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A Day at the Beach
Going to the Beach? Don't Leave Home Without....
Packing and unpacking aren't exactly top of our list of favorite ways to spend our days. Except of course if we're headed to the beach. Say "beach" and we are dragging out that old beat-up bag and shoving stuff into with glee! (We're still not so thrilled with unpacking it at the end of the outing, especially as the sand spills everywhere, but by then we're all so sun-tired and cheery that we
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Wise Words from e.e. cummings
e.e. cummings is a master of mood in his poems, and we are especially captivated by this one. It so delightfully captures the feeling of a day at the beach with your friends, both human and the ones carried in by the tide. And something about the punctuation and the almost breathless rush of names and details in the storytelling reminds us so much of the tales that tumble from a preschooler's
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Ten Things that Make a Beach or Pool Great for Preschoolers
You know by now that we think almost any beach is a great place for preschool-age children. We like the water warm or cold, the sand fine or gritty -- and we'll take rocks as well. Our kids adore beaches and pools in any shape or size, and, therefore, so do we. That doesn't mean, however, that we aren't always on the lookout for the perfect beach. And we are not alone. Lists of the "best
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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 Welcomes: CityMama on Her Favorite Beach
We are so lucky to have the amazing CityMama 's perspective on sharing her favorite beach with her children. Enjoy! Kaimana Beach Memories, Old and New My girls are sun-kissed from playing on the beach in Honolulu, the same beaches I used to play on when I was their age. Their curly hair is full of new, salty, blonde streaks and their skin is bronzed. As a kid I remember digging and digging
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Books About Adventures at Sea
There's nothing quite as captivating as a story of adventure on the high seas. So whether you're a confirmed landlubber or a seafaring type with your own tales to tell, be sure to share some of these wonderful yarns with your children. They are some of our very favorites! The Maggie B by Irene Haas. Margaret Barnstable wishes on a star one night -- wishes to sail the sea on her very own
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Beach Games and Activities
The thing we love best about the beach is that it's one of the few places where preschool types can entertain themselves for hours and hours, day after day. There's no need to organize activities. If you can manage to tote along a few buckets and shovels (as well as the requisite snacks), the kiddos will be all set. But some of us can't seem to leave our ever organizing parental selves behind
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Savvy Welcomes: jen of one plus two
We are thrilled to welcome Jen, author of the blog one plus two , and her powerful account of going to the beach with her little girl. Enjoy! The last time we were down by the shore She doesn't quite get the ocean, the fact that as it draws back it also rushes forth, so in her eagerness she pulled me past the damp sand and into the wet. M ama, mama, she cried, it's so big. I tried
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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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Wise Words from Rachel Carson
"One stormy autumn night when my nephew Roger was about twenty months old, I wrapped him in a blanket and carried him down to the beach in the rainy darkness. Out there, just at the edge of where we couldn't see, big waves were thundering in dimly seen white shapes that boomed and shouted and threw great handfuls of froth at us. Together we laughed for pure joy -- he a baby meeting for the
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Savvy Welcomes: Nora of Nonlineargirl on Being Free at the Beach
We are delight to share the perspective of Nora, author of the engaging parenting (and more!) blog Nonlineargirl , on the freedom of the beach for small kids and parents alike. Free to be...at the beach The beach offers my daughter a freedom that she does not get at home. We live in a city, and Ada can not normally take off running the way she does on the sand. The physical freedom and
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Fun Around Every Corner: This Week on Being Savvy Local 11/14/08
Welcome to our newest Savvy Source feature: Fun Around Every Corner highlighting the best outings, excursions, and activities from around the United States and Canada. Whether planning a trip or staying home, our 40 (and growing!) City Editors beat the pavement (with kids in tow!) to bring you the most educational and enriching activities their cities have to offer. If
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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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