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Being Savvy: Activities, things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in Vancouver, Canada

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Being Savvy Vancouver is here to help you make the most of all that our city has to offer during your child's magical early years. Everyday and off-beat activities, the latest thing to do, the tried and true and so much more - everything you need to know to help your preschooler learn and thrive.

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A Day at the Beach (7)
A Day in the Country (8)
A Green (and Very Tiny) Thumb (7)
A Visit to the Firehouse (1)
ABCs (3)
Airplanes (1)
All about Me (1)
Animals (10)
Aquariums (1)
Art (7)
Art Appreciation (7)
Art: Chalk (3)
Art: Crayons and Markers (5)
Art: Ink and Paper (4)
Art: Paint (3)
Art: Toys (1)
Autumn (12)
Autumn Holidays (5)
Back to School (4)
Back to School Essentials (1)
Backyard Fun (3)
Baseball (2)
Bathtub Games (1)
Bedtime (1)
Big Bugs (2)
Bird-Watching (5)
Books and Stories (16)
Books to Make Them Wonder (12)
Bookstores (6)
Bugs (3)
Building Memory Skills (6)
Building Things (3)
Building Vocabulary (3)
Cars, Trucks and Things that Go (12)
Cars, Trucks, and Things That Go (1)
Christmas (2)
City Life (6)
Classic Authors (1)
Classic Toys (1)
Classification (3)
Colors (3)
Concerts (7)
Cooking (2)
Country Life (5)
Crafts: Found Items (3)
Crafts: From the Store (4)
Crafts: Household Items (1)
Crafts: Kitchen Items (1)
Crafts: Recycled Items (4)
Crafts: The Supply Closet (1)
Creepy Crawlies (All About Bugs) (1)
Critical Thinking (2)
Dance (6)
Day Trips (16)
Dinnertime (1)
Dinosaurs (1)
Dressing Up (4)
Early Math Skills (2)
Early Reading Skills (8)
Earth Science (4)
Eco-Friendly (2)
Essential Library - Dr- Seuss (2)
Essential Library - Eric Carle (1)
Events (13)
Fairy Tales (1)
Fairytales (2)
Family (14)
Farm Animals (7)
Favorite Music for the Car (2)
Festivals (10)
Fine Motor Skills (6)
Firefighters (2)
Fireworks (3)
Flowers and Butterflies (5)
Free Activities (14)
Fun for the Littlest Ones (6)
Gardening (3)
Gardens (4)
General Holiday (9)
Geography (6)
Group Games (1)
Halloween (12)
History (4)
History Lesson (3)
Ice Skating (1)
Imagination (12)
Indoor Fun (7)
Kitchen Math (1)
Language Development (9)
Learning to Listen (7)
Let's Go to the Playground (7)
Letters (1)
Libraries (7)
Life in the Big City (9)
Listening (3)
Making Friends (3)
Manners (1)
Meal Time (4)
Memory Skills (3)
Moongazing (1)
Museums (6)
Music (17)
Music Appreciation (13)
Musical Patterns (7)
My Mama Loves Me (1)
Nature (15)
Parenting (5)
Parks and Playgrounds (18)
Parties and Playdates (2)
Patterns (2)
Personal Responsibility (3)
Photography (2)
Physical Activity (16)
Physical Coordination (5)
Pirates (8)
Pretend Play (7)
Princesses (1)
Quiet Time (2)
Rainy Day (1)
Rhyming (1)
Safari Animals (1)
Scavenger Hunts (2)
Science (9)
Scientific Reasoning (5)
Sensory Development (4)
Shape Recognition (4)
Shopping (2)
Siblings (1)
Sing Along (1)
Social Skills (11)
Spatial Relationships (1)
Splash! (8)
Splash! (Water Play) (2)
Sports (6)
Story Time (8)
Storytelling (9)
Summer (7)
Summer Holidays (3)
Summertime Fun (11)
Tea Parties (2)
Teachable Moments (4)
Thanksgiving (4)
The Beach (5)
The Great Outdoors (8)
The Living World (2)
The Moon and Stars (1)
The Ocean (4)
The Playground (4)
The Whole Wide World (2)
The World (3)
Theater (7)
Time & Space (1)
Toys to Make Them Think (3)
Trains (9)
Transportation (6)
Travel Essentials (6)
Traveling and Waiting (5)
Urban Wildlife (3)
Using and Creating Maps (1)
Vacation (3)
Water Play (2)
Weekend Excursions (13)
Yummy in My Tummy (Cooking and Eating with Kids) (2)
Zoos (2)

Gwendolyn Floyd

Gwen is a native of Nova Scotia, but took to the West Coast ten years ago when she decided that a country away wasn't a good idea for a relationship. Married for almost eight years she and her husband have a son, now three and another on the way the end of October. As an elementary teacher, now stay at home parent, Gwen is happy to be teaching her own child(ren) all that she can. She just hopes they inherit their father's spelling ability.

Gwendolyn Floyd also blogs at (http://leftcoastmama.net).

Ideas? Inspiration? Something you would love to share with me about vancouver? Please email me at beingsavvyvancouver@savvysource.com.

Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject

by BeingSavvy

November

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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