Summertime Is for Getting Away, Somehow, Anyhow

July 01, 2008

So, today is the first of July.  (Rabbit, rabbit.)  Summer may have started officially with the solstice two weekends ago, but today it seems undeniable.  Not just calendar-real, but real-real.  It's July.  It's summer.  The heat is on. And to celebrate this long, lazy month of pure summer fun, Being Savvy is going to take you and your

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SavvyPicks: Travel Tricks of the Trade

July 02, 2008

Preschool's out, and the beach beckons! Or Grandma's house, or the lake you daydream about during chilly winter afternoons, or wherever it is your favorite mode of transportation might take you. Walk, ride, fly, float.  Do whatever you need to do to plot a getaway!  And whether you are packing the kiddies up for a trip across the world or

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More SavvyPicks: Best Geography Books and Toys

July 03, 2008

The prospect of travel elicits so many questions in the preschooler mind . Any answers we give to our little ones' endless where, when, how far and how long questions are, however, invariably met with a puzzled face. And then more questions. Questions that really can't be answered just with words. Some things must be seen to be believed, and this

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You Know It's Summer When...

July 05, 2008

We parents have our own memories of summer -- the hallmarks of the season unlike all others.  But what will our own little ones remember? We can't be sure, of course.  And we recognize that what they retain is often a product of forces other than what their parents wish to underscore as important.  So, what are they catching onto?  What do

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Of Tents and Tree Houses: Why Kids Love a Second Home

July 07, 2008

Does summertime make you dream of a second home? A getaway ever at the ready, a place for relaxing and dreaming, for hiding from the world, located in a beautiful spot and full of your favorite things.... Well, you are not the only one. Your children want one too -- one of their very own. To get away from what? From you, of course! Shel

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