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January  2009

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99 Things to do Before Your Child Goes to Kindergarten (or at least nine of them)

by Cecily Kellogg

January 27, 2009

I've got a few years left before I have to get all of these done, and this entry is actually going to be a list in process and I'm hoping you will add your suggestions as well! My daughter (who is, and shall stay, an only child) will be three in June. This summer I plan to really enjoy my time with her and her increased mobility and agility (and attention span!). We're going to explore the Read more...

Going Green: An Interview With Cheryl Tiegs

by Cecily Kellogg

January 26, 2009

Some of our fellow Savvy Source City Editors recently had the opportunity to interview Cheryl Tiegs! Cheryl is the spokesperson for Cambria ( http://www.cambriausa.com/ ) , a Minnesota based company producing "green" products, such as countertops. Cheryl also is one of the judges on the ABC produced show, True Beauty ( http://abc.go.com/ primetime/truebeauty/index?pn=index). Listen in Read more...

Kindergarten Approaches: What Path Do You Take? (Discussing Homeschooling)

by Cecily Kellogg

January 22, 2009

As my daughter is not even yet three, I haven't done all that much thinking about kindergarten. Well, that's not true; I've thought a great deal about our educational philosophy, what we want out of an education for our daughter, and what our plan is. It might not be all that popular, but we are actually planning, at this point, to do homeschooling with some outside support. I don't want to get Read more...

More About Indoor Play

by Cecily Kellogg

January 21, 2009

It's only January, and we still have at least three more months of cold weather ahead of us. I don't know about you, but my daughter still needs to shake her sillys out, and boy oh BOY do we miss being able to just run down to the local playground to do it! (Not that we don't, sometimes, head down there on cold sunny days, but it doesn't last too long; we all get too cold and come home.) By now, Read more...

Martin Luther King Day

by Cecily Kellogg

January 19, 2009

This year, MLK day seems like much more than a bank holiday, doesn't it? While it's always wonderful to honor the man that had a dream, as we prepare to swear in our first African-American President of the United States, I know I feel much more profoundly the loss of Martin Luther King Jr. I sincerely wish he were alive to see this year's inauguration. If you are interested in celebrating MLK Read more...

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