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Extra-pre-school Activities

by Shawn Burns

Tue
17
2008

'Tis Tuesday, and Tuesdays around here are List Days. Today our List assignment is to help all of you parents-of-preschoolers find some things for your youngins to do once pre-school ends for the day (or before pre-school starts, or once pre-school is over for the year). Erin is not yet in pre-school, but now that I've been able to think about this for a while I've compiled a list of the ... Read more >

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Summer Camps

by Shawn Burns

Fri
27
2008

When I was a kid I would spend part of my summer away from home at my aunt's home in Montreal. Because she was a little past her "wanting to have kids underfoot 24/7" time, some summers she would take me to a day camp. Back then day camps were pretty unimaginative: Sports Camps and Wilderness Camp were about as "thematic" as they came. But with time, and consumer dollars, things have changed. ... Read more >

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The Children's Discovery Museum: The Wonder Cabinet

by Shawn Burns

Wed
9
2008

I took Erin to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose on Tuesday. We've been before, but I wanted to bring her back now that she's a toddling walker instead of a mostly-stationary crawler.We explored both the downstairs area and the Wonder Cabinet, the special area for children under 4 upstairs. This post will be about the Wonder Cabinet.We happened to get there just as the art studio in ... Read more >

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Shawn is in the middle of his PhD in Philosophy at Stanford University. Guided by his inner sense of right and wrong, and by his wife's subtle hints, he became an at-home dad to his devastatingly adorable infant daughter in September of 2007. Since then he has dragged her all over the Bay Area in one backpack or another. He has been writing about these dadventures and mis-dadventures for months...Read more >

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Despite attaining an MS from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard, Bonggamom is barely getting passing grades in her pursuit of an MFA (Masters in Family Administration) from the Universe-ity of Motherhood. Formerly in software product management, she is a stay-at-home parent to a daughter and twin boys, constantly looking for new ways to entertain them while doing as little housework as possible....Read more >

Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject

by BeingSavvy

November
20
2008

Oh, the tough stuff. Life with preschoolers means wading right into the hard stuff, sometimes on a daily basis. And what's perhaps most striking of all is just how much tough stuff there is!
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  3. Savvy Spotlight: Taro Gomi
  4. Savvy Giveaway: Inspiring Your Creative Family
  5. Every Preschooler's Favorite Topic, or The Developmental Benefits of a Little Navel-Gazing

Top Ten Anywhere Anytime Activities on Savvy Source

  1. I'm Going to the Beach and...
  2. Give Me a Hard One to Guess
  3. Wacky Day
  4. Feelings Journal
  5. Simple Scavenger Hunt
  6. Picture a Good Choice Being Made
  7. Helping Game
  8. Spinning a Spiderweb
  9. Bowl-O-Fun
  10. Fruit Shapes

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