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The Beauty of a Thank You Note
Emily Post and Miss Manners would be so pleased. I was raised to write thank-you notes. After each birthday party and Christmas, I dutifully took out my stationary and wrote notes of thanks to those who had gifted me. As a child, I never viewed thank you notes as a chore like my brother did. I enjoyed taking out my stationary and using fancy pens to write to friends and family members. ... Read more >
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Savvy Guest: Encouraging Budding Writers (and book giveaway!)
Today's guest contributor is author and illustrator Sharon Pierce McCullough. You may recognizer her name as the creator of the delightful Bunbun series. The Bunbun books are about an endearing rabbit and include titles like Bunbun the Middle One, Bunbun at the Fair, and Bunbun at Bedtime. Today Sharon shares how you can encourage your child to become a writer.To encourage children to write, ... Read more >
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Teaching spelling through rhyming
Why is it that so many childrens??? books rhyme? No, it isn't just to drive us crazy! Early rhyming through books assist children with the knowledge of phonics and letter sounds. Later the ability to rhyme helps young children with their because rhyming words follow a pattern. Children can use their knowledge of rhyming and phonics to change the initial sound of a word to make a rhyme. ... Read more >
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Creating your own stories with digital pictures and your child's artwork
Overwhelmed by digital pictures and your child's artwork? Combine the two to create a digital storybook using PowerPoint! A digital storybook enables your children to view their favorite pictures and artwork over and over again on either the computer or as a printed hard copy. With your child's help, you can add text to help your child remember each picture and reinforce the importance of ... Read more >
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Savvy activities to foster learning for preschoolers
Even though there isn't homework in preschool, it is important to help reinforce the concepts of things learned at school with the activities you do at home. The Savvy Source Activity Finder is your one stop idea source for all kinds of wonderful activities that will activate learning in your child. Here are my picks of activities for different curriculum areas:ReadingCreating an ABC Book for ... Read more >
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Savvy Guest: National Children's Museum Offers Tips to Beat Winter Boredom
Today's Savvy guest post is by the National Children's Museum. When it opens in 2012, The National Children's Museum (NCM) will be a world-class cultural and educational center dedicated to engaging children and empowering them to make a difference. The mission of NCM is to inspire children to care about and improve the world. Today the National Children's Museum experts provide families with ... Read more >
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Leticia
Leticia never had any inkling that she would end up in the DC Metro Area but now finds herself loving everything about living here except Beltway traffic. Born and raised in Northern California's Silicon Valley, this Bay Area native spent 6 years as a New Englander and then moved to the DC Metro Area to be closer to her now-husband and teach for a local school system. By day, Leticia spends...Read more >
Beth Hoffman
Beth is a former corporate flunky turned corporate drop-out and now spends most of her time chasing her two kids; princess-obsessed brand-new preschooler, Mia, and food-obsessed chubbiest baby you've ever seen, Owen. She's a 30-year resident of Northern Virginia and enjoys dragging her kids to all the same places her parents used to drag her....Read more >
Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject
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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