships
  9. Little Ladies (and Gents) Who Lunch
  10. Diaper Diplomacy

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