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Because a Great Book Is Read Aloud
All of the experts tell us that there's nothing more important we can do for our kids' future than reading with them. Luckily, there's nothing we enjoy more than cozying up with our little ones and a great book. To make the most of these precious times, we give you ten Savvy tips for reading aloud with preschoolers: 1. Set aside a regular time for reading, 20 minutes a day. If it's before
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Because a Great Book Has Chapters
Much as we adore reading and rereading our many treasured pictures books with our preschoolers, sometimes we yearn for a bit more of a substantial reading experience with them. It's fun to look forward to the day when we'll be able to read a new chapter of some wonderful story every night. And believe it or not, that day is not far away! Even some four-year-olds can now and then listen with
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Because a Great Book is One You Read All By Yourself
As we read and read with our little ones every night, we can't help thinking ahead to a time not long from now when they'll be able to decipher the words of One Fish, Two Fish or Go, Dog. Go! all by themselves. How does this happen? It's a complex process, all the experts tell us, with several important factors adding up to the magical moment when a young child begins to read: 1. An ear
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Because a Great Book Is an Excuse for a Cuddle at Bedtime
We love reading with our little ones at any old time of day -- morning, noon or night. But especially at nighttime. And as the darkness falls earlier every evening with winter's approach, we appreciate our cuddles with bath-scented, pajama-clad children and our favorite bedtime stories all the more. Here are some of the best books we know to send our darlings off into slumber: Papa, Please Get
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SavvyPicks: Best Children's Books of 2008
Can it be? Is it really time to round up our SavvyPicks for the best books of 2008? It's alarming to think that a year can speed by so quickly, but luckily our Savvy tradition of surveying the year's books is always a pleasure. And this year is no different! Our children's book authors and illustrators have brought us a wonderful batch of new titles full of adventure, humor, beauty and bits of
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Because a Great Book Has Beautiful Illustrations
Children learn to love books through the interplay of words and pictures. Beautiful illustrations draw them back again and again to the same books, and that is how the process of learning to read and learning to love reading begins. So today we celebrate a few of our most beloved illustrators: Beatrix Potter . She set the standard, reinvented the art, and gave us all of those naughty,
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Savvy Welcomes: Burgin Streetman on the Pleasures of Vintage Kids' Books
At The Savvy Source , we are always looking for inspiration for reading with our kids. We love the well-worn favorites in our home libraries, but we continue to search for different ideas. So imagine how perfectly thrilled we were to discover Burgin Streetman's beautiful blog, Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves . What a treasure! Each post offers a review of one of Burgin's finds from a thrift
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Wise Words About the Comforts of a Great Book
The lives of grown-ups and children alike are filled with ups and downs. In general, the little ones cycle through their joys and miseries more rapidly and far more expressively (read loudly). But we all need a bit of comfort now and then, don't we? Luckily, as the great Baron de Montesquieu reminds us, the best kind of comfort for all ages can be found right on our bookshelves. "I have never
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A Great Book Is One You Borrow
There's no better way to get children to love books than to set them loose in a great library. Choosing their own books to check out with their own library cards is such a thrill! Preschoolers also love borrowing their friends' books, and can learn to enjoy lending their own in return (don't forget to paste in a bookplate!). Below we give you our Savvy City Editors' great ideas on lending and
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Because a Great Book Teaches Us About Our World
Part of growing up is acquiring an ever broader sense of the world. From the embrace of parents and family, to friends and neighbors, a town or city, a country, the planet and beyond. Our preschoolers are always eager to learn and look beyond what they know. So how can we give them a glimpse of the wide world? Books, of course! Here are a few to get started: People by Peter Spier. We stand
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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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